English League Championship

FT Saturday, February 11, 2017
Newcastle United WWLDW 1
–
Wolverhampton Wanderers WLWWL 0
1st2ndT
NEW101
WOL000
Molineux Stadium · 24,876 att.

Match Report

Newcastle return to top of table as Aleksandar Mitrovic goal wins game at Wolves

Newcastle return to top of table as Aleksandar Mitrovic goal wins game at Wolves

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
14
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
1
42.8
Possession
57.2
6
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
222
Accurate Passes
320
359
Passes
457
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
7
6
Crosses
28
0.3
Cross %
0.3
79
Long Balls
99
26
Accurate Long Balls
38
0.3
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
4
11
Effective Tackles
8
14
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
0
Interceptions
0
44
Effective Clearances
32
44
Clearances
32

Head to Head

NEW leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

WOL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Carl IkemeG
  2. 5Richard StearmanCD-L
  3. 6Danny BatthCD-R
  4. 2Matt DohertyLB
  5. 16Conor CoadyRB
  6. 26Bright EnobakhareAM
  7. 19Jack PriceLM
  8. 4David EdwardsRM
  9. 9Nouha DickoF
  10. 17Hélder CostaAM-L
  11. 63Andreas WeimannAM-R

NEW · 4-4-1-1

  1. 26Karl DarlowG
  2. 2Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 6Jamaal LascellesCD-R
  4. 3Paul DummettLB
  5. 22DeAndre YedlinRB
  6. 12Jonjo ShelveyCM-L
  7. 4Jack ColbackCM-R
  8. 20Yoan GouffranLM
  9. 11Matt RitchieRM
  10. 45Aleksandar MitrovicF
  11. 15Mohamed DiaméRCF

Timeline

  1. 14' Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 44' Goal! Wolverhampton Wanderers 0, Newcastle United 1. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamaal Lascelles following a set piece situation.
  3. 45' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Lee Evans replaces Jack Price because of an injury.
  4. 45' Substitution, Newcastle United. Christian Atsu replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
  5. 61' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jón Dadi Bödvarsson replaces Bright Enobakhare.
  6. 64' Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 67' Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 75' Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Ben Marshall replaces Andreas Weimann.
  9. 82' Substitution, Newcastle United. Daryl Murphy replaces Matt Ritchie.
  10. 87' Jack Colback (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
  11. 88' Substitution, Newcastle United. Ayoze Pérez replaces Mohamed Diamé.
  12. 90'+2' Karl Darlow (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.

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