Newcastle United 2-1 Everton: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2014
Result
Newcastle United 2-1 Everton
Premier League · Sunday 28 December 2014, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Newcastle United 2-1 Everton: match report
Newcastle United defeated Everton 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 28 December 2014. The half-time score was 1-1.
Arouna Koné opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Papiss Cissé (34'), Ayoze Pérez (51') and Jack Colback (68'). Everton scored through Arouna Koné (5') and Kevin Mirallas (84').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Everton received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 10th on 23 points from 18 and Everton 13th on 20 points from 18. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 15th with 39 points, and Everton 12th with 44.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Everton in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 5 for Everton.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-L-L-W-D and Everton's L-L-W-L-D.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Arouna Koné
- 27'Yellow card · Yoan Gouffran
- 28'Yellow card · James McCarthy
- 34'Goal · Papiss Cissé
- 51'Goal · Ayoze Pérez
- 68'Goal · Jack Colback
- 71'Yellow card · A. Alcáraz
- 84'Goal · Kevin Mirallas
- 90+4'Yellow card · P. Dummett
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Jak Alnwick, Daryl Janmaat, Mike Williamson, Fabricio Coloccini, Paul Dummett, Moussa Sissoko, Jack Colback, Cheik Tiote, Yoan Gouffran, Papiss Demba Cissé, Ayoze Pérez
Everton line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joel Robles, Séamus Coleman, Antolín Alcaraz, Sylvain Distin, Leighton Baines, James McCarthy, Gareth Barry, Aiden McGeady, Samuel Eto'o, Luke Garbutt, Arouna Koné