Newcastle United 2-0 Liverpool: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 1 April 2012
Result
Newcastle United 2-0 Liverpool
Premier League · Sunday 1 April 2012, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newcastle United 2-0 Liverpool: match report
Newcastle United defeated Liverpool 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday 1 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.
Papiss Cissé opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Papiss Cissé (19') and Papiss Cissé (59'). Liverpool did not score.
Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Liverpool received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 6th on 50 points from 30 and Liverpool 8th on 42 points from 30. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Liverpool 8th with 52.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Liverpool in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 0 draws and 8 for Liverpool.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-W-L-D-D and Liverpool's L-L-W-L-L.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Andy Carroll
- 17'Yellow card · J. Shelvey
- 19'Goal · Papiss Cissé
- 30'Yellow card · Papiss Cissé
- 45'Yellow card · Jon Flanagan
- 48'Yellow card · Cheik Tiote
- 59'Goal · Papiss Cissé
- 82'Yellow card · James Perch
- 83'Red card · Pepe Reina
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, James Perch, Yohan Cabaye, Danny Guthrie, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Papiss Demba Cissé, Demba Ba, Hatem Ben Arfa
Liverpool line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, José Enrique, Jamie Carragher, Jay Spearing, Jonjo Shelvey, Luis Suárez, Andy Carroll, Craig Bellamy, Steven Gerrard, Martin Škrtel, Jon Flanagan