Newcastle United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2012
Result
Newcastle United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Saturday 18 August 2012, 16:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Newcastle United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Newcastle United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 18 August 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Demba Ba opened the scoring in the 55th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Demba Ba (55') and Hatem Ben Arfa (80', penalty). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Jermain Defoe (76').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards.
Newcastle United went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 5th with 72.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Newcastle United wins, 2 draws and 3 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Key events
- 14'Yellow card · Danny Simpson
- 17'Yellow card · J. Livermore
- 19'Yellow card · Sandro
- 45+2'Yellow card · Yohan Cabaye
- 55'Goal · Demba Ba
- 76'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 80'Penalty goal · Hatem Ben Arfa
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, James Perch, Steven Taylor, Yohan Cabaye, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Papiss Demba Cissé, Demba Ba, José Faria, Hatem Ben Arfa
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-2-3-1)
Younès Kaboul, William Gallas, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Jake Livermore, Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe, Brad Friedel, Sandro