Newcastle United vs Manchester United prediction | 2 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Newcastle United
Ranking: #27 overall, #13 in England

85.5 → 81.6 (-3.9 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-2 29 Aug Tottenham (A) 83.7 -0.3
2-2 05 Sep Bournemouth (H) 83.1 -0.6
4-1 14 Sep Leeds Utd (A) 82.5 -0.6
2-1 19 Sep Hull City (H) 81.7 -0.8
4-1 12 Oct Coventry (A) 81.6 -0.1
Manchester United
Ranking: #13 overall, #5 in England

85.3 → 85.0 (-0.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
4-0 10 Sep Sabah (H) 86.3 +0.2
0-1 13 Sep Man City (H) 86.3 0.0
1-1 20 Sep Fulham (A) 86.2 -0.1
1-1 10 Oct Tottenham (H) 85.3 -0.9
2-0 13 Oct Atl Madrid (A) 85.0 -0.3

Newcastle United vs Manchester United: by the numbers

Newcastle United trail Manchester United by 14 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 8 in England.

Manchester United arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving -0.3 rating points over their last 10 matches against Newcastle United's -3.9.

Last time these teams played, on 4 March 2026, Manchester United lost 0.5 rating points.

The highest Newcastle United have ever stood in our European rankings is joint #5, first reached on 27 August 2023.

Manchester United first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 89.9 on 30 September 2017.