Newcastle United 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 12 March 2023

Result

Newcastle United 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Sunday 12 March 2023, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Newcastle United 2-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Newcastle United won against Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 12 March 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.

Alexander Isak opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Alexander Isak (26') and Miguel Almirón (79'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Hee-chan Hwang (70').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 6th on 41 points from 24 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 13th on 27 points from 26. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 13th with 41.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joe Willock of Newcastle United (7.8), ahead of Alexander Isak (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 7 draws and 2 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Goal · Alexander IsakNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 44'Yellow card · Daniel PodenceWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 58'Yellow card · Nélson SemedoWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 68'Yellow cardNewcastle United
  • 70'Goal · Hee-chan HwangWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-1
  • 79'Goal · Miguel AlmirónNewcastle United · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 1, draws 7, Wolverhampton Wanderers 2.

Team news

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

Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schär, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimarães, Joe Willock, Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak, Allan Saint-Maximin

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (4-2-3-1)

José Sá, Nélson Semedo, Craig Dawson, Maximilian Kilman, Jonny Otto, Rúben Neves, Mario Lemina, Adama Traoré, João Moutinho, Daniel Podence, Raúl Jiménez