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0¹ EDWARDS beat TRINCÃO and placed the ball to SCHICK who pulled his shot wide. 1¹ A drive from SWEDBERG seemed a certain goal but PAU LÓPEZ managed to force the ball clear. 16¹ A free-kick from ADLI went just wide. 18¹ A poor strike from SCHICK bounced agonisingly wide. 22¹ A thirty yard drive from MARTIAL caused the 'keeper little difficulty. 22¹ GOAL!! A mishit goal-kick was intercepted by WIJNALDUM who setup MARTIAL with an easy chance. (1-0 Newcastle United) 24¹ ADLI brought the ball away from SWEDBERG and rattled a tame shot into the crowd. 25¹ The 'keeper was able to palm clear a powerful shot. 29¹ SCHICK was put clear by WAN-BISSAKA and he raced past the 'keeper but glanced his shot over the bar. 33¹ ZUBELDIA scuffed an easy chance. 40¹ A fine run was ended by a good save by the oncoming Sheffield Weds. 'keeper. 44¹ GOAL!! A poor backpass by ZUBELDIA enabled SCHICK to nip in and tuck the ball past PAU LÓPEZ. (2-0 Newcastle United) 1² A cross from TIELEMANS left DE JONG in plenty of space but he rushed his shot. 11² BALEBA beat a number of Sheffield Weds. players and fired a great chance just beyond the near post. 13² GYÖKERES's shot was well saved by the 'keeper. 17² A good effort from EDWARDS scraped the outside of the righthand post. 21² A cynical tackle gets TIELEMANS a yellow card. 22² GOAL!! A great bit of skill enabled EDWARDS to dribble through the Sheffield Weds. defence and score. (3-0 Newcastle United) 26² A header from ROGER was hoofed off the line by RENAN LODI. 28² ANSU FATI ran onto a wonderful ball from WIJNALDUM but toe-poked his shot wide. 33² A great save prevented SWEDBERG from scoring a great goal. 37² A high foul on TIELEMANS by SWEDBERG results in a booking.

Newcastle United   League position: 22 Home league form: LOLO Overall league form: LOWLLLLL Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Andrea CONSIGLI 7½ 1 7  PAU LÓPEZ Sabata Aaron WAN-BISSAKA 7  2 6½ Benjamin HENRICHS RENAN Augusto LODI 6½ 3 7  FRAN GARCÍA (c)Georginio WIJNALDUM 7  4 7  Arthur THEATE Devyne RENSCH 6½ 5 6  Igor ZUBELDIA Carlos BALEBA 6  6 6½ Frenkie DE JONG Marcus EDWARDS 6½ 7 7½ Francisco TRINCÃO(f) ANSU FATI 7  8 7  Youri TIELEMANS(c) (p)Patrik SCHICK 6½ 9 6  Amine ADLI (f)Williot SWEDBERG 7  10 6½ Viktor GYÖKERES(p) Anthony MARTIAL 6½ 11 6½ ROGER Fernandes Manager Stewart THWAITE Jahkeele MARSHALL-RUTTY    12    Strahinja PAVLOVIC Khalil FAYAD    13    Exequiel PALACIOS Josh ECCLES    14    Khéphren THURAM-ULIEN TOMÁS do Lago ESTEVES    15 6  Cyril NGONGE Giacomo FATICANTI    16 6½ Romain ESSE

Sheffield Weds.   League position: 2 Away league form: LXWX Overall league form: LWLXLXWX Formation: 4-4-2

Statistics

Newcastle United 3 Sheffield Weds. 0 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 27,756, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Aris Galanopoulos 6) Martial 22¹, Schick 44¹, Edwards 22² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession     ZubeldiaóNgonge 20², Fran GarcíaóEsse 30²     Swedberg 37² Tielemans 21² 6 6 13 14 1 13 8 4 8 9 16 13 5 4 51% 49% ¶ Man of the match: Andrea Consigli ¶