Newcastle United 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Monday 22 October 2007

Result

Newcastle United 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Monday 22 October 2007, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Newcastle United 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Newcastle United won against Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 in the Premier League on Monday 22 October 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Obafemi Martins opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Obafemi Martins (44'), Cláudio Caçapa (50') and James Milner (72'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Robbie Keane (56').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 8th on 14 points from 8 and Tottenham Hotspur 18th on 7 points from 9. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 12th with 43 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 11th with 46.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Newcastle United wins, 0 draws and 4 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur
  • 35'Yellow card · Pascal ChimbondaTottenham Hotspur
  • 44'Goal · Obafemi MartinsNewcastle United · 1-0
  • 50'Goal · Cláudio CaçapaNewcastle United · 2-0
  • 56'Goal · Robbie KeaneTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 61'Yellow card · H. BeyeNewcastle United
  • 70'Yellow card · Nicky ButtNewcastle United
  • 72'Goal · James MilnerNewcastle United · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 6, draws 0, Tottenham Hotspur 4.

Team news

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

Shay Given, José Enrique, Cláudio Caçapa, Abdoulaye Faye, Charles N'Zogbia, Geremi N'Djitap Fotso, Obafemi Martins, Michael Owen, Emre Belözoğlu, Habib Beye, Nicky Butt

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Radek Cerný, Pascal Chimbonda, Young-Pyo Lee, Younès Kaboul, Michael Dawson, Didier Zokora, Jermaine Jenas, Steed Malbranque, Gareth Bale, Darren Bent, R. Keane