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Newcastle United 3-0 Middlesbrough - December 26, 2001 / Premier League 2001/2002

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Premier League 2001/2002 - Round 19

St. James Park - Newcastle - England

December 26, 2001

52 127

3 - 0

Middlesbrough

Alan Shearer

29'

Gary Speed

58'

Olivier Bernard

83'

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29' - Goal Alan Shearer29

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46' - Substitution Noel Whelanis substituted by Andy Campbell

58' - Goal Gary Speed58

79' - Substitution Nolberto Solanois substituted by Rob Lee photo Olivier Bernard

79' - Substitution Laurent Robertis substituted by Olivier Bernard79

81' - Substitution Carlos Marinelliis substituted by Paul Okon photo Ricard Hamilton

81' - Substitution Alen Boksicis substituted by Ricard Hamilton

83' - Goal Olivier Bernard83

84' - Substitution Kieron Dyeris substituted by Lomana Trésor LuaLua84

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Newcastle United

3 - 0

Middlesbrough

Newcastle United Middlesbrough

Team line-ups

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age25 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

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

Age28 years

H1m78

positionLeft central defender

5 O'Brien

Andy O'Brien

Republic of Ireland

B.date29/06/1979

Age22 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

24 Distin

Sylvain Distin

France

B.date16/12/1977

Age24 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

4 Solano79

Nolberto Solano

Peru

B.date12/12/1974

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

11 Speed58

Gary Speed

Wales

B.date08/09/1969

Age32 years

H1m75

positionLeft Midfielder

32 Robert79

Laurent Robert

France

B.date21/05/1975

Age26 years

H1m76

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

8 Dyer84

Kieron Dyer

England

B.date29/12/1978

Age22 years

H1m73

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

17 Bellamy

Craig Bellamy

Wales

B.date13/07/1979

Age22 years

H1m75

positionVersatile Forward

9 Shearer29

Alan Shearer

England

B.date13/08/1970

Age31 years

H1m80

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		25	153	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	D	Aaron Hughes		22	123	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Robbie Elliott		28	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Andy O'Brien		22	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	D	Sylvain Distin		24	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nolberto Solano	79	27	145	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Gary Speed	58	32	178	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Laurent Robert	79	26	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Kieron Dyer	84	22	76	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	F	Craig Bellamy		22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Alan Shearer	29	31	198	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Middlesbrough

Crossley

Mark Crossley

Wales

B.date16/06/1969

Age32 years

H1m91

positionGoalkeeper

Southgate

Gareth Southgate

England

B.date03/09/1970

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentral defender

Queudrue

Franck Queudrue

France

B.date27/08/1978

Age23 years

H1m83

positionLeft central defender

Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

England

B.date03/11/1972

Age29 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

Stockdale

Robbie Stockdale

Scotland

B.date30/11/1979

Age22 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

Ince

Paul Ince

England

B.date21/10/1967

Age34 years

H1m78

positionDefensive Midfielder

Mustoe

Robbie Mustoe

England

B.date28/08/1968

Age33 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

Greening

Jonathan Greening

England

B.date02/01/1979

Age22 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Marinelli81

Carlos Marinelli

Argentina

B.date14/03/1982

Age19 years

H1m74

positionVersatile Offensive Midfielder

Whelan46

Noel Whelan

England

B.date30/12/1974

Age26 years

H1m80

positionStriker

Boksic81

Alen Boksic

Croatia

B.date21/01/1970

Age31 years

H1m87

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Mark Crossley		32	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gareth Southgate		31	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Franck Queudrue		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Ugo Ehiogu		29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Robbie Stockdale		22	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Paul Ince		34	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Robbie Mustoe		33	259	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jonathan Greening		22	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Carlos Marinelli	81	19	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Noel Whelan	46	26	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Alen Boksic	81	31	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
35	D	Olivier Bernard	8379	22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Rob Lee	79	35	338	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Lomana Trésor LuaLua	84	20	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Paul Okon	81	29	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Andy Campbell	46	22	66	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Ricard Hamilton	81	27	129	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Sylvain Distin

Nikos Dabizas

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Noel Whelan

Ricard Hamilton

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

118

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

49 %

Robson vs Middlesbrough

12 victories

5 draws

8 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Robson vs McClaren

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Manager

Age

Match num

Steve McClaren

Success rate in this team:

30 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

30 %

McClaren vs Newcastle United

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

McClaren vs Robson

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on December 26, 2001

Referee

Mark Halsey

13 victories	8 draws	13 losses	Newcastle United34 matches	General total	Middlesbrough35 matches	11 victories	7 draws	17 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Newcastle United1 match	Season total	Middlesbrough2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 17, 2013					Latest figure on May 02, 2009

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Key figures

Noel Whelan played his game number 10 vs in his professional career

Newcastle United keeps its 7 consecutive matches without a loss in Premier League running (since 24/11/2001). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 15/03/1997-23/08/1997 time period (12 matches).

