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Newcastle United 3-1 Bayer Leverkusen - February 26, 2003 / Champions League 2002/2003

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Champions League 2002/2003 - Group A 2nd round

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

February 26, 2003

40 508

3 - 1

Bayer Leverkusen

Germany

(header) Alan Shearer

11'

(penalty) Alan Shearer

36'

73'

Marko Babic (left foot)

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5' - Goal Alan Shearer5

11' - Goal Alan Shearer11

29' - Substitution Crisis substituted by Boris Zivkovic

36' - Goal Alan Shearer36

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46' - Substitution Carsten Ramelowis substituted by Marko Babic

61' - Substitution Oliver Neuvilleis substituted by Thomas Brdarić

70' - Substitution Kieron Dyeris substituted by Nolberto Solano70

73' - Goal Marko Babic

80' - Substitution Alan Sheareris substituted by Lomana Trésor LuaLua80

82' - Substitution Brian Kerris substituted by Hugo Viana82

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

3 - 1

Bayer Leverkusen

Newcastle United Bayer Leverkusen

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age26 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

25 Kerr82

Brian Kerr

Scotland

B.date12/10/1981

Age21 years

H1m72

positionCentral defender

19 Bramble

Titus Bramble

England

B.date21/07/1981

Age21 years

H1m85

positionCentral defender

30 Caldwell

Steven Caldwell

Scotland

B.date12/09/1980

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

12 Griffin

Andy Griffin

England

B.date17/03/1979

Age23 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

35 Bernard

Olivier Bernard

France

B.date14/10/1979

Age23 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

11 Speed

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age33 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

8 Dyer70

Kieron Dyer

England

B.date29/12/1978

Age24 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

32 Robert

Laurent Robert

France

B.date21/05/1975

Age27 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

9 Shearer1136580

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age32 years

H1m80

positionStriker

23 Ameobi

Shola Ameobi

Nigeria

B.date12/10/1981

Age21 years

H1m91

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		26	215	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	D	Brian Kerr	82	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	D	Titus Bramble		21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	Steven Caldwell		22	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Andy Griffin		23	86	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Olivier Bernard		23	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Gary Speed		33	226	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kieron Dyer	70	24	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Laurent Robert		27	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer	1136580	32	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Shola Ameobi		21	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

106

Bayer Leverkusen

Butt

Hans-Jörg Butt

Germany

B.date28/05/1974

Age28 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Cris29

Cris

Brazil

B.date03/06/1977

Age25 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Kleine

Thomas Kleine

Germany

B.date28/12/1977

Age25 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Placente

Diego Placente

Argentina

B.date24/04/1977

Age25 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

Ramelow46

Carsten Ramelow

Germany

B.date20/03/1974

Age28 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

Kaluzny

Radoslaw Kaluzny

Poland

B.date02/02/1974

Age29 years

H1m92

positionDefensive Midfielder

Preuss

Christoph Preuss

Germany

B.date04/07/1981

Age21 years

H1m81

positionMidfield

Simak

Jan Simak

Czech Republic

B.date13/10/1978

Age24 years

H1m82

positionCentre Midfield

Bastürk

Yildiray Bastürk

Turkey

B.date24/12/1978

Age24 years

H1m69

positionPlaymaker

Neuville61

Oliver Neuville

Germany

B.date01/05/1973

Age29 years

H1m71

positionStriker

França

Brazil

B.date02/03/1976

Age26 years

H1m83

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Hans-Jörg Butt		28	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Cris	29	25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Kleine		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Diego Placente		25	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carsten Ramelow	46	28	294	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Radoslaw Kaluzny		29	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Christoph Preuss		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jan Simak		24	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yildiray Bastürk		24	84	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Oliver Neuville	61	29	179	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	França		26	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
4	D	Nolberto Solano	70	28	203	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
45	M	Hugo Viana	82	20	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Lomana Trésor LuaLua	80	22	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Boris Zivkovic	29	27	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Marko Babic	7346	22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thomas Brdarić	61	28	121	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Steven Caldwell

Andy O'Brien

OUT

Shola Ameobi

Craig Bellamy

OUT

Olivier Bernard

Aaron Hughes

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Cris

Boris Zivkovic

OUT

Oliver Neuville

Thomas Brdarić

OUT

Christoph Preuss

Bernd Schneider

OUT

Thomas Kleine

Marko Babic

OUT

Yildiray Bastürk

Hanno Balitsch

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

183

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Robson vs Bayer Leverkusen

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 26, 2003

Robson vs Hörster

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 26, 2003

Manager

Age

Match num

Thomas Hörster

Success rate in this team:

