Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 Newcastle United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 February 2012

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 Newcastle United

Premier League · Saturday 11 February 2012, 17:30 UTC · half-time 4-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 Newcastle United: match report

Tottenham Hotspur beat Newcastle United 5-0 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 February 2012. It was 4-0 at half-time.

Benoît Assou-Ekotto opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Benoît Assou-Ekotto (4'), Louis Saha (6'), Louis Saha (20'), Niko Kranjčar (34') and Emmanuel Adebayor (65'). Newcastle United did not score.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 3rd on 50 points from 24 and Newcastle United 6th on 42 points from 24. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 69 points, and Newcastle United 5th with 65.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 6 for Newcastle United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Benoît Assou-EkottoTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 6'Goal · Louis SahaTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 20'Goal · Louis SahaTottenham Hotspur · 3-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Scott ParkerTottenham Hotspur
  • 34'Goal · Niko KranjčarTottenham Hotspur · 4-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Kyle WalkerTottenham Hotspur
  • 65'Goal · Emmanuel AdebayorTottenham Hotspur · 5-0
  • 71'Yellow card · Dan GoslingNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 2, draws 2, Newcastle United 6.

Team news

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Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Luka Modrić, Niko Kranjčar, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Louis Saha, Scott Parker, Brad Friedel

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

Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, James Perch, Danny Guthrie, Jonás Gutiérrez, Gabriel Obertan, Papiss Demba Cissé, Demba Ba, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria