Newcastle United vs Birmingham City at Stadion.Core.ViewModels.Matchday.LocationViewModel
Newcastle United
4
Birmingham City
0Key Moments
- Gayle completes his hat-trick late on
- Gouffran adds a third at the beginning of the second period
- Gayle scores twice in first half after dominant opening 45 minutes from the Magpies
Commentary By @NUFC
Match ends, Newcastle United 4, Birmingham City 0.
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 4, Birmingham City 0.
Offside, Newcastle United. Jonjo Shelvey tries a through ball, but Achraf Lazaar is caught offside.
Corner, Birmingham City. Conceded by Jamaal Lascelles.
Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
Attempt missed. Christian Atsu (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a headed pass.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Achraf Lazaar replaces Isaac Hayden.
Attempt saved. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Josh Cogley.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Aleksandar Mitrovic replaces Dwight Gayle.
Goal!
Goal! Newcastle United 4, Birmingham City 0. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey.
Attempt missed. Corey O'Keefe (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Che Adams (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lukas Jutkiewicz.
Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United).
Substitution, Birmingham City. Corey O'Keefe replaces David Cotterill.
Foul by Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United).
Foul by Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United).
Substitution, Newcastle United. Christian Atsu replaces Yoan Gouffran.
Attempt missed. Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Josh Cogley with a cross.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
Attempt saved. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mohamed Diamé with a through ball.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.
Foul by Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United).
Foul by Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United).
Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United).
Foul by Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
First Half begins.
Hand ball by Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham City).
Attempt blocked. Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yoan Gouffran.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Josh Cogley.
Foul by Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United).
Attempt blocked. David Cotterill (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United).
Foul by Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United).
Goal!
Goal! Newcastle United 3, Birmingham City 0. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dwight Gayle following a set piece situation.
Foul by Jonathan Grounds (Birmingham City).
Substitution, Birmingham City. Maikel Kieftenbeld replaces Robert Tesche.
Second Half begins Newcastle United 2, Birmingham City 0.
Substitution, Birmingham City. Lukas Jutkiewicz replaces Greg Stewart.
Dwight Gayle celebrates scoring against Birmingham
Rafa Benitez must be delighted with his players after that first half. Two goals up after an impressive display, Newcastle have reacted perfectly to the disappointment of that crazy game at Nottingham Forest eight days ago.
First Half ends, Newcastle United 2, Birmingham City 0.
Attempt saved. Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Tomasz Kuszczak.
Attempt missed. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Yoan Gouffran.
Offside, Newcastle United. Mohamed Diamé tries a through ball, but Dwight Gayle is caught offside.
Foul by David Cotterill (Birmingham City).
Hand ball by Clayton Donaldson (Birmingham City).
Foul by Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United).
Attempt blocked. Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vurnon Anita.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Ryan Shotton.
Foul by Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United).
Attempt saved. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey.
Attempt missed. Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Robert Tesche (Birmingham City).
Robert Tesche (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United).
Diame again makes a key contribution as he turns Jonathan Grounds and cuts the ball back for Gouffran, whose effort flew just wide. Newcastle are playing really well.
Attempt missed. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by Ryan Shotton (Birmingham City).
Attempt saved. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Paul Dummett.
Gayle is in the right place at the right time to make it 2-0; again, the ball comes in from the right, this time from Hayden, and again Newcastle's number nine finds the net. Diame was involved again, too - he's had a good game so far.
Goal!
Goal! Newcastle United 2, Birmingham City 0. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
Foul by Che Adams (Birmingham City).
That was brilliant work from Mo Diame, who spun away from two players on the right before sending over a lovely cross on the run which Gayle heade home. Newcastle deserve that after a strong opening to this game.
Goal!
Goal! Newcastle United 1, Birmingham City 0. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Mohamed Diamé with a cross.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) because of an injury.
Foul by Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United).
Attempt blocked. Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Matt Ritchie.
Attempt missed. Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Foul by Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United).
Attempt saved. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Yoan Gouffran.
A good spell for United as Gayle, Ritchie and Clark all come close in the space of a few seconds. United know that an early goal could make all the difference today.
Attempt missed. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Isaac Hayden with a cross following a corner.
Attempt saved. Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Jonathan Grounds.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Josh Cogley.
Foul by Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United).
Attempt missed. Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner, Newcastle United. Conceded by Ryan Shotton.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) because of an injury.
Foul by Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United).
First Half begins.
Here come the teams!
Remember, we have live audio commentary of today's game at nufc.co.uk - just click 'listen live' on the homepage to hear Matthew Raisbeck and John Anderson covering every kick.
Kick-off at St. James' Park is less than half an hour away. A reminder of today's Newcastle United line-up:
Karl Darlow; Vurnon Anita, Jamaal Lascelles (c), Ciaran Clark, Paul Dummett; Isaac Hayden, Jonjo Shelvey; Matt Ritchie, Mohamed Diame, Yoan Gouffran; Dwight Gayle
Subs: Matz Sels, DeAndre Yedlin, Chancel Mbemba, Achraf Lazaar, Cheick Tiote, Christian Atsu, Aleksandar Mitrovic
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
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