English Premier League

FT Saturday, April 5, 2008
Reading WWLWD 0
–
Newcastle United LLDWW 3
St James' Park · 52,179 att.

Team Stats

11
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
7
7
Corner Kicks
9
6
Saves
4
39
Possession
61
9
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
4
Accurate Passes
4
4
Passes
4
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
4
Accurate Crosses
9
17
Crosses
22
0.2
Cross %
0.4
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
5
Blocked Shots
2
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
14
Effective Clearances
13
14
Clearances
13

Head to Head

REA leads series 2-1

Lineups

NEW

  1. 13Steve HarperG
  2. 21Habib BeyeD
  3. 25Abdoulaye FayeD
  4. 30David EdgarD
  5. 3José EnriqueD
  6. 20GeremiM
  7. 22Nicky ButtM
  8. 7Joey BartonM
  9. 9Obafemi MartinsF
  10. 10Michael OwenF
  11. 36Mark VidukaF

Substitutes

  1. 34Fraser ForsterG
  2. 15Lamine DiattaD
  3. 11Damien DuffM
  4. 17Alan SmithF
  5. 39Andy CarrollF

REA

  1. 1Marcus HahnemannG
  2. 19Liam RoseniorD
  3. 16Ivar IngimarssonD
  4. 22André BikeyD
  5. 3Nicky ShoreyD
  6. 11John OsterM
  7. 15James HarperM
  8. 4Kalifa CisseM
  9. 10Stephen HuntM
  10. 12Dave KitsonF
  11. 9Kevin DoyleF

Substitutes

  1. 32Adam FedericiG
  2. 29Michael DuberryD
  3. 17Bobby ConveyM
  4. 20Emerse FaeM
  5. 24Shane LongF

Timeline

  1. 18' Goal!! Obafemi Martins hits a very good right footed shot to the lower right corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Newcastle now leads 1 - 0
  2. 41' Andre Bikey is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  3. 43' Goal!! Michael Owen hits a very good right footed shot to the upper left corner from the right penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Newcastle now leads 2 - 0
  4. 58' Goal!! Mark Viduka hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Newcastle now leads 3 - 0
  5. 60' Reading makes a sub: Bobby Convey enters for John Oster. Reason: Tactical
  6. 72' Reading makes a sub: Shane Long enters for Dave Kitson. Reason: Tactical
  7. 72' Reading makes a sub: Emerse Fae enters for Kalifa Cisse. Reason: Tactical
  8. 74' Newcastle makes a sub: Damien Duff enters for Mark Viduka. Reason: Tactical
  9. 79' Newcastle makes a sub: Alan Smith enters for Nicky Butt. Reason: Tactical
  10. 82' Newcastle makes a sub: Lamine Diatta enters for Abdoulaye Faye. Reason: Tactical
  11. 90' End of the game

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