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Sunday September 23, 2007 Finished St. James' Park

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Newcastle United

  • Viduka 3’, 39’
  • N'Zogbia 70’

West Ham

  • Ashton 30’
  1. Viduka double downs Hammers

    Viduka double downs Hammers

    Two first-half goals from Mark Viduka helped Newcastle to a 3-1 Premier League win over West Ham at St James' Park on Sunday. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Newcastle United
    • West Ham
    • 90' It's all over at St James', and an exciting 3-1 win for the Magpies! Thanks for joining us, don't forgot there are LIVE comments of all the other Premier League games today, including Manchester United v Chelsea, which kicks off at 4pm!
    • 83' Martins misses an open goal! He takes it round the keeper, is forced into a wide angle on the run and his strike hits the upright! A let-off for the Hammers.
    • 74' Geremi's booked, Taylor comes on for Newcastle and Collins replaces Etherington for West Ham.
    • 70' GOAL! N'Zogbia gets one of his own! Martins gets to the byline and pulls it back for the left bac, who set up the first two, to tap in one of his own! West Ham have it all to do here!
    • 68' Mark Viduka is denied a hat-trick as he is subbed off for Jose Enrique.
    • 66' Another good save from Harper! Again he drops to his left to keep a shot out, but keeps it in play for Cacapa to hack it away.
    • 65' Milner steamrolls right through Ferdinand as he chases the ball at the byline! He may be short, but he knocked the West Ham defender flying!
    • 62' Cacapa has to head Camara's cross behind for a corner. The Senegalese is looking to make an instant impact!
    • 62' Curbishley is going for it here as Henri Camara comes on for Cole.
    • 61' Ashton gets a flick on from another free kick. It evades everyone and bounces just wide of the far post!
    • 62' Ashton shapes up ready to take a free kick. It's curled in at pace, but straight at Harper.
    • 59' Freddie Ljungberg comes on for West Ham for Mullins. Both managers seemingly did not enjoy the first half action as much as us, as both sides have tightened up this half.
    • 53' Referee Mike Riley is giving Butt and Noble a talking to after there's handbags over Butt's challenge on Neill, but he keeps his cards in his pocket.
    • 51' Owen has come off for Obafemi Martins. It didn't look like he was injured too badly, perhaps Allardyce forgot to sub him at half time.
    • 48' Hayden Mullins goes into the book for a foul on Butt. His studs were high on the ex-Manchester United man.
    • 47' Newcastle earn a free kick on the right, which N'Zogbia will take. He fires it into the pack in the box but it canons right back out and away to safety.
    • 46' The second half kicks off! Another exciting 45 minutes should be in store.
    • 45' Mike Riley blows up to end a thoroughly entertaining half of football. It may not have been an exhibition of technical brilliance, but it was thrilling, fast-paced, end-to-end stuff. And isn't that what the Premier League is all about? Stay right here for the second half!
    • 39' GOAL!! Viduka gets his second! It's set up again by N'Zogbia, who beats Neill to get into the box, nad squares it to the Australian. Viduka almost misses from 6 yards out, but it spins into the far coner just in time!
    • 36' Nice play by West Ham! Etherington and Ashton play a good one-two. Etherington powers forward and tries the same with Cole, but the return flick goes through to Harper.
    • 32' The Hammers are buoyed by the goal and suddenly Newcastle can't get the ball off them! Owen does force Upson to clear for a throw-in though, but Newcatle can do nothing with it.
    • 30' GOAL! Ashton scores! Newcastle fail miserably to clear a long throw and Ashton volleys in from 6 yards out right into the far corner! Harper didn't even bother going for it!
    • 29' Harper saves again! A swing and a miss in the box from Cacapa gives Cole the chance to shoot from a wide angle, but Harper smothers it well! Now he's starting to justify his selection over a fit-again Shay Given.
    • 26' Good save Harper! Noble's strike from the left was on target, but Harper dived low to his right to palm it wide!
    • 22' Cole and Ashton are feeding off scraps at the moment, and they chase down N'Zogbia and Harper doggedly, trying to force errors from them, but on this occasion to no avail.
    • 20' Debutant Habib Beye gets into the box by the byline and chips it over to the far post, too long for anyone from either side, but he's showing the pace and skill that led Sam Allardyce to buy him from Marseille.
    • 19' The ball breaks down the right for Smith! He sprints down the line and squares the ball to Viduka! Intercepted well by Ferdinand.
    • 16' Carlton Cole holds up the ball and tees up Ashton, but Cacapa slides in well to block the shot on the edge of the box. It's been a scrappy start from the Hammers, whereas Newcastle are knocking it around comfortably.
    • 8' Mullins tries to chip it forward to Ashton. Nicky Butt intercepts and tidies up well.
    • 5' It's been a real high octane start to this game. Both teams are playing with a direct approach, going forward in numbers and at pace, an archetypal Premier League game. You have to think that Viduka's will not be the only goal in this one.
    • 3' GOAL! Newcastle go in front straight away! It's Mark Viduka with a header! A cross in from Charles N'Zogbia is glanced in with power by the Australian. That move all started with a mistake from Lucas Neill, who dithered in possession.
    • 1' The match is underway! Michael Owen starts with Mark Viduka up front for the Magpies, while Carlton Cole comes into the Hammers attack to partner Dean Ashton. Both Ashton and Owen have a few games under their belts now after lengthy lay-offs, so England's potential new front two could give a good showing this afternoon.

