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Newcastle United 2-1 Blackburn - December 15, 2001 / Premier League 2001/2002

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Premier League 2001/2002 - Round 17

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

December 15, 2001

50 064

Newcastle United

2 - 1

Blackburn

Olivier Bernard

65'

Gary Speed

70'

34'

David Dunn

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26' - Substitution Matt Jansenis substituted by Mark Hughes

34' - Goal David Dunn

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46' - Substitution Rob Leeis substituted by Kieron Dyer46

59' - Substitution Shola Ameobiis substituted by Lomana Trésor LuaLua59

65' - Goal Olivier Bernard65

70' - Goal Gary Speed70

71' - Substitution Mark Hughesis substituted by Martin Taylor

78' - Substitution John Curtisis substituted by Corrado Grabbi

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

2 - 1

Blackburn

Newcastle United Blackburn

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age25 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

24 Distin

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age23 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

18 Hughes

Aaron Hughes

Northern Ireland

B.date08/11/1979

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

3 Elliott

Robbie Elliott

England

B.date25/12/1973

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

5 O'Brien

Andy O'Brien

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/06/1979

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

35 Bernard65

Olivier Bernard

France

B.date14/10/1979

Age22 years

H1m75

positionLeft full-back

4 Solano

Nolberto Solano

Peru

B.date12/12/1974

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

7 Lee46

Rob Lee

England

B.date01/02/1966

Age35 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

11 Speed70

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age32 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

23 Ameobi59

Shola Ameobi

Nigeria

B.date12/10/1981

Age20 years

H1m91

positionStriker

9 Shearer

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age31 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		25	150	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Sylvain Distin		23	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Aaron Hughes		22	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Robbie Elliott		27	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Andy O'Brien		22	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
35	D	Olivier Bernard	65	22	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nolberto Solano		27	142	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rob Lee	46	35	338	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Gary Speed	70	32	175	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	F	Shola Ameobi	59	20	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer		31	195	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

120

Blackburn

Friedel

Brad Friedel

United States

B.date18/05/1971

Age30 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Curtis78

John Curtis

England

B.date03/09/1978

Age23 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Defender

Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age23 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft

England

B.date06/11/1972

Age29 years

H1m80

positionCentral defender

Short

Craig Short

England

B.date25/06/1968

Age33 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

Berg

Henning Berg

Norway

B.date01/09/1969

Age32 years

H1m83

positionRight central defender

Dunn34

David Dunn

England

B.date27/12/1979

Age21 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

Duff

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age22 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Tugay

Kerimoglu Tugay

Turkey

B.date24/08/1970

Age31 years

H1m76

positionCentre Midfield

Gillespie

Keith Gillespie

Northern Ireland

B.date18/02/1975

Age26 years

H1m77

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Jansen26

Matt Jansen

England

B.date20/10/1977

Age24 years

H1m80

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Brad Friedel		30	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Curtis	78	23	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Neill		23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Garry Flitcroft		29	107	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Craig Short		33	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Henning Berg		32	218	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	David Dunn	34	21	51	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Damien Duff		22	100	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Kerimoglu Tugay		31	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Keith Gillespie		26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Matt Jansen	26	24	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
8	M		Kieron Dyer	46	22	73	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F		Lomana Trésor LuaLua	59	20	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Martin Taylor	71	22	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Mark Hughes	2671	38	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Corrado Grabbi	78	26	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Shola Ameobi

Craig Bellamy

OUT

Sylvain Distin

Nikos Dabizas

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Lucas Neill

Martin Taylor

OUT

Garry Flitcroft

Jeff Kenna

OUT

Craig Short

Nils-Eric Johansson

OUT

Henning Berg

Mark Hughes

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

115

Success rate in this team:

46 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Robson vs Blackburn

2 victories

1 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 15, 2001

Robson vs Souness

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 15, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Graeme Souness

Success rate in this team:

48 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Souness vs Newcastle United

1 victory

1 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 15, 2001

Souness vs Robson

1 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on December 15, 2001

Referee

Steve Dunn

15 victories	3 draws	4 losses	Newcastle United22 matches	General total	Blackburn16 matches	4 victories	4 draws	8 losses
1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	Newcastle United2 matches	Season total	Blackburn2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on February 27, 2005					Latest figure on April 16, 2005

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Key figures

It's the first time Gary Speed scores 1 goal vs Newcastle United in his professional career with

Blackburn keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw running (since 28/11/2001).

