Match Report
The table read 10th (Newcastle United, 44 pts) against 18th (Swansea City, 33 pts), 11 points apart. Newcastle United had been under-performing their position — 18th on five-round form against 10th in the table. Per game in the league, Newcastle United were scoring 1.03 and conceding 1.24, Swansea City 0.74 and 1.47, against a competition average of 1.34 goals per team per game.
The sides have met 13 times in the GioScore results database: 4 wins for Newcastle United, 3 draws and 6 for Swansea City, at 2.46 goals per meeting. Only 38% of these meetings ended in a home win.
G. Scott took charge of the match — our records show 65 games refereed with an average of 1.2 yellow cards per game. St. James' Park in Newcastle upon Tyne staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,500. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.