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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 33 (setup 3, season 9)
Newcastle United
v.
Athletic Bilbao
Formation:
3-4-1-2
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Samir HANDANOVIC1Mirko PIGLIACELLI
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
16
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES2Andoni IRAOLA Sagarna
Jérôme BOATENG3Jon AURTENETXE Borde
Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo46MARIO SUÁREZ Mata
Mats HUMMELS85Miguel TORRES Gómez
David ALABA66Fernando AMOREBIETA Mardaras
Gareth BALE87Markel SUSAETA Laskurain
Thomas MÜLLER8Carlos Alberto VELA Garrido
Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC897EDUARDO Alves da Silva
Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez710José Manuel JURADO Marín
Arjen ROBBEN116OSVALDO Lourenço Filho
Rikki FaulknerManager
Marco VERRATTI12Shane DUFFY
Petr CECH13Sven DHOEST
Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé146Gaizka TOQUERO Pinedo
Diego Roberto GODÍN Leal15Roberto CANELLA Suárez
Mario GÖTZE16Daniel PAREJO Muńoz

Newcastle United 3 Athletic Bilbao 1
(Half-time: 1-1, Attendance: 52,227, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: RODRIGO de QUEIROZ 7)
11 Ibrahimovic, 61 Ibrahimovic, 76 CavaniScorers21 Eduardo
Substitutions55 Torres <=> Toquero
Sendings off
Bookings15 Susaeta, 57 Jurado, 69 Osvaldo
5Corners7
7Fouls18
5Offsides3
4Shots on4
11Shots off5
15Total shots9
1Shots saved3
60%Possession40%
Man of the match: Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
3Uncertainty in the Newcastle United defence enabled IRAOLA to crack an effort just beyond the far post.
7HANDANOVIC did well to hold onto a powerful shot from EDUARDO.
11GOAL!! A Newcastle United counter-attack allowed ALABA to setup IBRAHIMOVIC with an easy goal. (1-0 Newcastle United)
13A weak strike from VIDAL rolled agonisingly wide.
15A poor challenge gets SUSAETA a yellow card.
21GOAL!! A one-fisted punch from the Newcastle United 'keeper enabled EDUARDO to volley the ball into the empty net. (1-1)
24A penalty box meleé resulted in CAVANI driving the ball over.
28A good ball from HUMMELS on the right fell to CAVANI who mishit his shot over the bar.
38EDUARDO blasted a right foot shot wide from close range.
41CAVANI rifled a simple chance past the lefthand post.
43BALE beat two Athletic Bilbao players and blasted an effort over.
45+1A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming PIGLIACELLI.
 
57A clinical challenge on ROBBEN by JURADO results in a booking.
61GOAL!! The Athletic Bilbao 'keeper got into a muddle with a backpass from IRAOLA and IBRAHIMOVIC was able to stab the ball home. (2-1 Newcastle United)
68The stunned Athletic Bilbao 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from VELA fell just over.
69RODRIGO QUEIROZ books OSVALDO.
72A corner was collected by CAVANI who turned an effort just beyond the far post.
76GOAL!! A great thirty yard shot from ROBBEN rattled the post and in the ensuing scramble the ball was nodded into the net by CAVANI. (3-1 Newcastle United)
77MARIO SUÁREZ made space on the left and pulled the ball to EDUARDO who fired the ball over.
77EDUARDO was put clear by SUSAETA and he raced past HANDANOVIC but drilled his shot inches over.
85ROBBEN ran onto a delightful ball from ALABA but toe-poked his shot wide of the righthand post.
89CAVANI brought the ball round VELA and poked a weak shot into the crowd.