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Match report
English Footie
Premier League: Round 18 (setup 4, season 35)
Newcastle United
v.
Darlington
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
6
Overall form:
Home form:
Gianluigi DONNARUMMA17Hugo LLORIS
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
8
Overall form:
Home form:
Kyle WALKER62Neco WILLIAMS
Achraf HAKIMI737Matt RITCHIE
Leon GORETZKA74Christian GENTNER
GONÇALO Bernardino INÁCIO5Fábio Henrique Tavares, FABINHO
Timothée PEMBÉLÉ6Joël MATIP
Malo GUSTO76Pierre LEES-MELOU
Raphaël GUERREIRO8Eden HAZARD
Harry KANE97Mario Barwuah BALOTELLI
Erling Braut HAALAND106Stevan JOVETIC
Benjamin SESKO611Danny WELBECK
Manager
Antoine GRIEZMANN12Federico MACHEDA
Nicolò BARELLA13Jon FLATT
Federico CHIESA7146Mark BECK
Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN15John BOSTOCK
NUNO Alexandre Tavares MENDES16Gregory VAN DER WIEL

Newcastle United 3 Darlington 0
(Half-time: 3-0, Attendance: 52,008, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Keith HILL 7½)
13 Guerreiro, 19 Gonçalo Inácio, 22 GuerreiroScorers
60 Gusto <=> Chiesa, 60 Goretzka <=> Saint-MaximinSubstitutions79 Matip <=> Beck
Sendings off
21 Walker, 61 PembéléBookings
4Corners2
7Fouls2
9Offsides6
5Shots on2
12Shots off5
17Total shots7
2Shots saved2
54%Possession46%
Man of the match: Gianluigi DONNARUMMA
4The stunned Darlington 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from HAZARD fell just wide.
12A lovely effort from SESKO scraped the upright.
13GOAL!! HAALAND drove a powerful shot against the upright with GUERREIRO knocking in the rebound. (1-0 Newcastle United)
16Uncertainty in the Newcastle United defence enabled GENTNER to crack the ball just beyond the near post.
18HAALAND dribbled away from GENTNER and poked a poor shot past the post.
19GOAL!! A twenty-five yard free-kick was expertly fired into the roof of the net by GONÇALO INÁCIO. (2-0 Newcastle United)
21The ref cautions WALKER for a bad challenge.
22GOAL!! A delightful bit of skill enabled GUERREIRO to dribble through the Darlington defence and score. (3-0 Newcastle United)
25GENTNER headed inches wide.
26GUSTO beat three Darlington players and blasted a great chance over the bar.
27An outswinging corner was flicked into the arms of the 'keeper by GENTNER.
32GUERREIRO beat RITCHIE and hit the ball to KANE who fired his shot wide.
33A poor shot from HAKIMI trickled agonisingly wide.
34JOVETIC's shot was well held by the Newcastle United 'keeper.
35GUERREIRO drove a right foot shot inches wide from twenty yards out.
38GUERREIRO shot over.
40A fine ball from WILLIAMS on the left found BALOTELLI who mishit his shot over the bar.
44GUERREIRO was put clear by PEMBÉLÉ and he turned the Darlington 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
45WELBECK scuffed a simple chance.
 
47HAALAND charged through the Darlington defence but shot straight at LLORIS.
58LEES-MELOU played the ball to BALOTELLI who flicked it wide.
61HILL yellow cards PEMBÉLÉ.
75KANE ran onto a delightful ball from HAALAND but pulled his effort wide of the lefthand post.
85GUERREIRO made space on the right and touched the ball to SESKO who clipped the ball wide.
90A free-kick from GUERREIRO raced over.
90GUERREIRO touched the ball through a ruck of players but the Darlington 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left.