English League Championship

FT Monday, February 20, 2017
Aston Villa DLLLL 0
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Newcastle United LDWWD 2
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St. James' Park · 50,024 att.

Match Report

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Newcastle return to Championship summit after victory over Aston Villa

Newcastle United reclaimed top spot in the Championship following a hard-earned 2-0 win over struggling Aston Villa at St James' Park.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
14
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
6
5
Saves
1
45.3
Possession
54.7
8
SHOTS
15
1
ON GOAL
6
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
244
Accurate Passes
331
377
Passes
445
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
8
16
Crosses
27
0.2
Cross %
0.3
82
Long Balls
83
22
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
2
14
Effective Tackles
3
17
Tackles
6
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
29
Effective Clearances
40
29
Clearances
40

Head to Head

NEW leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

NEW · 4-4-1-1

  1. 26Karl DarlowG
  2. 2Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 6Jamaal LascellesCD-R
  4. 3Paul DummettLB
  5. 22DeAndre YedlinRB
  6. 4Jack ColbackCM-L
  7. 12Jonjo ShelveyCM-R
  8. 20Yoan GouffranLM
  9. 11Matt RitchieRM
  10. 9Dwight GayleF
  11. 15Mohamed DiaméRCF

Substitutes

  1. 45Aleksandar MitrovicSUB
  2. 5Grant HanleySUB
  3. 27Jesús GámezSUB
  4. 7Achraf LazaarSUB
  5. 21Robert ElliotSUB
  6. 30Christian AtsuSUB
  7. 17Ayoze PérezSUB

AVL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 34Sam JohnstoneG
  2. 6Tommy ElphickCD-L
  3. 12James ChesterCD-R
  4. 25Mile JedinakDM
  5. 3Neil TaylorLB
  6. 21Alan HuttonRB
  7. 14Conor HourihaneCM-L
  8. 5Henri LansburyCM-R
  9. 26Jonathan KodjiaLM
  10. 20Birkir BjarnasonRM
  11. 9Scott HoganF

Substitutes

  1. 23Jordan AmaviSUB
  2. 37Albert AdomahSUB
  3. 31Mark BunnSUB
  4. 40Jack GrealishSUB
  5. 22Gary GardnerSUB
  6. 7Leandro BacunaSUB
  7. 2Nathan BakerSUB

Timeline

  1. 33' Substitution, Newcastle United. Aleksandar Mitrovic replaces Dwight Gayle because of an injury.
  2. 34' Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 37' Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 42' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Aston Villa 0. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner following a corner.
  5. 59' Own Goal by Henri Lansbury, Aston Villa. Newcastle United 2, Aston Villa 0.
  6. 71' Substitution, Aston Villa. Albert Adomah replaces Mile Jedinak.
  7. 82' Substitution, Aston Villa. Gary Gardner replaces Birkir Bjarnason.
  8. 83' Substitution, Aston Villa. Leandro Bacuna replaces Jonathan Kodjia.
  9. 89' Substitution, Newcastle United. Christian Atsu replaces Yoan Gouffran.

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