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Sunday April 20, 2008 Finished St. James' Park

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Newcastle United

  • Owen 4’, 45’ (pen.)

Sunderland

  1. Owen double wins derby

    Owen double wins derby

    Newcastle won the 140th Tyne-Wear derby by beating Sunderland 2-0 at St James' Park. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • Sunderland
    • 90+4' The final whistle goes, and Newcastle claim their fourth win five games! Sudnerland's fate is still not set, though they still remain odds on to survive. coming up at 1600 BST, Manchester City v Portsmouth!
    • 90+4' Choprs has his back to goal and nods down a long ball for MILLER TO VOLLEY... Over the bar! It was a good effort, but all it's done is increase both Newcastle's joy and Sunderland's despair.
    • 90+2' Newcastle have a free kick about 40c yards out, and at looks like he's going to shoot. HE DOES... the ball flies right into the top tier of the ground! Maybe that was Geremi's intention.
    • 87' Both sides make changes now, as Harte replaces McShane for Sunderland and Edgar comes on for Jose Enrique for Newcastle.
    • 86' Butt sprays a great ball out to Barton on the wing, and the cross comes over for OWEN... Headed away by Faye as Owen was about to pull the trigger!
    • 84' McShane's cross is headed right back to him, and his second ball in floats behind for a goal kick, to ironic cheers from the home supporters!
    • 82' Owen leaves McShane for dead on the left hand side and chips a great ball across goal that Danny Collins has to head over for a corner!
    • 80' A chorus of boos ring round St James' Park as Michael Chopra, who spent five years here, comes on for Murphy.
    • 79' Nosworthy goes into Mike Dean's book now for putting the reducer on Carroll. Welcome to the derby kid!
    • 78' Richardson skins Beye and Butt hacks away his cross for a corner. Higginbotham beats Faye to it in the air but the ball bounces wide.
    • 76' Andrew Carroll comes on for Newcastle to replace Mark Viduka.
    • 73' Reid does strike, but it's charged down.
    • 73' Kenwyne Jones backs into Faye on the edge of the box and wins a foul. Andy Reid is favourite to strike this...
    • 72' If Sunderland are intentionally trying to get their entire midfield booked then they almost have the full set as Andy Reid gets a yellow card. All eyes on Richardson now...
    • 72' Jones nods down a diagonal ball for MURPHY... The shot was vicious but it deflects off the shins of a Newcastle defender and away!
    • 70' Martins gets a big ovation as he goes off. Or is it for Damien Duff, coming on to make his 50th Newcastle appearance?
    • 69' Liam Miller is the latest sunderland player to go into the book, for a foul on Martins.
    • 68' Now Sundelrand go up the other end and Jones will meet the cross with a HEADER... GREAT SAVE HARPER!! He was at full stretch to his right!
    • 68' Martins controls a long ball brilliantly on his chest, and plays a one-two with Owen and will SHOOT... Straight at Gordon!
    • 65' Newcastle have a free kick in midfield that Germei will send upfield. His curling delivery is bound for FAYE... He got his head to it but couldn't keep the ball down.
    • 64' Some great one-touch play through the middle by Sunderland,as they spread the play from left to right. The ball comes to McShane on the wing, who has two men ahead of him and loses out easily.
    • 61' Sunderland are really beginning to commit men forward now, and Andy Reid will have a shot from distance... It's a decent curling strike, but was always going over Harper's goal.
    • 58' Roy Keane makes his first change now as Kieran Richardson replaces Carlos Edwards, who has been largely anonymous in this match.
    • 57' Jones nods a cross down for Reid, but he's muscles off the ball by faye. Ten minutes into this half and Sunderland are have seen a lot of the ball, but are still yet to create a clear chance.
    • 52' Daryl Murphy tries to get the ball around Beye and get the cross in, but shanks it into the crowd. There is more urgency about Sundelrand since the break, but how long can they maintain it?
    • 50' This time the set piece comes from the other side and MCSHANE CHARGES IN TO HEAD... The ball rebounds off of Taylor's chest and is hacked away! There are half-hearted appeals for handball but it was clearly Taylor's chest that blocked the header.
    • 49' Jones goes up against Faye and Sunderland win a corner. it's a poor routine but the ball falls to WHITEHEAD.. His half-volley is deflected wide for another corner.
