English Premier League

FT Sunday, December 6, 2015
Liverpool LWWWW 0
–
Newcastle United LDWLL 2
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St. James' Park · 51,273 att.

Match Report

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Newcastle beat Liverpool as Georginio Wijnaldum is the star of the show

Newcastle United boss Steve McClaren picked up a much-needed win against Liverpool.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
6
1
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
1
60.2
Possession
39.8
10
SHOTS
6
1
ON GOAL
1
0.1
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
447
Accurate Passes
264
574
Passes
389
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
8
Accurate Crosses
3
25
Crosses
7
0.3
Cross %
0.4
77
Long Balls
81
40
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
1
20
Effective Tackles
22
26
Tackles
26
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
11
Effective Clearances
16
11
Clearances
22

Head to Head

LIV leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NEW · 4-4-1-1

  1. 21Robert ElliotG
  2. 18Chancel MbembaCD-L
  3. 2Fabricio ColocciniCD-R
  4. 3Paul DummettLB
  5. 22Daryl JanmaatRB
  6. 8Vurnon AnitaCM-L
  7. 4Jack ColbackCM-R
  8. 5Georginio WijnaldumLM
  9. 7Moussa SissokoRM
  10. 9Papiss CisséF
  11. 10Siem de JongRCF

Substitutes

  1. 17Ayoze PérezSUB
  2. 42Jamie SterrySUB
  3. 45Aleksandar MitrovicSUB
  4. 43Kevin MbabuSUB
  5. 26Karl DarlowSUB
  6. 11Yoan GouffranSUB
  7. 20Florian ThauvinSUB

LIV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 22Simon MignoletG
  2. 6Dejan LovrenCD-L
  3. 37Martin SkrtelCD-R
  4. 18Alberto MorenoLB
  5. 2Nathaniel ClyneRB
  6. 11Roberto FirminoAM
  7. 24Joe AllenLM
  8. 21Lucas LeivaRM
  9. 9Christian BentekeF
  10. 7James MilnerAM-L
  11. 33Jordon IbeAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 27Divock OrigiSUB
  2. 56Connor RandallSUB
  3. 20Adam LallanaSUB
  4. 34Adam BogdanSUB
  5. 4Kolo TouréSUB
  6. 14Jordan HendersonSUB
  7. 15Daniel SturridgeSUB

Timeline

  1. 34' Jack Colback (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 45' Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 60' Vurnon Anita (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 62' Substitution, Liverpool. Adam Lallana replaces Christian Benteke.
  5. 62' Substitution, Liverpool. Daniel Sturridge replaces Roberto Firmino.
  6. 63' Papiss Demba Cissé (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 68' Substitution, Newcastle United. Ayoze Pérez replaces Siem de Jong.
  8. 69' Own Goal by Martin Skrtel, Liverpool. Newcastle United 1, Liverpool 0.
  9. 75' Substitution, Liverpool. Divock Origi replaces Jordon Ibe.
  10. 77' Substitution, Newcastle United. Yoan Gouffran replaces Jack Colback.
  11. 82' Substitution, Newcastle United. Florian Thauvin replaces Papiss Demba Cissé.
  12. 90'+3' Goal! Newcastle United 2, Liverpool 0. Georginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Moussa Sissoko with a through ball.

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