English League Championship

FT Friday, December 30, 2016
Nottingham Forest WLDLL 1
–
Newcastle United LWWWL 3
1st2ndT
NFO101
NEW123
St. James' Park · 52,228 att.

Match Report

Dwight Gayle at the double as Newcastle end 2016 top of the Championship

Dwight Gayle at the double as Newcastle end 2016 top of the Championship

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
18
2
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
2
40.2
Possession
59.8
8
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
246
Accurate Passes
402
349
Passes
507
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
1
Accurate Crosses
7
7
Crosses
26
0.1
Cross %
0.3
66
Long Balls
56
21
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
6
9
Effective Tackles
14
20
Tackles
22
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
32
Effective Clearances
18
32
Clearances
18

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2

Lineups

NEW · 4-4-1-1

  1. 26Karl DarlowG
  2. 2Ciaran ClarkCD-L
  3. 6Jamaal LascellesCD-R
  4. 3Paul DummettLB
  5. 22DeAndre YedlinRB
  6. 14Isaac HaydenCM-L
  7. 4Jack ColbackCM-R
  8. 30Christian AtsuLM
  9. 11Matt RitchieRM
  10. 9Dwight GayleF
  11. 17Ayoze PérezRCF

Substitutes

  1. 28Matz SelsSUB
  2. 8Vurnon AnitaSUB
  3. 20Yoan GouffranSUB
  4. 15Mohamed DiaméSUB
  5. 18Chancel MbembaSUB
  6. 45Aleksandar MitrovicSUB
  7. 7Achraf LazaarSUB

NFO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 38Vladimir StojkovicG
  2. 25Jack HobbsCD-L
  3. 5Matthew MillsCD-R
  4. 2Eric LichajLB
  5. 41Matty CashRB
  6. 17Hildeberto PereiraAM
  7. 28Thomas LamLM
  8. 22Pajtim KasamiRM
  9. 14Nicklas BendtnerF
  10. 11Ben OsbornAM-L
  11. 12Nicolao DumitruAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 24David VaughanSUB
  2. 48Anel AhmedhodzicSUB
  3. 9Britt AssombalongaSUB
  4. 30Stephen HendersonSUB
  5. 39Apostolos VelliosSUB
  6. 37Jorge GrantSUB
  7. 18Mustapha CarayolSUB

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  2. 12' Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' Thomas Lam (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 29' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Nicolao Dumitru (Nottingham Forest) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eric Lichaj.
  5. 53' Jack Colback (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 59' Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 60' Second yellow card to Matt Mills (Nottingham Forest).
  8. 61' Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 63' Goal! Newcastle United 2, Nottingham Forest 1. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal.
  10. 65' DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 67' Substitution, Newcastle United. Mohamed Diamé replaces Jack Colback.
  12. 73' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Britt Assombalonga replaces Nicolao Dumitru.
  13. 80' Goal! Newcastle United 3, Nottingham Forest 1. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  14. 81' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. David Vaughan replaces Nicklas Bendtner.
  15. 83' Substitution, Newcastle United. Achraf Lazaar replaces Matt Ritchie.
  16. 84' Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Anel Ahmedhodzic replaces Thomas Lam.
  17. 88' Substitution, Newcastle United. Aleksandar Mitrovic replaces Dwight Gayle.

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