That's three Barclays Premier League games gone now and Newcastle United have picked up two points to date following their battling 0-0 draw against Manchester United at Old Trafford. On a ground that the Magpies have managed to leave victorious from in the league just once since 1972, Steve McClaren's men put in an industrious performance to stifle Louis van Gaal's Red Devils. A first clean sheet of the season will have been welcomed, and that should give Newcastle confidence heading into their Capital One Cup Second-Round tie at home to Northampton Town on Tuesday night (7.45pm kick-off), as well as before their Premier League clash with Arsenal at St James' Park on Saturday (12.45pm kick-off). Tim Krul, Chancel Mbemba, Fabricio Coloccini and Aleksandar Mitrovic were just a handful of outstanding performers for the Magpies in Manchester on Saturday, and they have all received deserved praise as a result. However, there are some other more surprising statistics to come out of this Old Trafford clash that help to show exactly where this game was won and lost. Here WhatCulture.com/NUFC pick out 11 surprising stats from Manchester United 0-0 Newcastle United€ All the figures used are courtesy of WhoScored.com and can be found by clicking on this link.
NUFC editor for WhatCulture.com/NUFC. History graduate (University of Edinburgh) and NCTJ-trained journalist. I love sports, hopelessly following Newcastle United and Newcastle Falcons. My pastimes include watching and attending sports matches religiously, reading spy books and sampling ales.
