Newcastle United 1-1 Sunderland: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 4 March 2012
Result
Newcastle United 1-1 Sunderland
Premier League · Sunday 4 March 2012, 12:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Newcastle United 1-1 Sunderland: match report
Newcastle United drew with Sunderland 1-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 4 March 2012. The half-time score was 0-1.
Nicklas Bendtner opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Shola Ameobi (90+1'). Sunderland scored through Nicklas Bendtner (24', penalty).
Discipline: Newcastle United received 5 yellow cards; Sunderland received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 6th on 43 points from 26 and Sunderland 12th on 33 points from 26. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Sunderland 13th with 45.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Sunderland in a 4-4-1-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 1 for Sunderland.
Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read D-L-W-W-L and Sunderland's L-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 2'Yellow card · L. Cattermole
- 13'Yellow card · Yohan Cabaye
- 19'Yellow card · James McClean
- 19'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
- 23'Yellow card · Demba Ba
- 24'Penalty goal · Nicklas Bendtner
- 24'Yellow card · M. Williamson
- 51'Yellow card · Craig Gardner
- 58'Red card · Stéphane Sessègnon
- 67'Yellow card · Cheik Tiote
- 83'Missed penalty · Demba Ba
- 90+1'Goal · Shola Ameobi
- 90+6'Red card · L. Cattermole
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Mike Williamson, Ryan Taylor, Yohan Cabaye, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Papiss Demba Cissé, Demba Ba, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria
Sunderland line-up (4-4-1-1)
Simon Mignolet, Phil Bardsley, Michael Turner, Kieran Richardson, John O'Shea, Lee Cattermole, Sebastian Larsson, Craig Gardner, James McClean, Stéphane Sessègnon, Nicklas Bendtner