    • 46' The second half is underway at St James' Park, and Sunderland will need to change things drastically if theyr are to get anything from this match.
    • 45+2' That's the last action of the half, and Owen has every chance of getting his second hat-trick for Newcastle, the way things are going for Sunderland.
    • 45+1' Daryl Murphy desperately barges over Owen and concedes a free kick and gets a booking. Geremi squares the set piece across for OWEN... His first-time shot was blocked!
    • 45' GOAL!! Owen hits it low and Gordon dives on top of it, but it canons off his elbow and behind him into the net!
    • 45' Owen plays a one-two with Viduka in the box and Higginbotham slides in and handballs... PENALTY!! Owen will place the ball and take it himself...
    • 41' Sunderland are finally getting into this match now, and McShane has the ball out on the wing. The cross is very much on but he tries to tap forward a cheeky little pass for Edwards to chase onto. The only problem is that Edwards knew nothing about it! Another wasted opportunity.
    • 39' Sunderland have four against four going forward now, and Jones nods the ball back to Reid, who elects to shoot... It bounced up in front of Harper, but he always had the disappointing effort covered.
    • 38' Miller gets the ball, turns and goes, but Butt is again there to snuff out the attack before it even really begins. The former Manchester United man is having a blinder in his first Tyne-Wear derby.
    • 36' Owen slides a ball into the path of Martins and he's goes down in the box under the challenge of McShane... NO PENALTY!! McShane was clumsy but it would be harsh to say he impeded Martins, who perhaps could have stayed stronger.
    • 33' Martins wins another corner for Newcastle. Taylor is up but it's headed away by McShane.
    • 29' Jose Enrique slips a great through ball down the wing to Martins who is onside! He cuts inside, he has viduka and Owen waiting but SHOOTS... Easy stop for Gordon at the near post. Martins was too selfishc there.
    • 28' Martins and Jose Enrique combine well on the left wing. The ball comes inside to Viduka and it's a solid challenge from Nosworthy!
    • 22' Jones has all on his own up front against two defenders. He looks uncomfortable running at them and waits for support, but his ball to Reid is interceptesd by Butt and cleared.
    • 21' Martins breaks into the box and squares the ball to Owen, who is tackled well by Higginbotham!
    • 18' Liam Miller trips over Nicky Butt in midfield. Despite vehement cries for a booking, all he gets is a stern talking to.
    • 17' Ian Harte is warming up on the touchline. At the moment Sunderland's only outlet seems to be Reid's searching passes to Jones, perhaps Roy Keane wants to give the big striker more supply.
    • 13' Habib Beye tries his luck from distance.. He forces a good save from Gordon low to his left! Geremi's corner is curled to the near post for VIDUKA... Glanced off target.
    • 9' Geremi takes a free kick from the left side of the Sunderland box. It's deflected out for a corner. It's swung in and MCSHANE HEADS INTO HIS OWN NET!!! Wait, it's been disallowed! The referee had already blown for some pushing in the box! It's not happening for Sunderland at the moment.
    • 7' Sunderland dominated the early possession, but now St James' is full of noise thanks to that goal. Gordon comes out to claim a long ball and catches, but his left foot is right on the edge of the penalty area! Referee Mike Dean is not interested.
    • 4' GOAL!! Michael Owen opens the scoring after just four minutes! Geremi's cross from deep was met by Owen to nod past Gordon for his fifth goal in seven games!!
    • 3' Reid chips a great ball over the top and Jones controlsm, turns inside and SHOOTS... A deflection takes the sting out of the shot and it rolls to Harper.
    • 2' Nicky Butt tries to be flash in his own penalty box and almost comes a cropper under pressure from Andy Reid. That's the way to write yourself into the Newcastle history books for all the wrong reasons!
    • 1' Welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of the North East derby between Newcastle and Sunderland! Kevin Keegan sticks with his largley successful tactic of playing all of his strikers, while Roy Keane starts with Michael Chopra on the bench. A win will all but ensure Sunderland's Premier League survival, and help end their season with a flourish. The 140th North East derby is underway!

