Newcastle united will aim to stop Manchester United interim manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer from becoming United second manager in history to win his first four league games in charge, after Matt Busby in 1946.
Newcastle will host Manchester United at St. James Park, by 20:00 GMT, today.
Some Important Facts to Note About the Two Clubs
okay gathered some facts from their previous history of meetings.
1) Newcastle haven’t won back-to-back home league games against Manchester United since 1987.
2) Manchester United have lost one of their last eight league games against Newcastle United (W5 D2).
3) Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez has won each of his last four home games in charge of English clubs against Manchester United in all competitions, twice with Liverpool, once with Chelsea and also with the Magpies last season.
4) Manchester United have only lost their first Premier League match in a calendar year in two of the last 22 years, but one of those defeats came at St. James’ Park against Newcastle (0-3 in 2012).
5) Newcastle have lost seven of their 10 home Premier League games this season.
6) Paul Pogba will aim to become Manchester United second player to score two or more goals in three consecutive Premier League appearances after Cristiano Ronaldo in December 2006.
