Newcastle United 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 December 2018

Result

Newcastle United 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Sunday 9 December 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Newcastle United 1-2 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Newcastle United were beaten by Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 December 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Diogo Jota opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Newcastle United's goal came from Ayoze Pérez (23'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Diogo Jota (17') and Matt Doherty (90+4').

Discipline: Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newcastle United were 15th on 13 points from 15 and Wolverhampton Wanderers 13th on 19 points from 15. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 13th with 45 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 7th with 57.

Newcastle United lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Wolverhampton Wanderers in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ayoze Pérez of Newcastle United (7.8), ahead of Matt Doherty (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Newcastle United wins, 4 draws and 0 for Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Diogo JotaWolverhampton Wanderers · 0-1
  • 18'Yellow card · Ki Sung-YeungNewcastle United
  • 23'Goal · Ayoze PérezNewcastle United · 1-1
  • 33'Yellow card · Matt DohertyWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 57'Red card · DeAndre YedlinNewcastle United
  • 65'Yellow card · Hélder CostaWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 72'Yellow card · Conor CoadyWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 73'Yellow card · Diogo JotaWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 80'Yellow card · Ryan BennettWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 90+4'Goal · Matt DohertyWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-2
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Ciaran ClarkNewcastle United

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Newcastle United 2, draws 4, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.

Team news

Newcastle United line-up (3-5-1-1)

Martin Dúbravka, Jamaal Lascelles, Federico Fernández, Ciaran Clark, DeAndre Yedlin, Mohamed Diamé, Sung-yueng Ki, Christian Atsu, Matt Ritchie, Ayoze Pérez, Salomón Rondón

Wolverhampton Wanderers line-up (3-4-3)

Rui Patrício, Ryan Bennett, Conor Coady, Willy Boly, Matt Doherty, Romain Saïss, Rúben Neves, Rúben Vinagre, Hélder Costa, Adama Traoré, Diogo Jota