English League Championship

FT Saturday, December 17, 2016
Newcastle United LLLWW 2
–
Burton Albion LDWLL 1
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NEW202
BRT101
Pirelli Stadium · 6,665 att.

Match Report

Newcastle go into Christmas top of the pile after edging out Burton

Newcastle go into Christmas top of the pile after edging out Burton

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
2
42.3
Possession
57.7
9
SHOTS
15
4
ON GOAL
3
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
238
Accurate Passes
320
340
Passes
473
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
5
24
Crosses
24
0.1
Cross %
0.2
82
Long Balls
114
31
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
7
20
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
81
Effective Clearances
21
81
Clearances
21

Lineups

BRT · 3-5-2

  1. 1Jon McLaughlinG
  2. 5Kyle McFadzeanCD
  3. 14Damien McCroryCD-L
  4. 4John MousinhoCD-R
  5. 36Jackson IrvineCM-L
  6. 15Tom NaylorCM-R
  7. 16Matthew PalmerAM
  8. 11Lloyd DyerLM
  9. 3John BrayfordRM
  10. 8Chris O'GradyCF-L
  11. 10Lucas AkinsCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 2Tom FlanaganSUB
  2. 19Hamza ChoudhurySUB
  3. 22Marcus Myers-HarnessSUB
  4. 7Lee WilliamsonSUB
  5. 18Will MillerSUB
  6. 12Jamie WardSUB
  7. 13Stephen BywaterSUB

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. 12Jonjo ShelveyCM-R
  8. 11Matt RitchieLM
  9. 30Christian AtsuRM
  10. 9Dwight GayleF
  11. 15Mohamed DiaméRCF

Substitutes

  1. 28Matz SelsSUB
  2. 20Yoan GouffranSUB
  3. 17Ayoze PérezSUB
  4. 18Chancel MbembaSUB
  5. 45Aleksandar MitrovicSUB
  6. 7Achraf LazaarSUB
  7. 8Vurnon AnitaSUB

Timeline

  1. 15' Goal! Burton Albion 0, Newcastle United 1. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross.
  2. 19' Tom Naylor (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 20' Goal! Burton Albion 1, Newcastle United 1. Lloyd Dyer (Burton Albion) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by John Brayford with a cross.
  4. 34' Goal! Burton Albion 1, Newcastle United 2. Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dwight Gayle.
  5. 45'+3' Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 78' Substitution, Burton Albion. Jamie Ward replaces Lucas Akins.
  8. 85' Substitution, Newcastle United. Yoan Gouffran replaces Matt Ritchie.
  9. 89' Substitution, Burton Albion. Will Miller replaces Matthew Palmer.

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