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4¹ A cross from YOUNES left ZANOLI in lots of space but he rushed his shot. 4¹ A lovely effort from JOELINTON scraped the outside of the righthand post. 11¹ GOAL!! BRUNO GUIMARÃES made space for GORDON who, after an interchange of passes thirty yards out, drilled the ball past the Napoli 'keeper. (1-0 Newcastle United) 13¹ The 'keeper dived to his right to save a fierce drive from Napoli's YOUNES. 15¹ A poor strike from GAETANO trickled agonisingly wide. 18¹ GORDON placed a looping shot over the bar from twenty-five yards out. 23¹ GOAL!! A dubious penalty was awarded to Newcastle United, after YOUNES had fouled BRUNO GUIMARÃES which WILSON comfortably converted. (2-0 Newcastle United) 33¹ GAETANO ran onto a great ball from KESSIÉ but blasted his shot wide. 35¹ A header by GORDON at the far post was comfortably collected by the 'keeper. 39¹ An exceptional shot from KESSIÉ was dealt with by a fine block from POPE. 46¹ A drive from KESSIÉ seemed a certain goal but the Newcastle United 'keeper managed to punch the ball clear. 47¹ DANI OLMO made space on the right and touched the ball to GORDON who clipped the ball wide. 4² A pin-point pass was collected by GORDON and his right foot shot flew narrowly over. 5² GOAL!! A delightful piece of skill from WILSON gave JOELINTON space on the left and GORDON stroked in his accurate pass. (3-0 Newcastle United) 8² GOAL!! A great twenty yard shot from GORDON struck the woodwork and in the ensuing meleé the ball was nodded into the net by DANI OLMO. (4-0 Newcastle United) 10² GAETANO beat a number of Newcastle United players and thundered a great chance inches over. 11² JUAN rattled a simple chance past the lefthand post. 16² A shot from BAMBA held no problem for POPE. 19² DEMBÉLÉ headed just beyond the far post. 29² DANI OLMO booted the ball wide from just outside the area. 39² A twenty yard shot from BAMBA caused the Newcastle United 'keeper little difficulty. 46² GOAL!! On the left wing GORDON collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the penalty box for DANI OLMO to hammer it home. (5-0 Newcastle United)

Newcastle United   League position: 18 Home league form: WLWW Overall league form: WWLXWWLL Formation: 4-2-3-1

Line-ups Nick POPE 8  1 7½ David OSPINA Emil KRAFTH 7½ 2 6½ Alessandro ZANOLI Abdou DIALLO 6  3 7  JUAN Guilherme Dan BURN 7  4 7½ Franck KESSIÉ Fabian SCHÄR 7½ 5 6½ Francesco ACERBI (c)BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez 7  6 6½ Raúl ALBIOL(c) Nicolás GONZÁLEZ 6½ 7 5½ Gianluca GAETANO JOELINTON Cassio 6  8 6½ Jonathan BAMBA (p)Callum WILSON 6½ 9 6  Ladislav KREJCÍ(p) (f)DANI OLMO 7½ 10 5½ Amin YOUNES(f) Anthony GORDON 7½ 11 5½ Moussa DEMBÉLÉ Lee Sharples Manager Sean LONGSTAFF    12    Marco D'ALESSANDRO Martin DÚBRAVKA    13    SÉRGIO GÓMEZ Martin RODRIGO MUNIZ Carvalho    14    Godfred DONSAH Robert KENEDY    15    Danilo D'AMBROSIO PHILIPPE COUTINHO Correia    16    Maxime ESTÈVE

Napoli   League position: 17 Away league form: WXXW Overall league form: WLXLLXXX Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics

Newcastle United 5 Napoli 0 (Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 18,409, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Wojciech Rudy 5½, stadium work in progress) Gordon 11¹, Wilson 23¹ (pen), Gordon 5², Dani Olmo 8², Dani Olmo 46² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession               3 6 12 24 11 3 7 5 11 6 18 11 2 4 56% 44% ¶ Man of the match: Nick Pope ¶