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Newcastle Defeats Nottingham Forest in Hard-Fought Match at St. James’ Park
Newcastle, England – In a Premier League match for the seventh day, Newcastle United secured a 2-0 victory over Nottingham Forest at their home ground, St. James’ Park. The match, officiated by Peter Bankes, was marked by tactical play and high intensity.
Newcastle dominated possession with 53% compared to Nottingham Forest’s 47%, reflecting their control of the game. Despite the difference in possession, Nottingham Forest fought hard to find the net, though with less success. The first half ended goalless, but was filled with intensity, evidenced by yellow cards shown to R. Yates and N. Williams from Nottingham Forest.
In the second half, Newcastle broke the deadlock in the 58th minute with a goal from Bruno Guimaraes, assisted by D. Burn. Nottingham Forest struggled to contain the home side’s attack and were forced to commit more fouls, resulting in further yellow cards for Morato and E. Anderson. In the 84th minute, N. Woltemade sealed the victory for Newcastle by converting a penalty. Newcastle had 17 shots, 8 of which were on target, compared to Nottingham Forest’s 5 shots with 4 on target.
Newcastle earned three important points in their quest for European qualification spots, while Nottingham Forest will need to improve their discipline and goal-scoring effectiveness.
Substitutions nottingham forest: at minute 64 C. Wood came in and Igor Jesus went out., at minute 64 R. Yates came in and C. Hudson-Odoi went out., at minute 65 D. Ndoye came in and O. Hutchinson went out., at minute 77 Morato came in and D. Bakwa went out.
Substitutions newcastle: at minute 69 A. Gordon came in and H. Barnes went out., at minute 70 A. Elanga came in and J. Murphy went out., at minute 90 Joelinton came in and L. Miley went out., at minute 90 N. Woltemade came in and W. Osula went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Newcastle
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