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Match report
English Footie
League Cup: Round 2 (setup 1, season 31)
Newcastle United
v.
Hull City
Formation:
3-4-3
League position:
17
Overall form:
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Steve MANDANDA1Stefanos KAPINO
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
22
Overall form:
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Juan Francisco Torres Belén, JUANFRAN826Frédéric GUILBERT
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco3Sead KOLASINAC
FERNANDO Francisco Reges4ALLAN Marques Loureiro
Shkodran MUSTAFI56Peet BIJEN
José María CALLEJÓN Bueno6César Jasib MONTES Castro
André SCHÜRRLE76Juan Pablo Añor Acosta, JUANPI
Daniel Ceballos Fernández, DANI CEBALLOS8Adem LJAJIC
Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN96Tammy ABRAHAM
Dries MERTENS106Yunus MALLI
PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia711Denis CHERYSHEV
Charlie PullingManager
JAUME Vicent Costa Jordá12Lebogang PHIRI
Simone SCUFFET13Sven ULREICH
Gonzalo Javier RODRÍGUEZ Prado14Christian GÜNTER
Kingsley COMAN15Guillermo León CELIS Montiel
XABIER PRIETO Argarate16Samuel BASTIEN

Newcastle United 3 Hull City 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 39,755, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Goran MARKOV 5½)
11 Higuaín, 47 Higuaín, 64 Philippe CoutinhoScorers
Substitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
6Corners7
9Fouls4
14Offsides4
6Shots on3
15Shots off0
21Total shots3
3Shots saved3
65%Possession35%
Man of the match: Juan Francisco Torres Belén, JUANFRAN
11GOAL!! A long ball from SCHÜRRLE down the middle bobbled toward the lurking HIGUAÍN who whacked a deadly shot into the top corner. (1-0 Newcastle United)
12A poor shot from PHILIPPE COUTINHO bounced agonisingly wide.
14A useful ball from CALLEJÓN on the left fell to HIGUAÍN who sliced his effort inches wide.
22CALLEJÓN beat two Hull City players and blasted an effort just wide.
24A brilliant strike from MERTENS was dealt with by a useful stop from the 'keeper.
33A accurate pass fell to SCHÜRRLE and his right foot shot flew narrowly wide.
41MANDANDA dived to his right to stop an accurate shot from Hull City's LJAJIC.
45+1LJAJIC stormed through the Newcastle United defence but shot straight at MANDANDA.
 
47GOAL!! A poor drive from HIGUAÍN seemed to hold no problem for KAPINO but the ball somehow squirmed into the net. (2-0 Newcastle United)
50MERTENS touched the ball through a crowd of players but KAPINO was a match for it as he dived to his left.
58A twenty yard shot from MERTENS caused KAPINO no problem.
60A free-kick from MERTENS flew just beyond the far post.
61MERTENS headed over the bar.
64GOAL!! A terrible clearance fell to FERNANDO who mishit a shot goalward, luckily PHILIPPE COUTINHO was on hand to thump the ball into the roof of the net. (3-0 Newcastle United)
65A header by ABRAHAM at the far post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper.
72HIGUAÍN chipped the ball to MERTENS who fired it just beyond the far post.
78MERTENS kicked the ball wide from just outside the area.
79HIGUAÍN waltzed past MALLI and poked a tame shot well wide.
81A great effort from HIGUAÍN scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
81The motionless Hull City 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from MALLI fell just over.
84A corner found MERTENS who nodded the ball wide.
86HIGUAÍN ran onto a great ball from FERNANDO but hit his shot wide.
87DANI CEBALLOS beat KOLASINAC and flicked the ball to AZPILICUETA who toe-poked his shot wide.
89HIGUAÍN shot wide.