Match Report


Newcastle UnitedNewcastle United     Aston VillaAston Villa
Steve LittleSteve Little Adrian Roos Adrian Roos
Jari MartinpoikaJ. Martinpoika81
G
captain1captain
G
65Vikash CoqueletV. Coquelet
Linus SchulzeL. Schulze74
D
2
D
73Jaouad Ntumpa NsafuJ. Ntumpa Nsafu
Mitchel BroersM. Broers74
D
3
D
70Msaddeck ZidaneM. Zidane
Marcio PeleM. Pele75
D
4
D
69Gabriel VoisinG. Voisin
Carlos AguilarC. Aguilar70
D
5
M
79Yyvind FavoY. Favo
Jan NygaardJ. Nygaard71
D
6
M
75Peter KahnP. Kahn
Franck ZanottiF. Zanotti71
M
7
M
71Dennis HasselbainkD. Hasselbaink
Kevin PlattK. Platt72
M
8
M
69Duncan CroftD. Croft
Paulo OliveiraP. Oliveira68
M
9
A
70Moktar ForgeM. Forge
Hugo IkpebaH. Ikpeba65
A
10
A
69Laurent CandelaL. Candela
Runar KvarmeR. Kvarme71
A
11
A
68Gary ClarkeG. Clarke
 
Eoin ThomsonE. Thomson70
D
12
A
68Samir BrehmeS. Brehme
Ivan TudorI. Tudor66
A
13
M
68Robert CookeR. Cooke
Dennis BishopD. Bishop70
D
14
D
63Sebastiao SousaS. Sousa

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Match Report
The sky is dark and overcast here at St James Park where Newcastle United play host to Aston Villa. A crowd of 16,850 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Newcastle United are playing in a 5-3-2 formation while Aston Villa appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Today's match is refereed by Stuart Lineker.


0.00
Aston Villa start the match!
2.19
Franck Zanotti flicks a high pass forward. Hugo Ikpeba collects the pass. Hugo Ikpeba skips past Jaouad Ntumpa Nsafu! Hugo Ikpeba shows great control and tries a shot on goal. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is a match for it. Quality keeping!
8.22
Dennis Hasselbaink changes direction and makes an attacking run forward. Dennis Hasselbaink knocks in a cross ball towards Laurent Candela. Laurent Candela shows true skill creating a chance out of nothing and knocks the ball goalwards with his head but it misses the target by a large margin!
9.27
Kevin Platt catches Dennis Hasselbaink on the ankles. The referee brings Kevin Platt to one side and gives him a warning! Dennis Hasselbaink stretches but gets up unharmed.
15.38
Franck Zanotti chips the ball to his team mate, Hugo Ikpeba. Hugo Ikpeba lofts in a cross ball towards Runar Kvarme. Runar Kvarme heads the ball goalwards. The ball skims just under the bar, beyond the keeper's outstretched hand. Goal!!
18.14
Marcio Pele flicks a high pass forward. Franck Zanotti collects the pass. Franck Zanotti flicks a high pass forward. Hugo Ikpeba controls it well on his chest. Hugo Ikpeba knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
26.33
Peter Kahn catches Kevin Platt on the ankles. Peter Kahn is shown the yellow card! Kevin Platt stretches but gets up unharmed.
40.47
Paulo Oliveira flicks a high pass forward. Hugo Ikpeba holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Hugo Ikpeba whips in a cross ball towards Runar Kvarme. Runar Kvarme flicks the ball with his head. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Runar Kvarme!
45.00
Linus Schulze arcs the ball upfield. Runar Kvarme sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. The ball clips the outside of the post and goes out!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!

Both teams emerge for the second half. Newcastle United appear unchanged since the first half. Aston Villa also appear unchanged since the first half.

