Newcastle United 2-0 Swansea City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 April 2016
Result
Newcastle United 2-0 Swansea City
Premier League · Saturday 16 April 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Newcastle United 2-0 Swansea City: match report
Newcastle United beat Swansea City 2-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 April 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jamaal Lascelles opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Jamaal Lascelles (40'), Moussa Sissoko (82') and Andros Townsend (89'). Swansea City did not score.
Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Swansea City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 19th on 25 points from 32 and Swansea City 11th on 43 points from 33. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Swansea City 11th with 50.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Swansea City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Andros Townsend of Newcastle United (8.8), ahead of Jamaal Lascelles (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 2 draws and 6 for Swansea City.
Key events
- 9'Yellow card · Leroy Fer
- 22'Yellow card · Chancel Mbemba
- 40'Goal · Jamaal Lascelles
- 73'Yellow card · Vurnon Anita
- 82'Goal · Moussa Sissoko
- 89'Goal · Andros Townsend
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Karl Darlow, Vurnon Anita, Chancel Mbemba, Jamaal Lascelles, Paul Dummett, Cheik Tiote, Jack Colback, Andros Townsend, Moussa Sissoko, Georginio Wijnaldum, Papiss Demba Cissé
Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lukasz Fabianski, Àngel Rangel, Federico Fernández, Ashley Williams, Neil Taylor, Jack Cork, Leroy Fer, André Ayew, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Jefferson Montero, Alberto Paloschi