Newcastle beat Manchester City 2-1 as H. Barnes scores twice

Match report

Manchester City were beaten 2-1 by Newcastle at St. James' Park on Saturday, 22 November 2025 in Premier League matchday 12. H. Barnes (63', 70') scored for Newcastle, while R. Dias (68') found the net for Manchester City. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Newcastle had 33% of the ball and 9 shots (5 on target) against Manchester City’s 17 (4 on target). Harvey Barnes (Newcastle) was the top-rated player with 8.9. The result leaves Newcastle 9th in the Premier League table on 8 points and Manchester City 1st on 15.

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Form, table and head-to-head

Newcastle

9th · 8 points · P 5 W 2 D 2 L 1

Form

Manchester City

1st · 15 points · P 5 W 5 D 0 L 0

Form

Premier League table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
1	Manchester City	5	+8	15
2	Arsenal	5	+4	12
8	Hull City	5	+2	8
9	Newcastle	5	0	8
10	Chelsea	5	-2	7

Full Premier League table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sat, 21 Feb 2026, Manchester City 2-1 Newcastle

Full Newcastle vs Manchester City head-to-head

Match events

-5'yellow cardBernardo SilvaYellow Card
63'goalH. BarnesAssist: Bruno Guimaraes
68'goalR. DiasNormal Goal
70'yellow cardGianluigi DonnarummaYellow Card
70'goalH. BarnesNormal Goal
76'substitutionJ. DokuOff: Savinho
77'substitutionL. HallOff: S. Botman
77'substitutionB. SilvaOff: T. Reijnders
77'substitutionR. CherkiOff: O. Bobb
85'substitutionN. WoltemadeOff: J. Willock
85'substitutionH. BarnesOff: A. Elanga
87'substitutionP. FodenOff: O. Marmoush
90+2'yellow cardOscar BobbYellow Card
90+4'yellow cardJoelintonYellow Card

Lineups

Newcastle

Formation 4-5-1 · Coach Eddie Howe

Starting XI

Substitutes

Manchester City

Formation 4-3-2-1 · Coach Pep Guardiola

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

33%Possession67%
2.24Expected goals (xG)2.49
9Total shots17
5Shots on target4
3Shots off target9
1Blocked shots4
7Shots inside the box14
2Shots outside the box3
5Corners9
3Offsides2
13Fouls8
1Yellow cards3
–Red cards–
3Goalkeeper saves3
285Passes584
220Accurate passes525
77%Pass accuracy90%
0.50Goals prevented0.50

Player statistics

Newcastle

Newcastle player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
1Nick PopeG	90	6.7				27 · 52%
3Lewis HallD	77	6.5				29 · 86%		2	6/7
5Fabian SchärD	90	6.9				45 · 73%		2	5/8
12Malick ThiawD	90	7.2				25 · 80%		1	2/4
21Valentino LivramentoD	90	6.9				26 · 81%		2	3/4
7JoelintonM	90	6.9				29 · 72%		3	8/13
8Sandro TonaliM	90	7.2				25 · 76%	1	3	6/11
11Harvey BarnesMTop rated	85	8.9	2		4 (3)	19 · 89%	1	1	3/7
23Jacob MurphyM	90	6.9				14 · 79%	3	1	3/11
39Bruno GuimarãesM	90	7.2		1	1 (0)	35 · 89%	1	2	4/9
27Nick WoltemadeF	85	6.2			3 (2)	7 · 71%	1		4/11
26John RuddyG	–	–
32Aaron RamsdaleG	–	–
4Sven BotmanD	13	7.0				2 · 100%			1/3
37Alex MurphyD	–	–
28Joe WillockM	14	6.6				2 · 50%			0/1
41Jacob RamseyM	–	–
67Lewis MileyM	–	–
20Anthony ElangaF	14	6.5							0/1
62Sean NeaveF	–	–

Manchester City

Manchester City player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
25Gianluigi DonnarummaG	90	7.2			20 · 65%
3Rúben DiasD	90	8.6	1	1 (1)	79 · 94%	1	1	6/9
24Joško GvardiolD	90	6.5			64 · 91%		3	3/7
27Matheus NunesD	90	6.5			66 · 95%	1	1	1/4
33Nico O'ReillyD	90	6.0		1 (0)	47 · 96%	1		3/7
10Rayan CherkiM	77	6.2		2 (1)	38 · 79%	3		3/8
11Jérémy DokuM	76	7.2			22 · 86%	4	2	8/13
14Nico GonzálezM	90	6.7			90 · 91%		2	6/11
20Bernardo SilvaM	77	6.9		1 (0)	66 · 92%	1	2	3/4
47Phil FodenM	87	6.0		3 (0)	36 · 92%	1	1	2/6
9Erling HaalandF	90	6.3		4 (2)	10 · 50%		1	6/11
1James TraffordG	–	–
5John StonesD	–	–
6Nathan AkéD	–	–
21Rayan Aït-NouriD	–	–
45Abdukodir KhusanovD	–	–
4Tijjani ReijndersM	13	6.6			12 · 83%			0/1
52Oscar BobbM	13	6.9			16 · 94%	1		3/6
7Omar MarmoushF	12	6.2			2 · 100%			0/1
26SavinhoF	14	6.3		1 (0)	16 · 94%			1/2