Newcastle United 2-2 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2008
Result
Newcastle United 2-2 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 6 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Newcastle United 2-2 Stoke City: match report
Newcastle United drew with Stoke City 2-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 6 December 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Michael Owen opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Michael Owen (8') and Michael Owen (24'). Stoke City scored through Mamady Sidibe (60') and Abdoulaye Faye (90').
Discipline: Newcastle United received no yellow cards; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 17th on 15 points from 15 and Stoke City 15th on 18 points from 15. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 18th with 34 points, and Stoke City 12th with 45.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Stoke City in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read D-D-D-L-W and Stoke City's D-W-L-D-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Michael Owen
- 24'Goal · Michael Owen
- 60'Goal · Mamady Sidibe
- 84'Yellow card · Andy Griffin
- 90'Goal · Abdoulaye Faye
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Shay Given, José Enrique, Sebastien Bassong, Danny Guthrie, Charles N'Zogbia, Jonás Gutiérrez, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen, Fabricio Coloccini, Habib Beye
Stoke City line-up (4-4-2)
Thomas Sorensen, Andy Griffin, Danny Higginbotham, Abdoulaye Faye, Ibrahima Sonko, Salif Diao, Amdy Faye, Richard Cresswell, Mamady Sidibé, Danny Pugh, Rory Delap