Newcastle United 2-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Sunday 16 October 2011
Result
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.
Key events
- 40'Penalty goal · Rafael van der Vaart
- 48'Goal · Demba Ba
- 68'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 75'Yellow card · Scott Parker
- 79'Yellow card · Cheik Tiote
- 86'Goal · Shola Ameobi
- 90+1'Yellow card · Luka Modric
Head-to-head
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