Newcastle United 2-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 25 February 2012

Result

Newcastle United 2-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 25 February 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Newcastle United 2-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Newcastle United drew with Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 25 February 2012. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Papiss Cissé opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Papiss Cissé (6') and Jonás Gutiérrez (18'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Matt Jarvis (50') and Kevin Doyle (66').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 6th on 42 points from 25 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 18th on 21 points from 25. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 20th with 25.

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 2 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 0 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Papiss CisséNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 18'Goal · Jonás GutiérrezNewcastle United · 2-0
  • 50'Goal · Matt JarvisWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1
  • 66'Goal · Kevin DoyleWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-2
  • 89'Yellow card · Shola AmeobiNewcastle United
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Christophe BerraWolverhampton Wanderers

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Newcastle United 2, draws 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.

Team news

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

Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Ryan Taylor, Yohan Cabaye, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Papiss Demba Cissé, Demba Ba, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria

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

Wayne Hennessey, Richard Stearman, Ronald Zubar, Kevin Foley, Dave Edwards, Karl Henry, Matt Jarvis, Kevin Doyle, Stephen Ward, Christophe Berra, Jamie O'Hara