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Match report
Football Elite
Division 2: Round 30 (setup 3, season 7)
Newcastle United
v.
Espanyol
Formation:
4-5-1
Overall form:
Home form:
Petr CECH1Cristian Darío ÁLVAREZ
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
18
Overall form:
Home form:
Daniel Alves da Silva, DANI ALVES26Francisco Javier Chica Torres, JAVI CHICA
JORDI ALBA Ramos3Fausto Manuel PINTO Rosas
Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo84Milos NINKOVIC
Mats HUMMELS757Facundo Sebastián RONCAGLIA
Diego Roberto GODÍN Leal6Brede HANGELAND
Thomas MÜLLER7José María CALLEJÓN Bueno
Marek HAMSÍK68Joan VERDÚ Fernández
Edinson Roberto CAVANI Gómez96Raúl TAMUDO Montero
JOÃO Filipe Iria Santos MOUTINHO107Ferrán COROMINAS Telechea
Gareth BALE116Ivica OLIC
Manager
David ALABA12José RAÚL BAENA Urdiales
Samir HANDANOVIC13Idriss 'Carlos' KAMENI
Mario GÖTZE14Javier Márquez Moreno, JAVI MÁRQUEZ
Jérôme BOATENG15Marco MOTTA
Alexis Alejandro SÁNCHEZ Barbé16Thilo LEUGERS

Newcastle United 2 Espanyol 0
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 52,386, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Wieland ZILLER 6)
28 Cavani, 71 BaleScorers
Substitutions47 Corominas <=> Leugers
Sendings off
51 BaleBookings54 Tamudo, 65 Leugers
2Corners5
10Fouls28
1Offsides0
6Shots on3
8Shots off6
14Total shots9
3Shots saved3
57%Possession43%
Man of the match: Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo
1A shot from CAVANI was hoofed off the line by RONCAGLIA.
2VERDÚ kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box.
4A pin-point pass was collected by VERDÚ and his right foot effort floated narrowly wide.
7JORDI ALBA pulled away from CALLEJÓN but fired the ball into the arms of the 'keeper.
13VERDÚ brought the ball round GODÍN and rifled a tame shot over.
25JOÃO MOUTINHO beat two Espanyol players and thundered a golden opportunity over.
27TAMUDO made space on the left and knocked the ball to CALLEJÓN who fired the ball over.
28GOAL!! A one-handed save from the 'keeper enabled CAVANI to head the ball into the empty net. (1-0 Newcastle United)
30Uncertainty in the Espanyol defence enabled JOÃO MOUTINHO to volley the ball wide.
33A fine ball from DANI ALVES on the left was collected by BALE who mishit his shot over the bar.
39A fine dribble was ended by a good save by the oncoming Newcastle United 'keeper.
40The stunned Espanyol 'keeper was a mere bystander as a backpass from VERDÚ fell just over.
42BALE clipped the ball through a crowd of players but ÁLVAREZ was a match for it as he dived to his right.
45+1A penalty box scramble resulted in TAMUDO knocking the ball wide.
45+3The 'keeper saved a beautiful shot from CAVANI.
 
46CAVANI shot over.
51BALE booked for a high challenge on VERDÚ.
53CAVANI fired a looping shot wide from twenty yards out.
53A lovely effort from OLIC scraped the outside of the righthand post.
54The referee books TAMUDO for an off-the-ball incident against GODÍN.
62BALE headed over.
65The referee books LEUGERS.
71GOAL!! A delightful ball from VIDAL left CAVANI in the clear, he made the 'keeper commit himself before squaring the ball to BALE to score. (2-0 Newcastle United)
82A wonderful save prevented OLIC from scoring a great goal.
88CALLEJÓN's shot was well held by CECH.
90+1A weak strike from BALE trickled agonisingly wide.