Newcastle United host Manchester United in a crucial Premier League showdown at St. James\u2019 Park tonight, with both sides desperate for momentum as the season enters its final stretch. The Magpies, struggling for consistency, go into the match riding a patchy run of form, while United are enjoying one of their best spells under interim boss Michael Carrick.<\/p>\n
United have been a force since January, claiming 19 points from a possible 21 and climbing to third in the table, strengthening their push for Champions League qualification. Their latest triumph came in a gritty 2-1 comeback win over Crystal Palace, with Bruno Fernandes continuing to pull the creative strings and Benjamin \u0160e\u0161ko in electric scoring form.<\/p>\n
Newcastle United possible starting lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Willock, Tonali, Joelinton; Barnes, Woltemade, Gordon<\/p>\n Manchester United possible starting lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n Lammens; Dalot, Yoro, Maguire, Mazraoui; Casemiro, Mainoo; Mbeumo, Fernandes, Cunha; Sesko<\/p>\n However, Manchester United\u2019s historical record at St. James\u2019 Park tells a different story. The Red Devils haven\u2019t won on Tyneside since October 2020 and have lost their last three visits, giving Newcastle confidence despite their mixed campaign.<\/p>\n Prediction:<\/strong> Newcastle United 1-1 Manchester United<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Newcastle United host Manchester United in a crucial Premier League showdown at St. James\u2019 Park tonight, with both sides desperate\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":202,"featured_media":44651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4650],"tags":[4507,3686,1839,3918,1823,249,4892,2907,1169,1721,4890,218,4891],"class_list":["post-44650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","tag-carrick","tag-david-ornstein","tag-eddie-howe","tag-english-premier-league","tag-fabrizio-romano","tag-manchester-united","tag-match-preview","tag-michael-carrick","tag-newcastle-united","tag-pl","tag-prediction-news","tag-premier-league","tag-team-news"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44650"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44650\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44652,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44650\/revisions\/44652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}