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West Ham 3-1 Newcastle United - September 20, 2008 / Premier League 2008/2009

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Premier League 2008/2009 - Round 5

Boleyn Ground - London - England

September 20, 2008

34 743

West Ham

3 - 1

Newcastle United

(left foot) David Di Michele

37'

(left foot) Matthew Etherington

53'

67'

Michael Owen (right foot)

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8' - Goal David Di Michele8

37' - Goal David Di Michele37

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53' - Goal Matthew Etherington53

59' - Substitution David Edgaris substituted by Sébastien Bassong

67' - Goal Michael Owen

72' - Substitution Scott Parkeris substituted by Hayden Mullins72

73' - Substitution Matthew Etheringtonis substituted by Luis Boa Morte73

80' - Substitution Cláudio Caçapais substituted by Ignacio González

87' - Substitution Carlton Coleis substituted by Freddie Sears87

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

West Ham

3 - 1

Newcastle United

West Ham Newcastle United

Team line-ups

West Ham

Green

Robert Green

England

B.date18/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Neill

Lucas Neill

Australia

B.date09/03/1978

Age30 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

Upson

Matthew Upson

England

B.date18/04/1979

Age29 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Faubert

Julien Faubert

France

B.date01/08/1983

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Ilunga

Hérita Ilunga

DR Congo

B.date25/02/1982

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

Etherington5373

Matthew Etherington

England

B.date14/08/1981

Age27 years

H1m78

positionLeft Midfielder

Parker72

Scott Parker

England

B.date13/10/1980

Age27 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

Noble

Mark Noble

England

B.date08/05/1987

Age21 years

H1m81

positionCentre Midfield

Behrami

Valon Behrami

Switzerland

B.date19/04/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

Cole87

Carlton Cole

England

B.date12/10/1983

Age24 years

H1m91

positionStriker

Di Michele837

David Di Michele

Italy

B.date06/01/1976

Age32 years

H1m71

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Robert Green		28	74	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Lucas Neill		30	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Matthew Upson		29	41	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Julien Faubert		25	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Hérita Ilunga		26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Matthew Etherington	5373	27	186	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Scott Parker	72	27	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mark Noble		21	79	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Valon Behrami		23	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Carlton Cole	87	24	64	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Di Michele	837	32	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Newcastle United

1 Given

Shay Given

Republic of Ireland

B.date20/04/1976

Age32 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

30 Edgar59

David Edgar

Canada

B.date19/05/1987

Age21 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

6 Cláudio Caçapa80

Cláudio Caçapa

Brazil

B.date29/05/1976

Age32 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

2 Coloccini

Fabricio Coloccini

Argentina

B.date22/01/1982

Age26 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

27 Taylor

Steven Taylor

England

B.date23/01/1986

Age22 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

20 Geremi

Geremi

Cameroon

B.date20/12/1978

Age29 years

H1m79

positionRight full-back

22 Butt

Nicky Butt

England

B.date21/01/1975

Age33 years

H1m78

positionMidfield

11 Duff

Damien Duff

Republic of Ireland

B.date02/03/1979

Age29 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

14 N'Zogbia

Charles N'Zogbia

France

B.date28/05/1986

Age22 years

H1m70

positionLeft Midfielder

10 Owen67

Michael Owen

England

B.date14/12/1979

Age28 years

H1m73

positionStriker

19 Jiménez

Xisco Jiménez

Spain

B.date26/06/1986

Age22 years

H1m88

positionStriker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Shay Given		32	443	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
30	D	David Edgar	59	21	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Cláudio Caçapa	80	32	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Fabricio Coloccini		26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
27	D	Steven Taylor		22	126	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Geremi		29	32	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	M	Nicky Butt		33	120	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Damien Duff		29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Charles N'Zogbia		22	138	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Michael Owen	67	28	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Xisco Jiménez		22	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Hayden Mullins	72	29	197	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Luis Boa Morte	73	31	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Freddie Sears	87	18	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
12	D		Sébastien Bassong	59	22	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M		Ignacio González	80	26	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Matthew Etherington

Luis Boa Morte

OUT

David Di Michele

Dean Ashton

OUT

Julien Faubert

Calum Davenport

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Damien Duff

Danny Guthrie

OUT

Cláudio Caçapa

Shola Ameobi

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gianfranco Zola

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Zola vs Newcastle United

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 2008

Zola vs Hughton

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Chris Hughton

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Hughton vs West Ham

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 2008

Hughton vs Zola

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 20, 2008

Referee

Philip Dowd

7 victories	9 draws	14 losses	West Ham30 matches	General total	Newcastle United34 matches	12 victories	9 draws	13 losses
2 victories	0 draw	3 losses	West Ham5 matches	Season total	Newcastle United3 matches	0 victory	1 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on December 13, 2014					Latest figure on January 31, 2015

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Key figures

West Ham keeps its 18 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 01/03/2008). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 27/10/2002-23/02/2003 time period (21 matches).

