English League Championship

FT Monday, April 24, 2017
Preston North End DWLLL 1
–
Newcastle United WWLDL 4
1st2ndT
PNE101
NEW224
St. James' Park · 50,212 att.

Match Report

Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Newcastle beat Preston to seal promotion back to Premier League

Ayoze Perez struck twice as Rafael Benitez succeeded in his mission to guide Newcastle back to the Premier League at the first attempt.

Full story at ESPN →

Team Stats

9
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
16
3
Saves
1
32.1
Possession
67.9
6
SHOTS
22
2
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
232
Accurate Passes
563
311
Passes
642
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
7
10
Crosses
35
0.2
Cross %
0.2
58
Long Balls
43
26
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
9
10
Effective Tackles
6
14
Tackles
10
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
37
Effective Clearances
13
37
Clearances
13

Head to Head

NEW leads series 4-0

Lineups

NEW · 4-4-1-1

  1. 21Robert ElliotG
  2. 2Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 6Jamaal LascellesCD-R
  4. 3Paul DummettLB
  5. 8Vurnon AnitaRB
  6. 12Jonjo ShelveyCM-L
  7. 14Isaac HaydenCM-R
  8. 30Christian AtsuLM
  9. 11Matt RitchieRM
  10. 45Aleksandar MitrovicF
  11. 17Ayoze PérezRCF

Substitutes

  1. 4Jack ColbackSUB
  2. 33Daryl MurphySUB
  3. 20Yoan GouffranSUB
  4. 26Karl DarlowSUB
  5. 15Mohamed DiaméSUB
  6. 18Chancel MbembaSUB
  7. 22DeAndre YedlinSUB

PNE · 4-3-3

  1. 22Chris MaxwellG
  2. 23Paul HuntingtonCD-L
  3. 24Andrew BoyleCD-R
  4. 17Thomas SpurrLB
  5. 6Jiang GuangtaiRB
  6. 12Paul GallagherCM
  7. 11Daniel JohnsonLM
  8. 8Alan BrowneRM
  9. 25Jordan HugillF
  10. 29Tom BarkhuizenLF
  11. 14Aiden McGeadyRF

Substitutes

  1. 21Stevie MaySUB
  2. 37Callum RobinsonSUB
  3. 18Ben PringleSUB
  4. 1Anders LindegaardSUB
  5. 7Daryl HorganSUB
  6. 10Jermaine BeckfordSUB
  7. 2Marnick VermijlSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Preston North End 0. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) with an attempt from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ciaran Clark following a corner.
  2. 14' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Preston North End 1. Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Barkhuizen following a fast break.
  3. 27' Tyias Browning (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Goal! Newcastle United 2, Preston North End 1. Christian Atsu (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic following a fast break.
  5. 56' Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 63' Paul Gallagher (Preston North End) is shown the red card.
  7. 65' Goal! Newcastle United 3, Preston North End 1. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 67' Goal! Newcastle United 4, Preston North End 1. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  9. 68' Substitution, Newcastle United. Yoan Gouffran replaces Christian Atsu.
  10. 72' Substitution, Preston North End. Daryl Horgan replaces Aiden McGeady.
  11. 76' Substitution, Newcastle United. Jack Colback replaces Jonjo Shelvey.
  12. 82' Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 83' Substitution, Newcastle United. Daryl Murphy replaces Ayoze Pérez.

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