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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 36 (setup 1, season 29)
Newcastle United
v.
Cheltenham Town
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
11
Overall form:
Home form:
Steve MANDANDA717Jan OBLAK
Formation:
3-5-2
League position:
9
Overall form:
Home form:
Juan Francisco Torres Belén, JUANFRAN72Thomas VERMAELEN
FILIPE LUIS Karsmirski837Lorenzo DE SILVESTRI
Steven N'ZONZI846Gnégnéri 'Yaya' TOURÉ
Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco5Bruno MARTINS-INDI
Shkodran MUSTAFI6Samuel UMTITI
José María CALLEJÓN Bueno877DOUGLAS COSTA de Souza
Ivan PERISIC87Ivan RAKITIC
Simone ZAZA79GABRIEL Barbosa Almeida
Alan DZAGOEV610Kevin DE BRUYNE
André SCHÜRRLE6117Henrikh MKHITARYAN
ManagerLee Haigh
FERNANDO Francisco Reges12Luis Miguel Afonso Fernandes, PIZZI
Cédric CARRASSO13Anthony LOPES
Alessio CERCI14JESÉ Rodríguez Ruiz
Artur SOBIECH15LUIZ GUSTAVO Dias
Dejan LOVREN16Manuel TRIGUEROS Muñoz

Newcastle United 2 Cheltenham Town 1
(Half-time: 2-1, Attendance: 66,381, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Steve TANNER 6½, TV: highlights)
32 Callejón, 34p ZazaScorers37 Douglas Costa
71 Dzagoev <=> SobiechSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings45+2 Touré, 53 De Bruyne, 81 Douglas Costa
6Corners2
7Fouls16
1Offsides8
5Shots on5
8Shots off3
13Total shots8
3Shots saved4
55%Possession45%
Man of the match: José María CALLEJÓN Bueno
4A header by DE BRUYNE at the far post was comfortably collected by the Newcastle United 'keeper.
5A lovely effort from PERISIC scraped the outside of the lefthand post.
7OBLAK was able to block an amazing shot.
14A corner was collected by TOURÉ who fired the ball just beyond the far post.
31GABRIEL's shot was well held by MANDANDA.
32A brilliant strike from CALLEJÓN was dealt with by a fine stop from OBLAK.
32GOAL!! A poor drive from CALLEJÓN seemed to hold no problem for OBLAK but the ball somehow squeezed into the net. (1-0 Newcastle United)
34GOAL!! Newcastle United were awarded a penalty after a foul on PERISIC, and ZAZA put it past OBLAK.
37GOAL!! A long ball from VERMAELEN had the Newcastle United defence back-pedalling and DOUGLAS COSTA made the most of the opportunity with an exceptional goal. (2-1 Newcastle United)
40PERISIC ran onto a delightful ball from DZAGOEV but fired his shot wide.
45+2TOURÉ cautioned for a poor foul on FILIPE LUIS.
 
47CALLEJÓN was put clear by JUANFRAN and he raced past the Cheltenham Town 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
53DE BRUYNE given a yellow card by the referee.
55CALLEJÓN made space on the left and dragged the ball to ZAZA who touched the ball wide.
56FILIPE LUIS beat two Cheltenham Town players and fired a shot just beyond the far post.
57A penalty box scramble resulted in GABRIEL cracking the ball wide.
73A delightful save prevented GABRIEL from scoring an exceptional goal.
75A mix up in the Newcastle United defence enabled VERMAELEN to hit the ball wide.
78A right foot effort from TOURÉ was saved by the 'keeper.
81A late tackle on SOBIECH by DOUGLAS COSTA results in a booking.
82ZAZA brought the ball past MARTINS-INDI and flicked a weak shot past the post.
86CALLEJÓN knocked the ball to SOBIECH who turned it inches wide.
89OBLAK was able to palm clear a poor header from SCHÜRRLE.
89MUSTAFI headed inches wide.