Newcastle United 3-2 Southampton: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 6 February 2021

Result

Newcastle United 3-2 Southampton

Premier League · Saturday 6 February 2021, 15:00 UTC · half-time 3-1

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Newcastle United 3-2 Southampton: match report

Newcastle United won against Southampton 3-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 February 2021. The half-time score was 3-1.

Joe Willock opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Joe Willock (16'), M. Almirón (26') and M. Almirón (45+4'). Southampton scored through Takumi Minamino (30') and James Ward-Prowse (48').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Southampton received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 16th on 22 points from 22 and Southampton 12th on 29 points from 21. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 45 points, and Southampton 15th with 43.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Southampton in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Miguel Almirón of Newcastle United (8.6), ahead of Allan Saint-Maximin (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 3 for Southampton.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Jeff HendrickNewcastle United
  • 16'Goal · Joe WillockNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 26'Goal · M. AlmirónNewcastle United · 2-0
  • 30'Goal · Takumi MinaminoSouthampton · 2-1
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Emil KrafthNewcastle United
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Emil KrafthNewcastle United
  • 45+4'Goal · M. AlmirónNewcastle United · 3-1
  • 48'Goal · James Ward-ProwseSouthampton · 3-2
  • 49'Second yellow · Jeff HendrickNewcastle United
  • 73'Yellow card · Jan BednarekSouthampton
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Karl DarlowNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 4, draws 3, Southampton 3.

Team news

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Newcastle United line-up (4-3-1-2)

Karl Darlow, Javier Manquillo, Isaac Hayden, Fabian Schär, Jamal Lewis, Joe Willock, Jeff Hendrick, Jonjo Shelvey, Miguel Almirón, Callum Wilson, Allan Saint-Maximin

Southampton line-up (4-4-2)

Alex Simon McCarthy, Jack Stephens, Jan Bednarek, Jannik Vestergaard, Ryan Bertrand, Nathan Redmond, James Ward-Prowse, Oriol Romeu, Takumi Minamino, Ché Adams, Danny Ings