43 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

38 %

Hörster vs Newcastle United

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 2003

Hörster vs Robson

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 26, 2003

Referee

Claus Bo Larsen

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Newcastle United1 match	General total	Bayer Leverkusen2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Newcastle United1 match	Season total	Bayer Leverkusen1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 26, 2003					Latest figure on February 26, 2003

Videos

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Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Alan Shearer scores at least 3 goals during the same game in Champions League

Newcastle United keeps its 3 matches with at least 3 goals scored running (since 18/02/2003). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/01/2002-09/02/2002 time period (4 matches).

Newcastle United keeps its 7 matches with at least one goal scored in Champions League running (since 23/10/2002). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 28/08/2002 (3 matches)

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNewcastle United 2-0 Fulham21/12/2002

VNewcastle United 2-1 Tottenham29/12/2002

VNewcastle United 1-0 Liverpool01/01/2003

VNewcastle United 2-0 Manchester City18/01/2003

VNewcastle United 1-0 Bolton Wanderers22/01/2003

DNewcastle United 1-1 Arsenal09/02/2003

Overall

VNewcastle United 2-0 Manchester City18/01/2003

VNewcastle United 1-0 Bolton Wanderers22/01/2003

VTottenham 0-1 Newcastle United29/01/2003

DNewcastle United 1-1 Arsenal09/02/2003

VBayer Leverkusen 1-3 Newcastle United18/02/2003

VLeeds United 0-3 Newcastle United22/02/2003

Current form

Away

VMunich 1860 0-3 Bayer Leverkusen07/12/2002

LInter Milan 3-2 Bayer Leverkusen10/12/2002

LBorussia Dortmund 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen02/02/2003

DUnterhaching 2-2 Bayer Leverkusen05/02/2003

LBochum 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen08/02/2003

VHannover 96 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen22/02/2003

Overall

LBorussia Dortmund 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen02/02/2003

DUnterhaching 2-2 Bayer Leverkusen05/02/2003

LBochum 2-1 Bayer Leverkusen08/02/2003

LBayer Leverkusen 1-2 Hansa Rostock15/02/2003

LBayer Leverkusen 1-3 Newcastle United18/02/2003

VHannover 96 1-2 Bayer Leverkusen22/02/2003

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	0	2
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	7	7
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	2
Scoring streak	15	20
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	3	5
Conceding streak	5	9

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

11	Number of games (Competition total)	9
5	Number of games (Home / Away)	4
6	Victories (Competition total)	3
3	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
5	Losses (Competition total)	6
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

16	Goals scored (Competition total)	13
8	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
16	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
6	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	11
1.45	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.44
1.6	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1.5
1.45	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	2.11
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2.75

Betting aid

6	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	2
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
5	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	2
4-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	2-6 (1 times)

Bookings

9	Yellow cards (Competition total)	16
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	10
1	Red cards (Competition total)	0
1	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Shola Ameobi	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	Marko Babic
Alan Shearer	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	Marko Babic
Alan Shearer	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Bernd Schneider
Alan Shearer	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Bernd Schneider
Shola Ameobi	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	2 goals during the last 2 matches	França

Historical head to head

Away

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Total

1 match

1 v

0 d

0 l

3 gf

1 ga

Historical head to head

Home

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Total

1 match

0 v

0 d

1 l

1 gf

3 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	February 18, 2003
Home	No success yet

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

February 18, 2003 - Ligue des Champions 2002/2003

Bayer Leverkusen

1 - 3

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Bayer Leverkusen

	Shola Ameobi	2 goals	2003 - 2003
	Lomana Trésor LuaLua	1 goal	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

França

1 goal

2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Bayer Leverkusen

Kieron Dyer	1 match	2003 - 2003
Aaron Hughes	1 match	2003 - 2003
Lomana Trésor LuaLua	1 match	2003 - 2003
Shola Ameobi	1 match	2003 - 2003
Laurent Robert	1 match	2003 - 2003
Shay Given	1 match	2003 - 2003

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 18/02/2003. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Bernd Schneider	1 match	2003 - 2003
Jan Simak	1 match	2003 - 2003
França	1 match	2003 - 2003
Radoslaw Kaluzny	1 match	2003 - 2003
Thomas Brdarić	1 match	2003 - 2003
Thomas Kleine	1 match	2003 - 2003