Manchester City 3-1 Newcastle United · Carabao Cup
Manchester City beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the Carabao Cup. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Manchester City and Newcastle United met in the Carabao Cup at Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Wednesday, 4 February 2026.
Goalscorers
Manchester City: O. Marmoush 7', 29'; T. Reijnders 32'. Newcastle United: A. Elanga 62'.
How the match went
Manchester City saw more of the ball, 63% of it. Manchester City had 18 shots with 8 on target, Newcastle United 12 with 5 on target. There were 9 corners in total, 5 to Manchester City and 4 to Newcastle United. Manchester City conceded 13 fouls, Newcastle United 14. The referee showed 3 yellow cards (3 for Manchester City, 0 for Newcastle United).
Line-ups
Manchester City started in a 4-2-2-2: James Trafford, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Nathan Aké, Rayan Aït-Nouri, Nico González, Nico O'Reilly, Phil Foden, Tijjani Reijnders, Antoine Semenyo, Omar Marmoush.
Newcastle United started in a 3-4-1-2: Aaron Ramsdale, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Kieran Trippier, Jacob Ramsey, Sandro Tonali, Lewis Hall, Joe Willock, Anthony Gordon, Nick Woltemade.
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