Newcastle United 2-1 Watford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 December 2006
Result
Newcastle United 2-1 Watford
Premier League · Saturday 16 December 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newcastle United 2-1 Watford: match report
Newcastle United defeated Watford 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 December 2006. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Obafemi Martins opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Obafemi Martins (48') and Obafemi Martins (85'). Watford scored through Hameur Bouazza (57').
Neither side received a card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 14th on 19 points from 17 and Watford 20th on 11 points from 16. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 43 points, and Watford 20th with 28.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-W-W-W-D and Watford's D-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 48'Goal · Obafemi Martins
- 57'Goal · Hameur Bouazza
- 85'Goal · Obafemi Martins
Team news
Newcastle United line-up
Shay Given, Peter Ramage, Steven Taylor, Paul Huntington, Celestine Babayaro, Kieron Dyer, James Milner, Antoine Sibierski, Obafemi Martins, Emre Belözoğlu, Nicky Butt
Watford line-up
Richard Lee, James Ashley Chambers, Jordan Stewart, Jay DeMerit, Ashley Young, Daniel Shittu, Gavin Mahon, Alhassan Bangura, Darius Henderson, Hameur Bouazza, Tommy Smith