Match Preview/Thread/Stats: Newcastle v Stoke City
By Tyne-Talk
December 5 2008
Newcastle United host Stoke City this weekend in their 15th match of the season. Both teams at battling a very close mid to lower table fight which see's 9 teams all within reaching distance of each other.
December 5 2008
Newcastle United host Stoke City this weekend in their 15th match of the season. Both teams at battling a very close mid to lower table fight which see's 9 teams all within reaching distance of each other.
Newcastle have won 2 of their last 6 games but take on Stoke of the back of a goal-less draw at Middlesbrough, whilst Stoke have won 3 of their last 6 games, which included cup ties but travel on a 1-1 draw from their last Premier League game against Hull and a defeat in the League Cup in midweek.
Newcastle have been fairly consistent of late in either conceding, scoring or conceding and scoring 2 goals a game aside of the Chelsea & Middlesbrough fixtures, whereas Stoke's recent goal record is of 1 goal games (either scored or conceded), aside of their 5-0 thrashing at Old Trafford.
Joe Kinnear could be tempted to field an un-changed team to that of last weekend as he searches for his first win in four games, meaning Viduka and now fit defender Steven Taylor will both be likely to start on the bench. In addition to Taylor's return Xisco is back having recovered from a hamstring injury leaving Kinnear without Shola Ameobi who has a foot/ankle injury, Joey Barton, Alan Smith who is not quite fit from an foot problem and Gonzalez who remains sidelined with a long term Achilles problem.
Stoke who continue to surprise people will be expecting former Newcastle player Abdoulaye Faye to return to the fold after recovering from a thigh injury, he will join fellow former Toon players Amdy Faye and Andy Griffin as the trio hope to shake up the match.
Stoke will be without Kitson who has a knee injury and defender Ryan Shawcross who has a bad back.
NUFC: Given, Harper, Beye, Enrique, N'Zogbia, Bassong, Coloccini, Taylor, Cacapa, Edgar, Butt, Guthrie, Gutierrez, Geremi, Owen, Martins, Viduka, Carroll, Xisco.
STOKE: Sorensen, Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Cort, Higginbotham, Soares, Tonge, Amdy Faye, Diao, Delap, Sidibe, Fuller, Simonsen, Olofinjana, Whelan, Cresswell, Dickinson, Sonko, Pugh, Pericard.
Newcastle | Stoke | |
15 | Played | 15 |
15 | Points | 18 |
3 | Won | 5 |
6 | Drawn | 3 |
6 | Lost | 7 |
17 | Goals Scored | 15 |
22 | Goals Conceded | 25 |
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Re: Match Preview/Thread/Stats: Newcastle v Stoke City
70yrd pass form Geremi, martins pass owen in the net. Get in
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we look on form.. up for it and the confidence really shows.
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great set up by spiderman for the first goal .. owen couldnt miss ........ and a nice cross face ball by obafemi owen just had to slide it in ... easy !!!
spiderman had a great chance to open his account great ball by n'zogbia but he was denied
spiderman had a great chance to open his account great ball by n'zogbia but he was denied
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What a tackle from Taylor. Colo was out of position and the lad must of ran 40 odd yrds before makin the slide. Top lad.
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