English League Championship

FT Saturday, January 14, 2017
Newcastle United WLWLD 2
–
Brentford LDDWW 1
1st2ndT
NEW112
BRE011
Griffin Park · 11,435 att.

Match Report

Newcastle go top of the Championship standings after battling past the Bees

Newcastle go top of the Championship standings after battling past the Bees

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
3
45.9
Possession
54.1
11
SHOTS
13
5
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
321
Accurate Passes
378
433
Passes
509
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.2
79
Long Balls
95
30
Accurate Long Balls
43
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
7
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
42
Effective Clearances
16
42
Clearances
16

Head to Head

NEW leads series 2-0

Lineups

BRE · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Daniel BentleyG
  2. 6Harlee DeanCD
  3. 5Andreas BjellandCD-L
  4. 14John EganCD-R
  5. 15Ryan WoodsCM-L
  6. 8Li KeCM-R
  7. 10Josh McEachranAM
  8. 30Tom FieldLM
  9. 2Maxime ColinRM
  10. 21Lasse VibeF
  11. 19Romaine SawyersRCF

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. 14Isaac HaydenCM-R
  8. 20Yoan GouffranLM
  9. 11Matt RitchieRM
  10. 9Dwight GayleF
  11. 17Ayoze PérezRCF

Timeline

  1. 20' Goal! Brentford 0, Newcastle United 1. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
  2. 28' Substitution, Newcastle United. Daryl Murphy replaces Dwight Gayle because of an injury.
  3. 31' Paul Dummett (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 52' Goal! Brentford 1, Newcastle United 1. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  5. 62' Substitution, Newcastle United. Vurnon Anita replaces Isaac Hayden because of an injury.
  6. 72' Substitution, Newcastle United. Grant Hanley replaces Vurnon Anita because of an injury.
  7. 79' Goal! Brentford 1, Newcastle United 2. Daryl Murphy (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez with a cross.
  8. 80' Substitution, Brentford. Jota replaces Josh McEachran.
  9. 81' Lasse Vibe (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 87' Substitution, Brentford. Philipp Hofmann replaces John Egan.
  11. 90'+1' Substitution, Brentford. Josh Clarke replaces Romaine Sawyers.

EFL Championship News

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