It's the first time David Dunn scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

Read the next 11 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VNewcastle United 1-0 Leicester26/09/2001

LNewcastle United 0-2 Liverpool30/09/2001

LNewcastle United 0-2 Tottenham21/10/2001

VNewcastle United 3-0 Aston Villa03/11/2001

VNewcastle United 1-0 Derby County24/11/2001

VNewcastle United 4-1 Ipswich Town27/11/2001

Overall

LFulham 3-1 Newcastle United17/11/2001

VNewcastle United 1-0 Derby County24/11/2001

VNewcastle United 4-1 Ipswich Town27/11/2001

DCharlton 1-1 Newcastle United01/12/2001

VIpswich Town 0-1 Newcastle United09/12/2001

LChelsea 1-0 Newcastle United12/12/2001

Current form

Away

LSunderland 1-0 Blackburn08/09/2001

DIpswich Town 1-1 Blackburn16/09/2001

LAston Villa 2-0 Blackburn30/09/2001

DArsenal 3-3 Blackburn20/10/2001

VSouthampton 1-2 Blackburn03/11/2001

DChelsea 0-0 Blackburn24/11/2001

Overall

DBlackburn 1-1 Liverpool17/11/2001

DChelsea 0-0 Blackburn24/11/2001

VBlackburn 2-0 Manchester City28/11/2001

LBlackburn 0-1 Middlesbrough01/12/2001

LBlackburn 1-2 Leeds United09/12/2001

VBlackburn 4-0 Arsenal11/12/2001

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	3	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	8	2
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	4
Scoring streak	0	2
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

15	Number of games (Competition total)	16
7	Number of games (Home / Away)	7
8	Victories (Competition total)	4
4	Victories (Home / Away)	1
3	Draws (Competition total)	7
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
4	Losses (Competition total)	5
2	Losses (Home / Away)	3

Goals

25	Goals scored (Competition total)	22
10	Goals scored (Home / Away)	7
18	Goals conceded (Competition total)	19
8	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1.38
1.43	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
1.2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.19
1.14	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.43

Betting aid

7	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	5
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	3
7	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	10
2	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	4
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

30	Yellow cards (Competition total)	26
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	11
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Alan Shearer	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	3 goals	David Dunn
Craig Bellamy	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	2 goals	David Dunn
Alan Shearer	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
Alan Shearer	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Nolberto Solano	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Henning Berg

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

34 v

16 d

8 l

107 gf

60 ga

Away

57 matches

14 v

10 d

33 l

60 gf

105 ga

Total

115 matches

48 v

26 d

41 l

167 gf

165 ga

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

33 v

10 d

14 l

105 gf

60 ga

Away

58 matches

8 v

16 d

34 l

60 gf

107 ga

Total

115 matches

41 v

26 d

48 l

165 gf

167 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	October 23, 1926
Home	6 - 1	October 23, 1926

Largest victory

Overall	7 - 1	September 09, 1925
Away	7 - 1	September 09, 1925

Latest head to head

January 31, 2000 - FA Cup 1999/2000

Blackburn

1 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

May 16, 1999 - Premier League 1998/1999

Newcastle United

1 - 1

Blackburn

February 24, 1999 - FA Cup 1998/1999

Blackburn

0 - 1

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

February 14, 1999 - FA Cup 1998/1999

Newcastle United

0 - 0

Blackburn

December 12, 1998 - Premier League 1998/1999

Blackburn

0 - 0

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Blackburn

Alan Shearer	4 goals	1996 - 2000
Chris Waddle	2 goals	1983 - 1983
Len White	2 goals	1960 - 1960
Rob Lee	2 goals	1995 - 1995
John McGuigan	2 goals	1961 - 1961
Marc Hottiger	1 goal	1995 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Chris Sutton	5 goals	1995 - 1998
Malcolm Darling	2 goals	1965 - 1966
Graham Fenton	2 goals	1996 - 1996
Mike England	2 goals	1965 - 1965
Alistair MacLeod	2 goals	1960 - 1961
David May	1 goal	1994 - 1994

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Blackburn

Rob Lee	14 matches	1993 - 2000
John Beresford	11 matches	1993 - 1997
Steve Howey	11 matches	1994 - 1999
Pavel Srnicek	10 matches	1993 - 1997
Peter Beardsley	10 matches	1983 - 1996
Steve Watson	10 matches	1993 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 26/11/1960. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Jason Wilcox	12 matches	1993 - 1999
Tim Sherwood	12 matches	1993 - 1998
Tim Flowers	12 matches	1994 - 1999
Colin Hendry	11 matches	1993 - 1998
Jeff Kenna	10 matches	1995 - 1999
Henning Berg	10 matches	1993 - 1996