Newcastle United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 21 December 2008
Result
Newcastle United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Sunday 21 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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Newcastle United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Newcastle United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 December 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Charles N'Zogbia opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Charles N'Zogbia (12') and Damien Duff (90'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Luka Modrić (29').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 15th on 19 points from 17 and Tottenham Hotspur 16th on 19 points from 17. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Newcastle United wins, 0 draws and 4 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-D-D-D-D and Tottenham Hotspur's D-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · Jose Enrique
- 12'Goal · Charles N'Zogbia
- 29'Goal · Luka Modrić
- 62'Yellow card · Tom Huddlestone
- 87'Yellow card · Luka Modrić
- 89'Yellow card · Jonás Gutiérrez
- 90'Goal · Damien Duff
- 90'Yellow card · Damien Duff
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, José Enrique, Sebastien Bassong, Danny Guthrie, Charles N'Zogbia, Jonás Gutiérrez, Michael Owen, Shola Ameobi, Fabricio Coloccini, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Daniel Bentley, Tom Huddlestone, Luka Modrić, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Aaron Lennon