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats Sunderland
    49% Possession 50%
    12 Shots 16
    4 Shots on target 5
    3 Saves 2
    4 Corners 4
    14 Fouls 8
    2 Offsides 0
    0 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    26 Tackles 29
    309 Accurate passes 299
    64 Bad passes 61

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Newcastle United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      13 Steve Harper 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 4 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0 1
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 13 1
      21 Habib Beye 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 25 0 3
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 22 4 1
      22 Nicky Butt 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 43 4 7
      7 Joey Barton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 15 4
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 28 0 3
      36 Mark Viduka 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 20 6 0
      10 Michael Owen 2 3 2 1 3 0 0 28 6 1
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 3 2 2 2 1 0 19 11 2
      30 David Edgar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
      17 Alan Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Damien Duff 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 1
      39 Andy Carroll 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 2
      34 Fraser Forster 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Sunderland
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Craig Gordon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 2 0
      6 Paul McShane 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 18 0 2
      14 Danny Higginbotham 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 22 5 1
      5 Nyron Nosworthy 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 27 2 3
      15 Danny Collins 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 33 15 3
      20 Andy Reid 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 43 13 1
      8 Dean Whitehead 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 38 8 4
      12 Liam Miller 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 37 4 5
      7 Carlos Edwards 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 5
      17 Kenwyne Jones 0 5 3 0 2 0 0 22 1 2
      11 Daryl Murphy 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 7 2
      16 Michael Chopra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
      10 Kieran Richardson 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 3 0
      3 Ian Harte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      32 Marton Fülöp 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Grant Leadbitter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+4' Choprs has his back to goal and nods down a long ball for MILLER TO VOLLEY... Over the bar! It was a good effort, but all it's done is increase both Newcastle's joy and Sunderland's despair.
    • 86' Butt sprays a great ball out to Barton on the wing, and the cross comes over for OWEN... Headed away by Faye as Owen was about to pull the trigger!
    • 72' Jones nods down a diagonal ball for MURPHY... The shot was vicious but it deflects off the shins of a Newcastle defender and away!
    • 68' Now Sundelrand go up the other end and Jones will meet the cross with a HEADER... GREAT SAVE HARPER!! He was at full stretch to his right!
    • 68' Martins controls a long ball brilliantly on his chest, and plays a one-two with Owen and will SHOOT... Straight at Gordon!
    • 50' This time the set piece comes from the other side and MCSHANE CHARGES IN TO HEAD... The ball rebounds off of Taylor's chest and is hacked away! There are half-hearted appeals for handball but it was clearly Taylor's chest that blocked the header.
    • 45' GOAL!! Owen hits it low and Gordon dives on top of it, but it canons off his elbow and behind him into the net!
    • 45' Owen plays a one-two with Viduka in the box and Higginbotham slides in and handballs... PENALTY!! Owen will place the ball and take it himself...
    • 36' Owen slides a ball into the path of Martins and he's goes down in the box under the challenge of McShane... NO PENALTY!! McShane was clumsy but it would be harsh to say he impeded Martins, who perhaps could have stayed stronger.
    • 29' Jose Enrique slips a great through ball down the wing to Martins who is onside! He cuts inside, he has viduka and Owen waiting but SHOOTS... Easy stop for Gordon at the near post. Martins was too selfishc there.
    • 13' Habib Beye tries his luck from distance.. He forces a good save from Gordon low to his left! Geremi's corner is curled to the near post for VIDUKA... Glanced off target.
    • 9' Geremi takes a free kick from the left side of the Sunderland box. It's deflected out for a corner. It's swung in and MCSHANE HEADS INTO HIS OWN NET!!! Wait, it's been disallowed! The referee had already blown for some pushing in the box! It's not happening for Sunderland at the moment.
    • 4' GOAL!! Michael Owen opens the scoring after just four minutes! Geremi's cross from deep was met by Owen to nod past Gordon for his fifth goal in seven games!!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Dean

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Kevin Keegan

    Captain: Michael Owen

    On the Field

    • Harper
    • Beye
    • Taylor
    • Diagne-Faye
    • Enrique Substitution Out (87′)
    • Butt
    • Barton
    • Geremi
    • Owen Goal
    • Viduka Substitution Out (76′)
    • Martins

    Subs

    • Smith
    • Duff
    • Carroll Substitution In76′
    • Edgar Substitution In87′
    • Forster

    Injured

    • Emre
    • Given
    • Caçapa

    Suspended

    None

  • Sunderland

    Manager: Roy Keane

    Captain: Dean Whitehead

    On the Field

    • Gordon
    • McShane Substitution Out (87′)
    • Nosworthy Yellow Card
    • Higginbotham
    • Collins
    • Edwards Substitution Out (58′)
    • Miller Yellow Card
    • Whitehead Yellow Card
    • Murphy Yellow Card Substitution Out (80′)
    • Reid Yellow Card
    • Jones

    Subs

    • Harte Substitution In87′
    • Chopra Substitution In80′
    • Richardson Substitution In58′
    • Leadbitter
    • Fulop

    Injured

    • Ward
    • Etuhu
    • Wallace

    Suspended

    None