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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Jose EnriqueNewcastle United
  • 12'Goal · Charles N'ZogbiaNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · Luka ModrićTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Tom HuddlestoneTottenham Hotspur
  • 87'Yellow card · Luka ModrićTottenham Hotspur
  • 89'Yellow card · Jonás GutiérrezNewcastle United
  • 90'Goal · Damien DuffNewcastle United · 2-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Damien DuffNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 6, draws 0, Tottenham Hotspur 4.

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