Newcastle United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers, 2023-24 English Premier League
· English Premier League
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3 - 0
3 - 0
Gordon shines as Newcastle beat Wolves 3-0
Newcastle United returned to winning ways with a 3-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Saturday thanks to goals from Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon and a late strike from Tino Livramento.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 6': Attempt blocked. Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
- 6': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Fabian Schär.
- 11': Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde is caught offside.
- 12': Foul by Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United).
- 12': Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Gordon.
- 14': Goal! Newcastle United 1, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) header from very close range to the bottom right corner following a fast break.
- 17': Attempt blocked. Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nélson Semedo.
- 19': Attempt missed. Dan Burn (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Anthony Gordon.
- 21': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Dan Burn.
- 22': Attempt missed. Craig Dawson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Pablo Sarabia with a cross following a corner.
- 22': Attempt missed. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Craig Dawson following a corner.
- 22': Attempt missed. Toti (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde following a corner.
- 22': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 22': Foul by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 24': Attempt blocked. Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 24': Attempt saved. Alexander Isak (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joe Willock.
- 27': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Sven Botman.
- 28': Foul by Toti (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 28': Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 29': Attempt saved. Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães.
- 30': Delay in match because of an injury Craig Dawson (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 30': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 31': Foul by Joe Willock (Newcastle United).
- 31': Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 31': Foul by Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United).
- 31': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Goal! Newcastle United 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
- 35': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Nélson Semedo.
- 35': Attempt missed. Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Joe Willock following a corner.
- 38': Offside, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Pedro Neto is caught offside.
- 43': Foul by Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United).
- 43': Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Foul by Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United).
- 45'+2': Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+2': Delay in match because of an injury Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 45'+3': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 45'+4': First Half ends, Newcastle United 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Newcastle United 2, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
- 45': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Dan Bentley replaces José Sá because of an injury.
- 45': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Nathan Fraser replaces Pedro Neto because of an injury.
- 50': Delay in match because of an injury Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United).
- 51': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 52': Substitution, Newcastle United. Tino Livramento replaces Kieran Trippier because of an injury.
- 54': Foul by Mario Lemina (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 54': Joe Willock (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Joe Willock (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dan Burn.
- 56': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Toti.
- 57': Attempt missed. Dan Burn (Newcastle United) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães with a cross following a corner.
- 59': Foul by Nathan Fraser (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 59': Tino Livramento (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 60': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Hugo Bueno replaces Toti.
- 61': Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 61': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 64': Attempt missed. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Rayan Aït-Nouri.
- 66': Attempt saved. Nathan Fraser (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mario Lemina.
- 68': Attempt saved. Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
- 68': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Dan Burn.
- 70': Substitution, Newcastle United. Harvey Barnes replaces Alexander Isak.
- 70': Substitution, Newcastle United. Miguel Almirón replaces Jacob Murphy.
- 70': Substitution, Newcastle United. Lewis Miley replaces Joe Willock.
- 72': Foul by Sven Botman (Newcastle United).
- 72': Nathan Fraser (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Attempt saved. Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
- 76': Delay in match because of an injury Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United).
- 77': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 77': Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Maximilian Kilman.
- 78': Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 78': Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 79': Attempt saved. Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bruno Guimarães with a through ball.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Gordon.
- 81': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Boubacar Traoré replaces Mario Lemina.
- 81': Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Tawanda Chirewa replaces Jean-Ricner Bellegarde.
- 81': Attempt missed. Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Dan Burn.
- 82': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Foul by Tawanda Chirewa (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 84': Attempt missed. Tawanda Chirewa (Wolverhampton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Nélson Semedo with a cross.
- 84': Foul by Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 84': Tino Livramento (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Rayan Aït-Nouri (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
- 85': Craig Dawson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 85': Foul by Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United).
- 86': Attempt missed. Maximilian Kilman (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 87': Dan Burn (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Foul by Nélson Semedo (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 89': Attempt blocked. Pablo Sarabia (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Tawanda Chirewa with a cross.
- 89': Corner, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Dan Burn.
- 90'+2': Goal! Newcastle United 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0. Tino Livramento (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabian Schär.
- 90'+3': Substitution, Newcastle United. Elliot Anderson replaces Anthony Gordon.
- 90'+4': Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+4': Foul by Sean Longstaff (Newcastle United).
- 90'+5': Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Tawanda Chirewa (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 90'+6': Foul by Boubacar Traoré (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
- 90'+6': Harvey Barnes (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Newcastle United 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
- 0': Match ends, Newcastle United 3, Wolverhampton Wanderers 0.
Statistics
 WOL |
NEW |
|
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Fouls | 8 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 5 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 55.8 | Possession | 44.2 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 480 | Accurate Passes | 354 |
| 564 | Passes | 451 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 19 | Crosses | 11 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 52 | Long Balls | 56 |
| 22 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 8 |
| 8 | Tackles | 19 |
| 0.9 | Tackle % | 0.4 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 13 | Effective Clearances | 15 |
| 13 | Clearances | 15 |
Game Information
Competition: English Premier League
Venue: St. James' Park
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Attendance: 52,206
Venue: St. James' Park
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Attendance: 52,206
Premier League Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester City | 4 | +8 | 12 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 4 | +5 | 10 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 4 | +3 | 10 |
| 4 | Liverpool | 4 | +6 | 9 |
Line-Ups
Newcastle United (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Dúbravka (GK) |
| 4 | Sven Botman |
| 5 | Fabian Schär |
| 33 | Dan Burn |
| 2 | Kieran Trippier |
| 39 | Bruno Guimarães |
| 28 | Joe Willock |
| 36 | Sean Longstaff |
| 14 | Alexander Isak |
| 10 | Anthony Gordon |
| 23 | Jacob Murphy |
Wolverhampton Wanderers (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | José Sá (GK) |
| 15 | Craig Dawson |
| 24 | Toti Gomes |
| 23 | Max Kilman |
| 20 | Tommy Doyle |
| 5 | Mario Lemina |
| 3 | Rayan Aït-Nouri  |
| 22 | Nélson Semedo |
| 7 | Pedro Neto |
| 27 | Jean-Ricner Bellegarde |
| 21 | Pablo Sarabia |
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