BIG MATCH FACTS

MANCHESTER UNITED registered their seventh Premier League win after being 2+ goals down at halftime, four more than any other team. This is Newcastle’s joint-worst-ever start to a top-flight season after eight games, in terms of points (3), after 1888/89, 1977/78 and 2015/16 (3pts for a win). NEWCASTLE are winless in their eight league games this season – only in 1898-99 (first 10) have they gone longer without a win from the start of a top-flight campaign. MAN UTD conceded two in the opening 10 minutes of a Prem game at Old Trafford for the first time ever. NEWCASTLE have lost eight league matches when scoring first against Man Utd – a joint-high in the competition alongside Southampton v Man Utd and Sunderland v Chelsea (eight defeats).

NEWCASTLE found themselves leading for the first time this season in any competition. YOSHINORI MUTO is the sixth Japanese player to score in the Prem (after Junichi Inamoto, Hidetoshi Nakata, Shinji Kagawa, Maya Yoshida and Shinji Okazaki). SINCE his PL debut in August 2011, United’s Juan Mata has scored more direct free-kick goals in the league than any other player (8).

PAUL POGBA has had a hand in 29 league goals under Jose Mourinho at Man Utd (13 goals, 16 assists), more than any other player. SINCE 2016/17, Alexis Sanchez has scored three 90+ minute winners in the Premier League, more than any other player.