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Commentary
GOAL!! A poor backpass by NÚÑEZ enabled ISAK to nip in and nudge the ball past the 'keeper. (1-0 Newcastle United)
12¹FODEN beat HERRERA and whacked the ball to RAFAEL LEÃO who blasted his effort wide.
16¹GOAL!! On the right wing FODEN collected a defender's clearance and hit it into the goalmouth for ISAK to crack it home. (2-0 Newcastle United)
18¹GURUZETA's shot beat the 'keeper but rebounded off the Newcastle United post.
23¹A corner was collected by RAFAEL LEÃO who headed the ball wide.
24¹RAFAEL LEÃO shot over.
32¹DIEGO brought the ball past RAFAEL LEÃO and stroked a poor shot well wide.
34¹A delightful save prevented FODEN from scoring a lovely goal.
39¹A fine piece of skill was ended by a good save by the advancing 'keeper.
GOAL!! A mix up between HERNÁNDEZ and the Newcastle United 'keeper allowed GURUZETA to volley the ball into the empty net. (2-1 Newcastle United)
RAFAEL LEÃO rasped the ball through a ruck of players but IRU was a match for it as he dived to his right.
GRIEZMANN rushed an easy chance.
11²A header by RAFAEL LEÃO at the far post was comfortably collected by the Athletic Bilbao 'keeper.
14²A poor shot from YERAY bounced agonisingly wide.
19²Uncertainty in the Athletic Bilbao defence enabled RAFAEL LEÃO to thump the ball over the bar.
23²GRIEZMANN headed just beyond the near post.
30²A accurate pass fell to JOELINTON and his right foot shot floated narrowly wide.
31²FODEN made space on the left and touched the ball to GONZÁLEZ who touched the ball wide.
37²GONZÁLEZ hit a looping shot over from thirty yards out.
37²A good ball from VILLALIBRE on the right was collected by GURUZETA who sliced his shot inches over.
38²GURUZETA was put clear by VILLALIBRE and he stepped inside the 'keeper but struck his shot wide.
40²GUEHI beat a number of Athletic Bilbao players and fired an effort just beyond the near post.
45²A great effort from GONZÁLEZ scraped the outside of the righthand post.

 
Newcastle United
 
League position: 15
Home league form: OL--
Overall league form: WOLX----
Formation: 4-4-2
Line-ups
(c)ALISSON Ramses1IRU
Matty CASH2Jesús ARESO
Lucas HERNÁNDEZ3Layvin KURZAWA
Marc GUEHI4Mikel VESGA
PAU Francisco TORRES5YERAY Álvarez
BRUNO GUIMARÃES Rodriguez6Unai NÚÑEZ
JOELINTON Cassio7SUSO
(f)RAFAEL Alexandre LEÃO8DIEGO López
Alexander ISAK9Gorka GURUZETA(p)
(p)Antoine GRIEZMANN10Ander HERRERA(c,f)
Phil FODEN11Asier VILLALIBRE
Jeremy SummerfieldManager
Alessio ROMAGNOLI  12  Artem DZYUBA
Dominik LIVAKOVIC  13  Kenan KODRO
Anthony GORDON  14  Sofiane FEGHOULI
Nicolás GONZÁLEZ15  SERGI GÓMEZ Solá
Benjamin SESKO16Iñigo LEKUE
 
Athletic Bilbao
 
League position: 21
Away league form: LLL-
Overall league form: LLLWL---
Formation: 4-3-3

Statistics
Newcastle United 2 Athletic Bilbao 1
(Half-time: 2-0, Attendance: 45,268, Stadium: St.James' Park, Referee: Jan Damgaard 7½)

Isak 1¹, Isak 16¹
Scorers
Substitutions
Sent off
Bookings
Corners
Fouls
Offsides
Shots on
Shots off
Total shots
Shots saved
Possession
Guruzeta 0²
Rafael LeãoóGonzález 30², GriezmannóSesko 30²VesgaóLekue 36²
  
  
11
78
31
53
114
167
31
61%39%
Man of the match: Pau Francisco Torres