Newcastle United 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 2 April 2011

Result

Newcastle United 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 2 April 2011, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Newcastle United 4-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Newcastle United defeated Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 2 April 2011. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Kevin Nolan opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Kevin Nolan (22'), Shola Ameobi (45'), Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands (50') and Jonás Gutiérrez (90+4'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (58').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 5 yellow cards; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 11th on 36 points from 30 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 17th on 32 points from 30. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 46 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 17th with 40.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 0 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-L-D-W-D and Wolverhampton Wanderers's W-D-W-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Yellow card · George ElokobiWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 15'Yellow card · Nenad MilijašWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 22'Goal · Kevin NolanNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 41'Yellow card · Shola AmeobiNewcastle United
  • 43'Yellow card · Kevin NolanNewcastle United
  • 44'Yellow card · Jamie O'HaraWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 45'Goal · Shola AmeobiNewcastle United · 2-0
  • 50'Goal · Peter Rosenkrands LøvenkrandsNewcastle United · 3-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Jonás GutiérrezNewcastle United
  • 58'Goal · Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeWolverhampton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 62'Yellow card · James PerchNewcastle United
  • 88'Yellow card · Nile RangerNewcastle United
  • 90+4'Goal · Jonás GutiérrezNewcastle United · 4-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Newcastle United 0, draws 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.

Team news

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

Steve Harper, Mike Williamson, Danny Simpson, Danny Guthrie, Jonás Gutiérrez, Shane Ferguson, Peter Rosenkrands Løvenkrands, Shola Ameobi, Fabricio Coloccini, Kevin Nolan, Joey Barton

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-5-1)

Wayne Hennessey, George Elokobi, Richard Stearman, Kevin Foley, Karl Henry, Matt Jarvis, Adam Hammill, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Christophe Berra, Nenad Milijaš, Jamie O'Hara