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Newcastle 1-2 Sunderland: Report, result, goals from Premier League

Report, goals and highlights from Newcastle vs Sunderland

Written by Ben Miller
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Newcastle 1-2 Sunderland: Report, result, goals from Premier League

Brian Brobbey’s 90th-minute strike sent Sunderland above Newcastle in the Premier League with their second Tyne-Wear derby victory of the season in a dramatic end to their first trip to St James’ Park for more than 10 years.

Forward Brobbey was a persistent threat before meeting Enzo Le Fee’s pass from inside the box with a close-range shot against goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, tucking in the rebound to seal the Black Cats’ comeback and put them 11th, a point clear of their arch-rivals.

The Magpies accepted a gift for the 10th-minute opener when home defender Luke O’Nien played a pass straight to Nick Woltemade just outside the box, the ball bouncing off the forward and inside the box to Anthony Gordon, who shifted into space and applied a composed finish.

Chemsdine Talbi pounced to prod in the equaliser 12 minutes after the break, capitalising on Newcastle’s failure to conclusively deal with a corner.

PosTeamPWDLGDPts
11Sunderland31111010-443
12Newcastle United3112613-142

Newcastle vs Sunderland: Mackems make Magpies pay again

Sunderland’s remarkable run against Newcastle in the top flight continued with an eighth win in the sides’ last nine such encounters.

Victory on his first visit to Newcastle means head coach Regis Le Bris has extended Sunderland’s unbeaten league run in the fixture to 11 matches, although the visitors came through a scare when Malick Thiaw headed in 12 minutes from time before being denied by a Video Assistant Referee check.

Sven Botman, who had to be replaced by Thiaw because of a head injury early in the second half, also headed Lewis Hall’s delivery off the crossbar two minutes before half-time.

The result ended a miserable week for Newcastle, who were thrashed 7-2 at Barcelona in the Champions League on Wednesday and now have one win in five matches in all competitions.

“Ten years since they [last] played at St James’ Park in the Premier League, Newcastle just cannot beat Sunderland,” former England defender Jamie Carragher told Sky Sports.

“What a moment for them. They probably never dreamed, in these last four or five years, that they could beat Newcastle.

“They went up surprisingly through the play-offs last season and to do the double over their biggest rivals is one of the best moments their young fans will remember.”

Analysis: Newcastle goal vs Sunderland ‘on Le Bris’

Carragher criticised Sunderland for the opening goal and said it had been a misjudged part of a plan to supply their forward line with hold-up play from deep.

“This is not just on these players; it’s on the manager,” said Carragher, discussing a move that began with goalkeeper Melker Ellborg playing a short pass to O’Nien.

“It goes back to players thinking, as well – is it on, is it the right thing to do away at Newcastle, early on in the game?

“For me, no. The two players who are involved are a goalkeeper who’s made three starts and Luke O’Nien, who is coming for the second premier league start.

“It’s brilliant from Anthony Gordon, giving Newcastle exactly what they wanted early on in a game like that.”

O’Nien will have been as thrilled as Sunderland’s ecstatic fans to watch Talbi’s equaliser from Xhaka’s corner and Brobbey’s decisive final say.

Both teams are next in action on April 12 (14:00 GMT), when Newcastle travel to Crystal Palace and Sunderland host Tottenham.

Newcastle team vs Sunderland

Newcastle brought in Woltemade for Sandrol Tonali after the playmaker suffered a groin injury at Barca.

Botman supplanted Thiaw in their only other change. Defender Fabian Schar (ankle) and midfielders Bruno Guimaraes and Lewis Miley (both thigh) were injured.

Newcastle United starting XI: Aaron Ramsdale, Kieran Trippier, Lewis Hall, Sven Botman, Joelinton, Anthony Gordon, Harvey Barnes, Anthony Elanga, Nick Woltemade, Dan Burn, Aaron Ramsey

Newcastle substitutes: Nick Pope, Yoane Wissa, Malick Thiaw, William Osula, Tino Livramento, Jacob Murphy, Joe Willock, Alex Murphy, Leo Neave

Sunderland team vs Newcastle United

Sunderland made one change, centre-back O’Nien replacing Dan Ballard, who suffered a hamstring injury in the 1-0 home defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion eight days earlier.

Goalkeeper Robin Roefs (thigh) and wingers Romaine Mundle (hamstring), Bertrand Traore (knee), Nilson Angulo (muscle), and Jocelin Ta Bi (ankle) were sidelined.

Two players who had been doubts were on the bench: right-back Nordi Mukiele had a calf issue and midfielder Le Fee a muscle problem.

Sunderland starting XI: Melker Ellborg, Lutsharel Geertruida, Luke O’Nien, Omar Alderete, Trai Hume, Granit Xhaka, Noah Sadiki, Habib Diarra, Chris Rigg, Chemsdine Talbi, Brian Brobbey

Sunderland substitutes: Simon Moore, Reinildo Mandava, Dennis Cirkin, Nordi Mukiele, Enzo Le Fee, Harrison Jones, Jenson Jones, Eliezer Mayenda, Wilson Isidor

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe

Newcastle United vs Sunderland stats

  • Newcastle are winless in their last six home league games against Sunderland (D2 L4), with this their first such meeting at St James’ Park since a 1-1 draw in March 2016
  • They have two goals in their last seven league games against Sunderland. Their last league clean sheet against the Black Cats was in August 2011 with Tim Krul in goal
  • The reverse fixture had a combined xG of 0.54 (Sunderland 0.30, Newcastle 0.24), which is the second-lowest on record (from 2012/13) in a Premier League game, ahead of only Bournemouth v Burnley in December 2019 (0.30)
  • With 11 shots, that game (5 Sunderland, 6 Newcastle) had the lowest tally of any Premier League match since the start of 2023/24
  • The hosts had won both of their Premier League games in March, beating Manchester United 2-1 and Chelsea 1-0. They last had a 100% winning month in the league (minimum 3 games) in November 2018 (3/3)
  • Gordon scored in three consecutive appearances for the first time, with this his 175th top-flight match
  • Eddie Howe became the first-ever Newcastle manager to lose both of his first two league games against Sunderland
  • Sunderland’s run in the fixture (W8 D3) is the longest either side has had without defeat in the history of the fixture (Newcastle achieved 10, between 1985 and 1997)
  • Having beaten Leeds 1-0 in their previous Premier League away game, Sunderland won consecutive away matches in the division for the first time since May 2014
  • They last did so without conceding in October 1999
  • Only Brighton (8 – W3 D5) have avoided defeat in as many different Premier League games when conceding the first goal this season as Sunderland (8 – W5 D3), who are also one of three teams not to lose when scoring first this term (W6 D4) along with Manchester United (W12 D6) and Nottingham Forest (W5 D2)
  • Only Aston Villa (19) have won as many points from losing positions as Sunderland (19) in the Premier League this season
  • No team has dropped more points from winning positions than Newcastle (22)
  • Le Bris became the second Sunderland manager to win both of his first two league Tyne-Wear derbies, after Gus Poyet in 2013/14

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