Newcastle United 2-3 West Bromwich Albion: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 21 December 2011

Result

Newcastle United 2-3 West Bromwich Albion

Premier League · Wednesday 21 December 2011, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Newcastle United 2-3 West Bromwich Albion: match report

Newcastle United were beaten by West Bromwich Albion 2-3 in the Premier League on Wednesday 21 December 2011. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Peter Odemwingie opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Demba Ba (34') and Demba Ba (81'). West Bromwich Albion scored through Peter Odemwingie (20'), Gareth McAuley (44') and Paul Scharner (85').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; West Bromwich Albion received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 7th on 27 points from 16 and West Bromwich Albion 13th on 18 points from 16. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and West Bromwich Albion 10th with 47.

Newcastle United lined up in a 4-4-2 and West Bromwich Albion in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Newcastle United wins, 3 draws and 1 for West Bromwich Albion.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Goal · Peter OdemwingieWest Bromwich Albion · 0-1
  • 34'Goal · Demba BaNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 44'Goal · Gareth McAuleyWest Bromwich Albion · 1-2
  • 81'Goal · Demba BaNewcastle United · 2-2
  • 85'Goal · Paul ScharnerWest Bromwich Albion · 2-3
  • 90'Yellow card · Fabricio ColocciniNewcastle United

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Newcastle United 6, draws 3, West Bromwich Albion 1.

Team news

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

Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, James Perch, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Gabriel Obertan, Demba Ba, Leon Best, H. Vučkić, Fabricio Coloccini, José Faria

West Bromwich Albion line-up (4-4-2)

Ben Foster, Jonas Olsson, Steven Reid, Nicky Shorey, Chris Brunt, Jerome Thomas, Youssouf Chafiq Mulumbu Ngangu, Paul Scharner, Shane Long, Peter Odemwingie, Gareth McAuley