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Commentary
1¹GOAL!! An outswinging corner was hoofed clear only for DEPAY to fire the ball into the net. (1-0 Newcastle United)
4¹GOAL!! A deep cross by SCHÄR was met by DEPAY who galloped in to score. (2-0 Newcastle United)
5¹GOAL!! A tackle from PEMBÉLÉ gave Rotherham United a free-kick twenty-five yards out which HIRST thundered past SMITH. (2-1 Newcastle United)
10¹A clever cross from ANTONY was drove goalbound by SAINT-MAXIMIN only for JOHANSSON to claw away.
16¹AYEW headed over.
19¹GUERREIRO rattled an easy chance past the near post.
23¹SESKO was put clear by ANTONY and he stepped inside the 'keeper but struck his shot over.
28¹A cynical tackle gets JACH a yellow card.
30¹A shot from DEPAY was smothered by the 'keeper.
32¹A good effort from GUERREIRO scraped the outside of the righthand post.
40¹WEBSTER cautions MARKELO for a high foul.
45¹GOAL!! The creative GONÇALO INÁCIO neatly headed on a cross for SAINT-MAXIMIN to hammer the ball in. (3-1 Newcastle United)
4²ROBERTS made space on the left and pulled the ball to HIRST who clipped the ball over.
7²A tame shot from DEPAY bounced agonisingly wide.
14²A cross from ANTONY left SESKO in lots of space but he snapped at his shot.
15²JACH red carded for a bad challenge.
22²ANTONY knocked the ball to GUERREIRO who touched it over the bar.
23²GOAL!! As NDIAYE was attempting to hold back KESSIÉ the ball dropped to GORETZKA who fired the ball into the back of the net. (4-1 Newcastle United)
30²Uncertainty in the Rotherham United defence enabled PEMBÉLÉ to thump the ball over the bar.
33²GORETZKA beat two Rotherham United players and stroked a great chance just beyond the near post.
41²GOAL!! A cross from the right was headed down by AYEW for ROBERTS to score. (4-2 Newcastle United)
44²GORETZKA beat MARKELO and whacked the ball to SAINT-MAXIMIN who toe-poked his shot wide.

 
Newcastle United
 
League position: 14
Home league form: WXLW
Overall league form: WLXXWLLW
Formation: 4-3-3
Line-ups
Jude SMITH6½16½Viktor JOHANSSON
Timothée PEMBÉLÉ7 27 Nathangelo MARKELO
Raphaël GUERREIRO8½36 Cohen BRAMALL
Leon GORETZKA8 47 Patrick ROBERTS
GONÇALO Bernardo INÁCIO7½56½Rob HOLDING
(c)Fabian SCHÄR7 65½Jaroslaw JACH
ANTONY Matheus8 77 Iliman NDIAYE
Allan SAINT-MAXIMIN7½86 Sammie SZMODICS
(p)Memphis DEPAY8½97 George HIRST(p)
(f)Franck KESSIÉ6½105½Chiedozie OGBENE(f)
Benjamin SESKO7 115½André AYEW(c)
Manager
Jacob MURPHY  12  Shane FERGUSON
Mark GILLESPIE  13  Jamal BLACKMAN
Maurits KJÆRGAARD  14  Jamie LINDSAY
Édouard MICHUT  15  Tom EAVES
Kalvin PHILLIPS  16  Tolaji BOLA
 
Rotherham United
 
League position: 15
Away league form: WLWL
Overall league form: XWWLWLLW
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Newcastle United 4 Rotherham United 2
(Half-time: 3-1, Attendance: 43,605, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Colin Webster 5½)

Depay 1¹, Depay 4¹, Saint-Maximin 45¹, Goretzka 23²
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Hirst 5¹, Roberts 41²
  
 Jach 15²
 Jach 28¹, Markelo 40¹
93
311
33
73
143
216
31
60%40%
Man of the match: Raphaël Guerreiro