45.00
The whistle blows and Newcastle United kick off!
47.39
Kevin Platt hits a low pass to Hugo Ikpeba. Hugo Ikpeba knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Jaouad Ntumpa Nsafu.
48.49
Franck Zanotti passes the ball forward to Hugo Ikpeba. Hugo Ikpeba shoots from 25 yards. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is more than a match for it. Fabulous stop!
49.37
Franck Zanotti sees Runar Kvarme in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Runar Kvarme knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Jaouad Ntumpa Nsafu.
53.42
Mitchel Broers flicks a high pass forward. Paulo Oliveira holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Paulo Oliveira runs deep into the other half of the pitch. Paulo Oliveira whips in a cross ball towards Hugo Ikpeba. Hugo Ikpeba beats his man to it with a header but it misses the target by a large margin!
55.19
Paulo Oliveira threads the ball through to Runar Kvarme. Runar Kvarme controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it's well over the bar!
57.45
Dennis Hasselbaink comes in with a late challenge on Franck Zanotti. The referee brings Dennis Hasselbaink to one side and gives him a warning! Franck Zanotti stretches but gets up unharmed.
59.02
Newcastle United are in full control of this game.
63.52
Mitchel Broers hits a low pass to Franck Zanotti. Franck Zanotti hits a low pass to Hugo Ikpeba. Hugo Ikpeba knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
75.29
Gabriel Voisin hits a low pass to Peter Kahn. Peter Kahn threads a neat ball through to Moktar Forge. Moktar Forge shoots from 20 yards. Jari Martinpoika gathers the ball up comfortably. Top class keeping!
78.20
Kevin Platt surges forward with the ball. Kevin Platt makes a probing pass to Runar Kvarme but he's offside!
79.55
Msaddeck Zidane deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Yyvind Favo. Yyvind Favo knocks the ball to his team mate, Gary Clarke. Gary Clarke controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it's a lousy effort!
81.50
Kevin Platt makes a probing pass to Hugo Ikpeba. Hugo Ikpeba threads a neat ball through to Runar Kvarme. Some good footwork from Runar Kvarme provides some space. He shoots at goal but he gets too far under it and it goes high into the crowd!
89.26
Franck Zanotti kicks a strong pass forward to Runar Kvarme. Runar Kvarme knocks in a cross ball towards Hugo Ikpeba. Hugo Ikpeba directs the ball goalwards with his head. Vikash Coquelet picks it out of the air!
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!

Match Statistics
 

Newcastle United

Aston Villa
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
5
1
Shots off Target
4
2
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
1
2
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
75.4%
24.6%
Play Area
27.5%
47.8%
24.6%

Scorers
Runar Kvarme 15, 40

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Runar Kvarme of Newcastle United

Match Ratings
1.Jari Martinpoika (GK)
6
2.Linus Schulze (DEF)
6
3.Mitchel Broers (DEF)
6
4.Marcio Pele (DEF)
6
5.Carlos Aguilar (DEF)
6
6.Jan Nygaard (DEF)
6
7.Franck Zanotti (MID)
7
8.Kevin Platt (MID)
6
9.Paulo Oliveira (MID)
7
10.Hugo Ikpeba (ATT)
8
11.Runar Kvarme (ATT)goal scoredgoal scored
9
 
12.Eoin Thomson (DEF)
0
13.Ivan Tudor (ATT)
0
14.Dennis Bishop (DEF)
0

1.Vikash Coquelet (GK)
7
2.Jaouad Ntumpa Nsafu (DEF)
6
3.Msaddeck Zidane (DEF)
6
4.Gabriel Voisin (DEF)
6
5.Yyvind Favo (MID)
6
6.Peter Kahn (MID)yellow card
5
7.Dennis Hasselbaink (MID)
6
8.Duncan Croft (MID)
6
9.Moktar Forge (ATT)
6
10.Laurent Candela (ATT)
6
11.Gary Clarke (ATT)
6
 
12.Samir Brehme (ATT)
0
13.Robert Cooke (MID)
0
14.Sebastiao Sousa (DEF)
0