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Match report
Football Elite
Division 1: Round 39 (setup 3, season 12)
Newcastle United
v.
Helsingborg
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
2
Overall form:
Home form:
Thibaut COURTOIS71David DE GEA Quintana
Formation:
4-3-3
League position:
3
Overall form:
Home form:
Jérôme BOATENG827Cesar AZPILICUETA Tanco
David ALABA3Marcos Alberto ROJO
Arturo Erasmo VIDAL Pardo46Andreas CHRISTENSEN
Mats HUMMELS756Simon KJĆR
Jonathan TAH666Jannik VESTERGAARD
David Jiménez SILVA676Albin EKDAL
Mesut ÖZIL8Christian ERIKSEN
Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN89DIEGO da Silva COSTA
Mario GÖTZE7106Daniel WASS
Thomas MÜLLER711Joshua KING
Manager
AYOZE Pérez Gutiérrez12Martin BRAITHWAITE
Samir HANDANOVIC13Kasper SCHMEICHEL
Georginio WIJNALDUM14Pontus WERNBLOOM
Joël MATIP15Frederik SŘRENSEN
Leander DENDONCKER616Pierre-Emile HŘJBJERG

Newcastle United 2 Helsingborg 1
(Half-time: 1-0, Attendance: 52,343, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Juan ANSUÁTEGUI ROCA 6½)
21 Alaba, 76 ÖzilScorers46 Diego Costa
77 Silva <=> DendonckerSubstitutions
Sendings off
Bookings
2Corners5
8Fouls10
3Offsides0
6Shots on2
12Shots off4
18Total shots6
4Shots saved1
58%Possession42%
Man of the match: Gonzalo Gerardo HIGUAÍN
2DIEGO COSTA hoofed the ball wide of the righthand post from the edge of the box.
3The Newcastle United 'keeper was able to claw away a wicked effort.
9MÜLLER stormed through the Helsingborg defence but shot straight at the 'keeper.
13KING made space on the left and pulled the ball to EKDAL who rasped the ball over.
17ALABA stroked a simple chance past the lefthand post.
21GOAL!! ALABA dribbled forward, looked up and blasted a shot into the Helsingborg net. (1-0 Newcastle United)
29MÜLLER waltzed away from KJĆR and stabbed a tame shot over the bar.
30HIGUAÍN chipped the ball to ÖZIL who forced it over the bar.
37MÜLLER fired the ball through a crowd of players but DE GEA was a match for it as he dived to his right.
 
46GOAL!! A nice run by EKDAL on the right was capped by a delightful cross which DIEGO COSTA forced in at the near post. (1-1)
48The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce shot from Newcastle United's HIGUAÍN.
49A useful ball from BOATENG on the right bobbled toward MÜLLER who mishit his effort over the bar.
51A penalty box scramble resulted in BOATENG cracking the ball wide.
55A mix up in the Helsingborg defence enabled ÖZIL to fire the ball just wide.
62ERIKSEN shot wide.
67A accurate pass was collected by ÖZIL and his looping effort went narrowly wide.
73A poor strike from DIEGO COSTA trickled agonisingly wide.
75A lovely pass from SILVA, was nudged goalbound by ÖZIL only for DE GEA to palm clear.
76GOAL!! A poor drive from ÖZIL seemed to hold little difficulty for the Helsingborg 'keeper but the ball somehow bobbled over the line. (2-1 Newcastle United)
82HIGUAÍN beat a number of Helsingborg players and fired a shot just wide.
84The hapless Helsingborg 'keeper was all agog as a backpass from ERIKSEN fell just over.
85GÖTZE snapped at an easy chance.
89A free-kick from ÖZIL went just wide.
90A cross from ÖZIL left MÜLLER in plenty of space but he snapped at his shot.