Newcastle United 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 11 August 2018

Result

Newcastle United 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Saturday 11 August 2018, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Newcastle United 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Newcastle United lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 11 August 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.

Jan Vertonghen opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Joselu (11'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Jan Vertonghen (8') and Dele Alli (18').

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

Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 71.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joselu of Newcastle United (8.0), level with Jan Vertonghen (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Newcastle United wins, 0 draws and 5 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Jan VertonghenTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 11'Goal · JoseluNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 18'Goal · Dele AlliTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 42'Yellow card · Eric DierTottenham Hotspur
  • 58'Yellow card · JoseluNewcastle United
  • 68'Yellow card · Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Mohamed DiaméNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 5, draws 0, Tottenham Hotspur 5.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (4-4-1-1)

Martin Dúbravka, Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett, Jamaal Lascelles, DeAndre Yedlin, Jonjo Shelvey, Mohamed Diamé, Matt Ritchie, Kenedy, Ayoze Pérez, Joselu

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-3-2-1)

Hugo Lloris, Jan Vertonghen, Davinson Sánchez, Serge Aurier, Ben Davies, Eric Dier, Moussa Sissoko, Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen, Lucas Moura, Harry Kane