Newcastle United vs Manchester United Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Newcastle United enters their home clash with Manchester United as favourites, as they sit fifth in the Premier League with 53 points after 30 matches, a mere 15 points better off than the Red Devils in 13th-place, with Ruben Amorim’s men even playing one game more.

Manchester United’s record at St. James’ Park has been poor of late, as they have won just one of their last five visits to Tyneside, while in general, Newcastle have won four of the last five head-to-head clashes, including a comfortable 2-0 victory at Old Trafford back in late December.

Eddie Howe’s men have a decent home record this campaign, as they have won eight, drawn two and lost four of their 14 league games at St. James’ Park, scoring 26 times during those matches. Meanwhile, Manchester United’s away record is less than desirable, as they have won just four of 14 matches away from Old Trafford in the Premier League, with those victories coming against Manchester City, Fulham, Leicester City and Southampton.

Alexander Isak has been prolific in front of goal this season for Newcastle and is the third top scorer in the Premier League, having scored 20 times and created five assists in 27 matches. The Sweden international will fancy his chances of scoring in back-to-back games against the Red Devils.

Prediction: Newcastle United 2-0 Manchester United

Champions League qualification chasing Newcastle United hosts Manchester United at St. James’ Park in what is expected to be an entertaining Premier League encounter between two old foes.

Date: 13/04/2025

Location: St. James’ Park

Time: 4:30pm

As previously mentioned, Newcastle emerged as 2-0 victors at Old Trafford on 30th December, as goals from Alexander Isak and Joelinton saw the Magpies race into a two goal lead after just 19 minutes.

The last meeting at St. James’ Park was all the way back on 2nd December 2023 when Anthony Gordon scored the only goal of that game in a 1-0 win for Newcastle.

Newcastle are aiming to qualify for the Champions League for the second time in just three seasons and are in a good position to do so, as following Arsenal’s 3-0 victory over Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-finals, it was confirmed that England will have five Champions League qualification places via the league, regardless of what happens with Manchester United or Tottenham Hotspur in the UEFA Europa League.

The Magpies are fifth in the Premier League with 53 points from 30 matches, meaning that they have a game in hand on the likes of Chelsea in fourth-place who are on the same amount of points, as well as just four points off third-place Nottingham Forest.

This has already been a superb season for Newcastle, as they ended their long-awaited trophy drought with a memorable 2-1 victory over Liverpool in the League Cup final back on 16th March thanks to goals by Dan Burn and Isak.

On the other hand, this has been a turbulent season for United, having initially started the campaign under Erik ten Hag until the Dutchman was sacked after winning just three of his first nine league matches. Ruben Amorim eventually took the reins on 11th November and it has not all been plain sailing since then, as United have won just 12 of their 31 matches under the ex-Sporting Lisbon coach, seeing them sit 13th on 38 points from 31 games.

United’s last chance of success this season is in the UEFA Europa League, as they are essentially relying on that competition to qualify for any form of European football next campaign. At present, they are in the midst of an intense quarter-finals battle with Lyon, with the scores tied at 2-2 following the first leg in France.

Newcastle United versus Manchester United will be shown live on Sky Sports Main Event, Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Ultra HDR.

Newcastle United

Sven Botman, Lewis Hall, Joe Willock and Anthony Gordon are all expected to miss this clash due to injury.

Manchester United

Jonny Evans, Ayden Heaven, Lisandro Martínez, Matthijs de Ligt, Toby Collyer and Amad Diallo will all be absent for Manchester United’s trip to Newcastle this weekend.

Newcastle United

Newcastle have won all of their last four matches since being beaten by Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

The Magpies managed to earn an emphatic 3-0 win away at Leicester City on Monday night as Jacob Murphy fired in a brace while Harvey Barnes also added to the scoresheet.

Prior to their victory at the King Power Stadium, the Toon Army earned vital wins at home to Brentford (2-1) and away at West Ham (1-0) on either side of a memorable 2-1 victory over Liverpool in the final of the Carabao Cup final.

Manchester United

Manchester United enter this game without a win in their last three matches, however, they will feel hard done by following their 2-2 draw with Lyon on Thursday night, where Andre Onana made two goalkeeper errors on either side of headed goals by Leny Yoro and Joshua Zirkzee.

In the run-up to that match, Ruben Amorim’s men had drawn 0-0 with Manchester City after losing 1-0 to Nottingham Forest.

Their last victories came against Leicester City (3-0) and Real Sociedad (4-1) with Bruno Fernandes scoring four goals across those two matches.

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