West Ham United 2-3 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2017
Result
West Ham United 2-3 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 23 December 2017, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
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West Ham United 2-3 Newcastle United: match report
West Ham United lost to Newcastle United 2-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 23 December 2017. The half-time score was 1-1.
Marko Arnautovic opened the scoring in the 6th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Marko Arnautovic (6') and André Ayew (69'). Newcastle United scored through Henri Saivet (10'), Mohamed Diamé (53') and Christian Atsu (61').
Discipline: West Ham United received 1 yellow card; Newcastle United received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game West Ham United were 15th on 17 points from 18 and Newcastle United 18th on 15 points from 18. West Ham United went on to finish that season 13th with 42 points, and Newcastle United 10th with 44.
West Ham United lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Newcastle United in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Christian Atsu of Newcastle United (8.1), ahead of Marko Arnautovic (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Ham United wins, 2 draws and 5 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Marko Arnautovic
- 10'Goal · Henri Saivet
- 53'Goal · Mohamed Diamé
- 56'Missed penalty · André Ayew
- 61'Goal · Christian Atsu
- 67'Yellow card · Christian Atsu
- 69'Goal · André Ayew
- 77'Yellow card · Cheikhou Kouyaté
Head-to-head
Team news
West Ham United line-up (3-4-2-1)
Adrián, Winston Reid, Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell, Pablo Zabaleta, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Pedro Obiang, Arthur Masuaku, Michail Antonio, André Ayew, Marko Arnautovic
Newcastle United line-up (4-4-2)
Robert Elliot, DeAndre Yedlin, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Javier Manquillo, Matt Ritchie, Henri Saivet, Mohamed Diamé, Christian Atsu, Dwight Gayle, Joselu