Newcastle United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 16 October 2011

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Newcastle United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 16 October 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Newcastle United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Newcastle United drew with Tottenham Hotspur 2-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 16 October 2011. The half-time score was 0-1.

Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring in the 40th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Demba Ba (48') and Shola Ameobi (86'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Rafael van der Vaart (40', penalty) and Jermain Defoe (68').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 4th on 15 points from 7 and Tottenham Hotspur 6th on 12 points from 6. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 69.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 3 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 40'Penalty goal · Rafael van der VaartTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 48'Goal · Demba BaNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 68'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 75'Yellow card · Scott ParkerTottenham Hotspur
  • 79'Yellow card · Cheik TioteNewcastle United
  • 86'Goal · Shola AmeobiNewcastle United · 2-2
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Luka ModricTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 6, draws 1, Tottenham Hotspur 3.

Team news

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

Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, Ryan Taylor, Steven Taylor, Yohan Cabaye, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Gabriel Obertan, Demba Ba, Leon Best, Fabricio Coloccini

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-1-1)

Younès Kaboul, Ledley King, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rafael van der Vaart, Luka Modrić, Jake Livermore, Gareth Bale, Emmanuel Adebayor, Scott Parker, Brad Friedel