  • Team Stats

    Newcastle United Stats West Ham
    48% Possession 51%
    13 Shots 14
    4 Shots on target 7
    0 Saves 0
    1 Corners 6
    16 Fouls 16
    1 Offsides 3
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 19
    256 Accurate passes 280
    54 Bad passes 74

  • 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 13 4 0
      6 Claudio Caçapa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 1
      21 Habib Beye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 1 7
      4 David Rozehnal 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 14 2 2
      22 Nicky Butt 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 34 4 6
      14 Charles N'Zogbia 1 1 1 0 4 0 2 24 13 4
      20 Geremi Nijtap 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 43 10 1
      16 James Milner 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 8 2
      10 Michael Owen 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 14 1 0
      36 Mark Viduka 2 5 2 2 1 0 0 18 3 0
      17 Alan Smith 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 29 1 1
      9 Obafemi Martins 0 5 0 2 0 0 1 10 4 0
      3 José Enrique Sanchez Diaz 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
      1 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Steven Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • West Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0
      5 Anton Ferdinand 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 2 2
      3 George McCartney 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 38 19 1
      2 Lucas Neill 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 36 3 2
      6 Matthew Upson 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 20 4 1
      16 Mark Noble 0 2 1 2 2 0 0 45 9 4
      17 Hayden Mullins 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 20 5 3
      29 Lee Bowyer 0 4 3 2 3 0 0 25 3 2
      11 Matthew Etherington 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 8 2
      9 Dean Ashton 1 4 2 4 1 3 0 20 7 0
      12 Carlton Cole 0 2 1 4 0 0 1 17 4 1
      19 James Collins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Jonathan Spector 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 0
      7 Fredrik Ljungberg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1
      33 Henri Camara 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0
      21 Richard Wright 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 83' Martins misses an open goal! He takes it round the keeper, is forced into a wide angle on the run and his strike hits the upright! A let-off for the Hammers.
    • 70' GOAL! N'Zogbia gets one of his own! Martins gets to the byline and pulls it back for the left bac, who set up the first two, to tap in one of his own! West Ham have it all to do here!
    • 66' Another good save from Harper! Again he drops to his left to keep a shot out, but keeps it in play for Cacapa to hack it away.
    • 39' GOAL!! Viduka gets his second! It's set up again by N'Zogbia, who beats Neill to get into the box, nad squares it to the Australian. Viduka almost misses from 6 yards out, but it spins into the far coner just in time!
    • 30' GOAL! Ashton scores! Newcastle fail miserably to clear a long throw and Ashton volleys in from 6 yards out right into the far corner! Harper didn't even bother going for it!
    • 29' Harper saves again! A swing and a miss in the box from Cacapa gives Cole the chance to shoot from a wide angle, but Harper smothers it well! Now he's starting to justify his selection over a fit-again Shay Given.
    • 26' Good save Harper! Noble's strike from the left was on target, but Harper dived low to his right to palm it wide!
    • 3' GOAL! Newcastle go in front straight away! It's Mark Viduka with a header! A cross in from Charles N'Zogbia is glanced in with power by the Australian. That move all started with a mistake from Lucas Neill, who dithered in possession.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Riley

  • Newcastle United

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    Captain: Ndjitap Geremi

    On the Field

    • Harper
    • Beye
    • Caçapa
    • Rozehnal
    • N'Zogbia
    • Smith
    • Butt
    • Geremi
    • Milner
    • Owen
    • Viduka

    Subs

    • Given
    • Diagne-Faye
    • Martins
    • Taylor
    • Enrique

    Injured

    • Babayaro
    • Duff
    • Ramage
    • Carr
    • Barton

    Suspended

    None

  • West Ham

    Manager: Alan Curbishley

    Captain: Lucas Neill

    On the Field

    • Green
    • Neill
    • Upson
    • Ferdinand
    • McCartney
    • Bowyer
    • Mullins
    • Noble
    • Etherington
    • Ashton
    • Cole

    Subs

    • Wright
    • Ljungberg
    • Collins
    • Camara
    • Spector

    Injured

    • Dyer
    • Bellamy
    • Faubert

    Suspended

    None