Middlesbrough keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 08/12/2001).

Read the next 21 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

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

VNewcastle United 2-1 Blackburn15/12/2001

Overall

DCharlton 1-1 Newcastle United01/12/2001

VIpswich Town 0-1 Newcastle United09/12/2001

LChelsea 1-0 Newcastle United12/12/2001

VNewcastle United 2-1 Blackburn15/12/2001

VArsenal 1-3 Newcastle United18/12/2001

VLeeds United 3-4 Newcastle United22/12/2001

Current form

Away

LBlackburn 2-1 Middlesbrough10/10/2001

DCharlton 0-0 Middlesbrough13/10/2001

LTottenham 2-1 Middlesbrough27/10/2001

DAston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough17/11/2001

VBlackburn 0-1 Middlesbrough01/12/2001

LLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough08/12/2001

Overall

VMiddlesbrough 5-1 Derby County03/11/2001

DAston Villa 0-0 Middlesbrough17/11/2001

DMiddlesbrough 0-0 Ipswich Town25/11/2001

VBlackburn 0-1 Middlesbrough01/12/2001

LLiverpool 2-0 Middlesbrough08/12/2001

LMiddlesbrough 0-1 Manchester United15/12/2001

Running streaks

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

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	3
Goalless streak	1	2
Conceding streak	1	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

18	Number of games (Competition total)	17
8	Number of games (Home / Away)	9
11	Victories (Competition total)	5
5	Victories (Home / Away)	2
3	Draws (Competition total)	4
1	Draws (Home / Away)	3
4	Losses (Competition total)	8
2	Losses (Home / Away)	4

Goals

34	Goals scored (Competition total)	17
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	6
23	Goals conceded (Competition total)	23
9	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	10
1.89	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	1
1.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.67
1.28	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.35
1.13	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.11

Betting aid

10	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	7
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	3
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	3
3	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
2	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	5
10	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	6
3	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	3
1-0 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (2 times)

Bookings

34	Yellow cards (Competition total)	20
10	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	13
2	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Alan Shearer	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	6 goals	Alen Boksic
Craig Bellamy	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Alen Boksic
Alan Shearer	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Alen Boksic
Alan Shearer	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
Alan Shearer	2 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	6 goals during the last 11 matches	Alen Boksic

Historical head to head

Home

51 matches

27 v

13 d

11 l

85 gf

52 ga

Away

52 matches

12 v

16 d

24 l

62 gf

81 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

0 d

2 l

3 gf

4 ga

Total

106 matches

40 v

29 d

37 l

150 gf

137 ga

Historical head to head

Home

52 matches

24 v

16 d

12 l

81 gf

62 ga

Away

51 matches

11 v

13 d

27 l

52 gf

85 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

2 v

0 d

1 l

4 gf

3 ga

Total

106 matches

37 v

29 d

40 l

137 gf

150 ga

Largest victory

Overall	6 - 1	August 29, 1962
Home	6 - 1	August 29, 1962

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	February 14, 1931
Away	5 - 0	February 14, 1931

Latest head to head

September 08, 2001 - Premier League 2001/2002

Middlesbrough

1 - 4

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

March 17, 2001 - Premier League 2000/2001

Newcastle United

1 - 2

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

October 16, 2000 - Premier League 2000/2001

Middlesbrough

1 - 3

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

May 02, 2000 - Premier League 1999/2000

Middlesbrough

2 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

October 03, 1999 - Premier League 1999/2000

Newcastle United

2 - 1

Middlesbrough logo Middlesbrough

Best historical scorers against Middlesbrough

Alan Shearer	7 goals	1996 - 2001
Peter Beardsley	3 goals	1984 - 1996
Les Ferdinand	3 goals	1995 - 1997
Kevin Keegan	3 goals	1983 - 1984
Alan Kennedy	2 goals	1976 - 1977
Malcolm Macdonald	2 goals	1975 - 1975

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/02/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Mikkel Beck	2 goals	1996 - 1996
David Armstrong	2 goals	1977 - 1977
Billy Ashcroft	2 goals	1978 - 1978
David Mills	2 goals	1976 - 1976
Colin Cooper	2 goals	1998 - 2001
Brian Deane	2 goals	1999 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 01/02/1975. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Middlesbrough

Rob Lee	12 matches	1995 - 2001
Warren Barton	10 matches	1995 - 2001
Irving Nattrass	8 matches	1974 - 1978
Alan Kennedy	7 matches	1974 - 1977
Micky Burns	7 matches	1975 - 1978
Nolberto Solano	7 matches	1998 - 2001

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 09/11/1974. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Steve Vickers	11 matches	1995 - 2001
Robbie Mustoe	11 matches	1995 - 2001
Curtis Fleming	9 matches	1996 - 2001
David Armstrong	8 matches	1974 - 1978
David Mills	8 matches	1974 - 1978
Stuart Boam	8 matches	1974 - 1978