Newcastle United 1-2 Swansea City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 17 November 2012

Result

Newcastle United 1-2 Swansea City

Premier League · Saturday 17 November 2012, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Newcastle United 1-2 Swansea City: match report

Newcastle United lost to Swansea City 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 17 November 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Michu opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Demba Ba (90+3'). Swansea City scored through Michu (58') and Jonathan de Guzmán (87').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Swansea City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 10th on 14 points from 11 and Swansea City 11th on 13 points from 11. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Swansea City 9th with 45.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Swansea City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newcastle United win, 1 draw and 0 for Swansea City.

Going into the match Newcastle United's last five read L-D-W-D-L and Swansea City's D-D-L-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Yellow card · Itay ShechterSwansea City
  • 26'Yellow card · Leon BrittonSwansea City
  • 58'Goal · MichuSwansea City · 0-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Àngel RangelSwansea City
  • 73'Yellow card · Davide SantonNewcastle United
  • 87'Goal · Jonathan de GuzmánSwansea City · 0-2
  • 90+3'Goal · Demba BaNewcastle United · 1-2

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Newcastle United 1, draws 1, Swansea City 0.

Team news

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

Sammy Ameobi, Steven Taylor, Cheik Tiote, Tim Krul, José Faria, Hatem Ben Arfa, Vurnon Anita, Mike Williamson, Danny Simpson, Shane Ferguson, Demba Ba

Swansea City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Ashley Williams, Ben Davies, Leon Britton, Pablo Hernández, Garry Monk, Nathan Dyer, Miguel Pérez Cuesta, Àngel Rangel, Jonathan de Guzmán, Gerhard Tremmel, Alberto Merlo