Newcastle United 2-1 Stoke City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 September 2017
Result
Newcastle United 2-1 Stoke City
Premier League · Saturday 16 September 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newcastle United 2-1 Stoke City: match report
Newcastle United won against Stoke City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 September 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Christian Atsu opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Christian Atsu (19') and Jamaal Lascelles (68'). Stoke City scored through Xherdan Shaqiri (57').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards; Stoke City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 11th on 6 points from 4 and Stoke City 13th on 5 points from 4. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 10th with 44 points, and Stoke City 19th with 33.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Stoke City in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Xherdan Shaqiri of Stoke City (8.2), ahead of Matt Ritchie (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 4 for Stoke City.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Christian Atsu
- 25'Yellow card · Isaac Hayden
- 30'Yellow card · Kevin Wimmer
- 57'Goal · Xherdan Shaqiri
- 68'Goal · Jamaal Lascelles
- 73'Yellow card · Ciaran Clark
- 77'Yellow card · Mikel Merino
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-2-3-1)
Robert Elliot, DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Chancel Mbemba, Isaac Hayden, Mikel Merino, Matt Ritchie, Ayoze Pérez, Christian Atsu, Joselu
Stoke City line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jack Butland, Kurt Zouma, Bruno Martins Indi, Kevin Wimmer, Mame Diouf, Joe Allen, Darren Fletcher, Erik Pieters, Xherdan Shaqiri, Eric-Maxim Choupo-Moting, Jesé