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22’ – Ramsey catches Gana with a poor tackle, the hosts do look rattled here.
Magpies attack and a poor cross from Gordon is cleared by McNeil. We know that all too well.
19’ – Tarky clearance to Beto, and Everton progress up the left through Ndiaye, corner.
Garner inswinger, GOAL!! Branthwaite beats Tonali and his glancing header goes in off the far post! Everton lead 1-0, and it’s just reward for their control of the game so far!!
15’ – Ndiaye with a brilliant run from his
own half, shrugging off the close attentions of Tonali for about forty yards, but then he tries to play KDH in and completely muffs his pass. Ooof.
13’ – Woltemade and Gordon set up Joelinton on the Everton right, and now he sails his shot over. Must be the air today here at St. James Park.
11’ – Thiaw with a bizarre turnover straight to Beto, ball comes to Gana and he goes back before the ball ends up with Ndiaye on the left. Rolls the ball to McNeil for a central, first time shot and he gets right under it and balloons it up into space.
9’ – Ndiaye comes in centrally and lets fly from over twenty yards out, ball sails over but you can see what he was trying.
7’ – Beto rushes Pope into a clearance and clatters into the goalie on his follow-through. Ref Stuart Attwell happy with that.
4’ – McNeil nicks the ball off Joelinton, who then returns the favour. Beto’s first touches have not been his lead-footed regular so far, impressive.
2’ – Loud chorus of boos for Pickford’s first touch. Newcastle just love former Sunderland players, lol.
1’ – Kick off at St. James’ Park, Garner gets us started.
McNeil is on the right, Ndiaye on the left. Toffees win a pair of throws deep on the right, both of O’Brien’s long throws are cleared.
Starting Lineups
Everton – Moyes does ring the changes. O’Brien and Mykolenko are back at fullback, Branthwaite returns to centre half. McNeil starts on the wing, and Beto will start up top.
Newcastle – Gordon front and centre for the Magpies’ tweet.
Match Preview
Everton travel to the northeast to take on Newcastle, and the Blues get to play away from Hill Dickinson Stadium where they’ve looked a much more compact and better side.
Monday night’s defeat against Manchester United at home was particularly galling because the Blues were actually pretty good, but just didn’t create enough proper chances to get the game won.
Hosts Newcastle are going through a rough phase, with four defeats in their last five games and actually sit two spots and one point behind the Blues in the league table.
Carlos Alcaraz is the only other player out aside from Jack Grealish who underwent surgery and will miss the rest of the season. For the Magpies, Emil Krafth, Bruno Guimaraes, Fabian Schar, Tino Livramento and Lewis Miley are all out, with Jacob Ramsey facing a late fitness test for a hamstring ailment.
Match Details
Competition: Premier League Matchweek 28
Date and start time: Saturday, February 28th at 7:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m ET / 3:00 p.m. BST
Stadium: St. James Park, Newcastle, England, United Kingdom
Capacity: 52,000
Weather: 45°F/7°C, cloudy, 10% chance of precipitation, 1 mph winds
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Last Meeting
The Magpies had preyed on the Blues’ home woes to win 4-1 in the first leg of this tie late in November. The Toffees last visit to St. James’ Park was a 1-0 win on the last day of the previous season, Charly Alcaraz’ winner looked like it had knocked the stunned hosts out of the Champions League before Aston Villa lost the plot elsewhere.
