Newcastle United 2-1 Southampton: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 8 December 2019
Result
Newcastle United 2-1 Southampton
Premier League · Sunday 8 December 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Newcastle United 2-1 Southampton: match report
Newcastle United defeated Southampton 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 8 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-0.
D. Ings opened the scoring in the 52nd minute. Newcastle United's goals came from J. Shelvey (68') and Federico Fernández (87'). Southampton scored through D. Ings (52').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Southampton received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 11th on 19 points from 15 and Southampton 18th on 15 points from 15. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 44 points, and Southampton 11th with 52.
Newcastle United lined up in a 5-4-1 and Southampton in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jonjo Shelvey of Newcastle United (7.8), ahead of Federico Fernández (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 4 draws and 4 for Southampton.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Southampton's W-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 44'Yellow card · James Ward-Prowse
- 48'Yellow card · J. Shelvey
- 52'Goal · D. Ings
- 62'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile Höjbjerg
- 67'Yellow card · Cédric Soares
- 68'Goal · J. Shelvey
- 87'Goal · Federico Fernández
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (5-4-1)
Martin Dúbravka, Javier Manquillo, Federico Fernández, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Jetro Willems, Miguel Almirón, Isaac Hayden, Jonjo Shelvey, Allan Saint-Maximin, Joelinton
Southampton line-up (4-4-2)
Alex Simon McCarthy, Cédric Soares, Jack Stephens, Jan Bednarek, Ryan Bertrand, Moussa Djenepo, James Ward-Prowse, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Nathan Redmond, Shane Long, Danny Ings