Norwich City 2-1 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 20 April 2005

Result

Norwich City 2-1 Newcastle United

Premier League · Wednesday 20 April 2005, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Norwich City 2-1 Newcastle United: match report

Norwich City defeated Newcastle United 2-1 in the Premier League on Wednesday 20 April 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Youssef Safri opened the scoring in the 68th minute. Norwich City's goals came from Youssef Safri (68') and Dean Ashton (90'). Newcastle United did not score.

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Norwich City were 20th on 24 points from 33 and Newcastle United 13th on 38 points from 31. Norwich City went on to finish that season 19th with 33 points, and Newcastle United 14th with 44.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Norwich City wins, 1 draw and 0 for Newcastle United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 68'Goal · Youssef SafriNorwich City · 1-0
  • 90'Goal · Dean AshtonNorwich City · 2-1
  • 90'Goal · Patrick KluivertNewcastle United · 1-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Norwich City 0, draws 1, Newcastle United 0.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up

Shay Given, Stephen Carr, Robbie Elliott, Andrew O'Brien, Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong, Charles N'Zogbia, James Milner, Laurent Robert, Shola Ameobi, Nicky Butt, Alan Shearer