English League Championship

FT Saturday, December 26, 2009
Newcastle United WWWDW 2
–
Sheffield Wednesday LLLLL 2
Hillsborough · 30,030 att. · ESPN3

Team Stats

8
Fouls
19
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
4
53
Possession
47
5
SHOTS
10
4
ON GOAL
4
0.8
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
3
5
Crosses
6
0.0
Cross %
0.5
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
5
Blocked Shots
1
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
3
Clearances
2

Head to Head

NEW leads series 1-0

Lineups

SHW

  1. 1Lee GrantG
  2. 20Frank SimekD
  3. 4Darren PurseD
  4. 15Mark BeeversD
  5. 2Thomas SpurrD
  6. 23Jermaine JohnsonM
  7. 14Darren PotterM
  8. 17James O'ConnorM
  9. 30Tom SoaresM
  10. 7Marcus TudgayF
  11. 19Luke VarneyF

Substitutes

  1. 22Richard O'DonnellG
  2. 3Lewis BuxtonD
  3. 5Richard HindsD
  4. 33Michael GrayD
  5. 11Etienne EsajasM
  6. 9Francis JeffersF
  7. 18Leon ClarkeF

NEW

  1. 1Steve HarperG
  2. 12Danny SimpsonD
  3. 2Fabricio ColocciniD
  4. 27Steven TaylorD
  5. 3José EnriqueD
  6. 8Danny GuthrieM
  7. 4Kevin NolanM
  8. 22Nicky ButtM
  9. 18Jonás GutiérrezM
  10. 10Marlon HarewoodF
  11. 23Shola AmeobiF

Substitutes

  1. 26Tim KrulG
  2. 16Ryan TaylorD
  3. 28Tamas KadarD
  4. 21Fabrice PancrateM
  5. 11Peter LovenkrandsF
  6. 24Andy CarrollF
  7. 30Nile RangerF

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal!! Luke Varney hits a very good header high through the middle from the centre penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! Sheffield Wednesday now leads 1 - 0
  2. 19' Goal!! Kevin Nolan hits a very good header to the upper right corner from the left penalty area (aprox. 12 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 1
  3. 22' Goal!! Shola Ameobi hits a very good right footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! Newcastle United now leads 2 - 1
  4. 36' Luke Varney is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  5. 59' Goal!! James O'Connor hits a very good right footed shot high through the middle from the right 6 yard (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! The game is now tied at 2
  6. 62' Sheffield Wednesday makes a sub: Etienne Esajas enters for Jermaine Johnson. Reason: Tactical
  7. 64' Newcastle United makes a sub: Fabrice Pancrate enters for Jonás Gutiérrez. Reason: Tactical
  8. 69' Sheffield Wednesday makes a sub: Leon Clarke enters for Luke Varney. Reason: Tactical
  9. 73' Newcastle United makes a sub: Andrew Carroll enters for Shola Ameobi. Reason: Tactical
  10. 76' Marcus Tudgay is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
  11. 84' Newcastle United makes a sub: Peter Lovenkrands enters for Marlon Harewood. Reason: Tactical
  12. 90' End of the game

EFL Championship News

All news
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