Newcastle United 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2016

Result

Newcastle United 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 15 May 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Newcastle United 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Newcastle United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 15 May 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Georginio Wijnaldum opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Georginio Wijnaldum (19'), Aleksandar Mitrović (39'), Georginio Wijnaldum (73', penalty), Rolando Aarons (84') and Daryl Janmaat (86'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Erik Lamela (60').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 18th on 34 points from 37 and Tottenham Hotspur 2nd on 72 points from 37. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 2nd with 72.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Daryl Janmaat of Newcastle United (8.7), level with Rolando Aarons (8.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Georginio WijnaldumNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 39'Goal · Aleksandar MitrovićNewcastle United · 2-0
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Ryan MasonTottenham Hotspur
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Ryan MasonTottenham Hotspur
  • 60'Goal · Erik LamelaTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Erik LamelaTottenham Hotspur
  • 67'Red card · Aleksandar MitrovićNewcastle United
  • 73'Penalty goal · Georginio WijnaldumNewcastle United · 3-1
  • 84'Goal · Rolando AaronsNewcastle United · 4-1
  • 85'Yellow card · Rolando AaronsNewcastle United
  • 86'Goal · Daryl JanmaatNewcastle United · 5-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 4, draws 2, Tottenham Hotspur 4.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Karl Darlow, Daryl Janmaat, Steven Taylor, Chancel Mbemba, Paul Dummett, Cheik Tiote, Jack Colback, Andros Townsend, Moussa Sissoko, Georginio Wijnaldum, Aleksandar Mitrović

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)

Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen, Ben Davies, Eric Dier, Ryan Mason, Erik Lamela, Christian Eriksen, Heung-min Son, Harry Kane