It's the first time David Di Michele scores at least 2 goals during the same game in Premier League

Lucas Neill played his game number 50 in Premier League with

Read the next 17 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VWest Ham 2-1 Derby County19/04/2008

DWest Ham 2-2 Newcastle United26/04/2008

DWest Ham 2-2 Aston Villa11/05/2008

VWest Ham 2-1 Wigan16/08/2008

VWest Ham 4-1 Macclesfield Town27/08/2008

VWest Ham 4-1 Blackburn30/08/2008

Overall

DWest Ham 2-2 Aston Villa11/05/2008

VWest Ham 2-1 Wigan16/08/2008

LManchester City 3-0 West Ham24/08/2008

VWest Ham 4-1 Macclesfield Town27/08/2008

VWest Ham 4-1 Blackburn30/08/2008

LWest Bromwich Albion 3-2 West Ham13/09/2008

Current form

Away

DPortsmouth 0-0 Newcastle United12/04/2008

DWest Ham 2-2 Newcastle United26/04/2008

LEverton 3-1 Newcastle United11/05/2008

DManchester United 1-1 Newcastle United17/08/2008

VCoventry 2-3 Newcastle United26/08/2008

LArsenal 3-0 Newcastle United30/08/2008

Overall

LEverton 3-1 Newcastle United11/05/2008

DManchester United 1-1 Newcastle United17/08/2008

VNewcastle United 1-0 Bolton Wanderers23/08/2008

VCoventry 2-3 Newcastle United26/08/2008

LArsenal 3-0 Newcastle United30/08/2008

LNewcastle United 1-2 Hull City13/09/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	3	5
Scoring streak	6	3
Conceding streak	10	17

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	2
Winless streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	4
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Conceding streak	5	3

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

126	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	181
11	FBDB index ranking (National)	15

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
2	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
2	Losses (Competition total)	2
0	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
6	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
8	Goals conceded (Competition total)	6
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	4
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.75
3	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
2	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

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

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	3
3	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
1	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Dean Ashton	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Michael Owen
Dean Ashton	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Obafemi Martins
Lucas Neill	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Xisco Jiménez

Historical head to head

Home

57 matches

28 v

15 d

14 l

100 gf

64 ga

Away

58 matches

8 v

18 d

32 l

62 gf

113 ga

Total

115 matches

36 v

33 d

46 l

162 gf

177 ga

Historical head to head

Home

58 matches

32 v

18 d

8 l

113 gf

62 ga

Away

57 matches

14 v

15 d

28 l

64 gf

100 ga

Total

115 matches

46 v

33 d

36 l

177 gf

162 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	April 21, 1986
Home	8 - 1	April 21, 1986

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	August 19, 2002
Away	2 - 0	September 17, 2006

Latest head to head

April 26, 2008 - Premier League 2007/2008

West Ham

2 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

September 23, 2007 - Premier League 2007/2008

Newcastle United

3 - 1

West Ham

January 20, 2007 - Premier League 2006/2007

Newcastle United

2 - 2

West Ham

September 17, 2006 - Premier League 2006/2007

West Ham

0 - 2

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

December 17, 2005 - Premier League 2005/2006

West Ham

2 - 4

Newcastle United logo Newcastle United

Best historical scorers against Newcastle United

Geoff Hurst	8 goals	1965 - 1971
Trevor Brooking	5 goals	1968 - 1972
Alvin Martin	4 goals	1986 - 1994
John Dick	3 goals	1959 - 1960
Malcolm Musgrove	3 goals	1959 - 1961
Ian Wright	2 goals	1998 - 1998

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/03/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against West Ham

Malcolm Macdonald	6 goals	1973 - 1976
Bryan Robson	5 goals	1965 - 1970
John Tudor	4 goals	1971 - 1974
Len White	4 goals	1960 - 1960
Wyn Davies	3 goals	1967 - 1970
Lomana Trésor LuaLua	3 goals	2002 - 2002

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/03/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Newcastle United

Billy Bonds	23 matches	1967 - 1987
Bobby Moore	17 matches	1960 - 1973
Frank Lampard	16 matches	1968 - 1978
Steve Potts	15 matches	1987 - 2000
Tommy Taylor	15 matches	1971 - 1978
Geoff Hurst	14 matches	1961 - 1971

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 27/03/1959. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs West Ham

Frank Clark	17 matches	1965 - 1974
Dave Craig	15 matches	1965 - 1975
Shay Given	15 matches	1997 - 2007
Willie McFaul	14 matches	1966 - 1975
Rob Lee	14 matches	1993 - 2001
Bobby Moncur	14 matches	1965 - 1973