Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Tuesday 28 December 2010
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Newcastle United
Premier League · Tuesday 28 December 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Newcastle United: match report
Tottenham Hotspur won against Newcastle United 2-0 in the Premier League on Tuesday 28 December 2010. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Aaron Lennon opened the scoring in the 57th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Aaron Lennon (57') and Gareth Bale (81'). Newcastle United did not score.
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Newcastle United received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 30 points from 18 and Newcastle United 9th on 22 points from 18. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 62 points, and Newcastle United 12th with 46.
Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-5-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 6 for Newcastle United.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read W-D-D-W-W and Newcastle United's L-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Cheik Tiote
- 39'Yellow card · Wilson Palacios
- 51'Yellow card · Younès Kaboul
- 52'Yellow card · Jonás Gutiérrez
- 57'Goal · Aaron Lennon
- 59'Yellow card · Alan Smith
- 65'Second yellow · Younès Kaboul
- 81'Goal · Gareth Bale
- 82'Yellow card · Andy Carroll
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-1-1)
Heurelho Gomes, Alan Hutton, Younès Kaboul, Michael Dawson, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Rafael van der Vaart, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Aaron Lennon
Newcastle United line-up (4-5-1)
Tim Krul, Danny Simpson, James Perch, Steven Taylor, Wayne Routledge, Jonás Gutiérrez, Cheik Tiote, Andy Carroll, Fabricio Coloccini, Joey Barton, Alan Smith