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8¹ GOAL!! MARTIAL waltzed forward, glanced up and stroked a shot into the Brentford net. (1-0 Newcastle United) 9¹ GOAL!! A long ball from WISSA had the Newcastle United defence back-pedalling and WATKINS made the most of the opportunity with a great goal. (1-1) 13¹ A tame shot from WISSA trickled agonisingly wide. 16¹ A corner was collected by JANSSON who flicked the ball inches wide. 18¹ PINNOCK kicked the ball wide from just inside the area. 19¹ GOAL!! A nice run by JENSEN on the right was capped by a delightful cross which WATKINS nodded home at the near post. (2-1 Brentford) 32¹ WILLOCK beat three Brentford players and drove a great chance over. 36¹ JENSEN made space on the right and touched the ball to WISSA who touched the ball wide. 40¹ An inswinging corner was turned into the arms of the 'keeper by GAYLE. 44¹ A perfect strike from KIMPEMBE was dealt with by a useful parry from the 'keeper. 47¹ GAYLE was put clear by SCHÄR and he raced past STEFFEN but thrust his shot just beyond the far post. 3² PINNOCK shot over. 4² GOAL!! Uncertainty between PINNOCK and the 'keeper allowed SCHÄR to fire the ball into the empty net. (2-2) 10² A cross from LEES-MELOU left WISSA in lots of space but he snapped at his shot. 12² GOAL!! A deep cross by MUÑOZ was met by ÁLEX MORENO who rushed in to score. (3-2 Newcastle United) 16² GOAL!! A mishit backpass by ROERSLEV RASMUSSEN enabled MARTIAL to nip in and crack the ball past the 'keeper. (4-2 Newcastle United) 19² MARTIAL beat ROERSLEV RASMUSSEN and flicked the ball to SHELVEY who blasted his shot wide. 26² A accurate pass bobbled toward MUÑOZ and his right foot shot went narrowly wide. 29² A good effort from SAINT-MAXIMIN scraped the outside of the righthand post. 32² LEES-MELOU ran onto a wonderful ball from DILROSUN but blasted his effort wide of the goal. 33² DILROSUN rattled a simple chance past the far post. 44² WATKINS headed just beyond the near post.

Newcastle United   League position: 12 Home league form: LWWL Overall league form: LLWWWLLX Formation: 4-3-3

Line-ups Freddie WOODMAN 5½ 1 7  Zack STEFFEN Daniel MUÑOZ 6½ 2 6½ Mads ROERSLEV RASMUSSEN ÁLEX MORENO 6  3 7½ Ethan PINNOCK Emile SMITH ROWE 5  4 7½ Pierre LEES-MELOU (c)Fabian SCHÄR 6½ 5 7  Lisandro MARTÍNEZ Presnel KIMPEMBE 6½ 6 6½ Pontus JANSSON Joe WILLOCK 6½ 7 6  Javairô DILROSUN Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN 7½ 8 7  Yoane WISSA (p)Dwight GAYLE 6  9 7  Ollie WATKINS(c,p) (f)Jonjo SHELVEY 6½ 10 6½ Mathias JENSEN(f) Anthony MARTIAL 5½ 11 6½ Saïd BENRAHMA Manager Lewis MILEY    12    Rico HENRY Mark GILLESPIE    13    ÁLVARO Fernández Isaac HAYDEN 6  14    Dominic THOMPSON JAVI MANQUILLO    15    Vitaly JANELT Rob HOLDING    16    Josh DASILVA

Brentford   League position: 10 Away league form: LLLL Overall league form: WLXLXWLL Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Newcastle United 4 Brentford 2 (Half-time: 1-2, Attendance: 30,523, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Darren Drysdale 5½) Martial 8¹, Schär 4², Álex Moreno 12², Martial 16² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Watkins 9¹, Watkins 19¹ Smith RoweóHayden 34²           5 2 10 9 3 0 7 2 8 13 15 15 3 0 41% 59% ¶ Man of the match: Pierre Lees-Melou ¶