English Premier League

FT Saturday, February 28, 2015
Aston Villa LLLWL 0
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Newcastle United LWDDL 1
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St. James' Park · 51,573 att.

Match Report

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Papiss Cisse nets Newcastle winner to beat Tim Sherwood's Aston Villa

The Senegal international's assured 37th-minute finish was enough to secure a 1-0 victory, just the second of head coach John Carver's reign.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
6
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
3
50.5
Possession
49.5
14
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
255
Accurate Passes
256
365
Passes
354
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
4
Accurate Crosses
6
22
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.3
101
Long Balls
70
58
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
4
Blocked Shots
6
16
Effective Tackles
14
17
Tackles
16
0.9
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
35
Effective Clearances
43
35
Clearances
43

Head to Head

NEW leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

NEW · 4-4-2

  1. 1Tim KrulG
  2. 2Fabricio ColocciniCD-L
  3. 6Michael WilliamsonCD-R
  4. 19Massadio HaidaraLB
  5. 22Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 7Moussa SissokoCM-L
  7. 30Mehdi AbeidCM-R
  8. 28Sammy AmeobiLM
  9. 25Gabriel ObertanRM
  10. 29Emmanuel RivièreCF-L
  11. 9Papiss CisséCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Jonás GutiérrezSUB
  2. 8Vurnon AnitaSUB
  3. 4Ryan TaylorSUB
  4. 32Adam ArmstrongSUB
  5. 17Ayoze PérezSUB
  6. 11Yoan GouffranSUB
  7. 41Freddie WoodmanSUB

AVL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Brad GuzanG
  2. 6Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 5Jores OkoreCD-R
  4. 34Matthew LowtonLB
  5. 21Alan HuttonRB
  6. 15Ashley WestwoodCM
  7. 16Fabian DelphLM
  8. 8Tom CleverleyRM
  9. 20Christian BentekeF
  10. 9Scott SinclairLF
  11. 11Gabriel AgbonlahorRF

Substitutes

  1. 25Carles GilSUB
  2. 40Jack GrealishSUB
  3. 10Andreas WeimannSUB
  4. 24Carlos SánchezSUB
  5. 31Shay GivenSUB
  6. 7Leandro BacunaSUB
  7. 28Charles N'ZogbiaSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 37' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Aston Villa 0. Papiss Demba Cissé (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daryl Janmaat with a cross.
  3. 45'+2' Matthew Lowton (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 53' Michael Williamson (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 61' Substitution, Newcastle United. Ryan Taylor replaces Massadio Haidara because of an injury.
  6. 63' Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 66' Substitution, Aston Villa. Charles N'Zogbia replaces Scott Sinclair.
  8. 73' Substitution, Newcastle United. Ayoze Pérez replaces Emmanuel Rivière.
  9. 73' Substitution, Aston Villa. Andreas Weimann replaces Gabriel Agbonlahor.
  10. 78' Substitution, Newcastle United. Yoan Gouffran replaces Gabriel Obertan.
  11. 82' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leandro Bacuna replaces Matthew Lowton because of an injury.
  12. 83' Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90'+6' Tom Cleverley (Aston Villa) Yellow Card at 96'

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