Tomorrow night Manchester United take on Newcastle United in the Capital One Cup at Old Trafford.
The last time Man United and Newcastle played each other in the League Cup was back in the October 1994. Newcastle won the game 2-0 after goals from Philippe Albert and Paul Kitson.
Team News
Man United: According to the papers, Wayne Rooney has an outside chance of returning following a nasty gash to his thigh last month.
Darren Fletcher is set to make his first start for United in 10 months as he continues his return from ulcerative colitis.
Newcastle United: Cheick Tiote and Fabricio Coloccini have both returned to training with the former likely to play some part.
The game has come too soon for Danny Simpson who is expected to return to training later this week.
Most Recent Meeting
The two clubs last played each other back on the 4th January in the league. The Bagpies beat the Red Devils 3-0 with goals after goals from Demba Ba (33), Yohan Cabaye (47) and a Phil Jones own goal (90).
Pre-Match Quotes
Jesse Lingard is hoping to play Wednesday night and if he is then he’s ready for the challenge:
“There will probably be some younger lads involved against Newcastle and we’ll have to wait and see if the boss calls me up. Hopefully he will.”
“You need the experience of the older players to be there with you and help you along the way. Newcastle are a strong team as well, so it should be a good game.”
Some of the younger players are expected to be picked, Rio Ferdinand is looking forward to seeing them play: “We have some really talented young players and I’m looking forward to seeing some of them.”
Head-To-Head
Manchester United and Newcastle United have played each other a total of 154 games competitively. The matches have seen 77 Man United wins, 40 Newcastle wins and 37 draws.
Officials
Referee: Anthony Taylor
Assistant Referees: Jake Collin and Ronald Ganfield
Fourth Official: Christopher Foy
4 Comments
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Hi, good preview, but that ManUnited 2 – 0 Newcastle, in newcastle, was a PL Game, they have never played in the league cup
Oh god, i was mistaken, they really played haha sorry
break us down bitches. many times i conuted 9 guys in their box and we just couldnt break em down. we had some good chances but we couldnt take it. giggs missed chance in the 68th minute was horrible. it is what it is. hopefully for my sake united will recover and beat everton this weekend. if we dont all i can think of is ..OH SHIT! lol. we are in trouble.