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Newcastle held on to beat Southampton despite playing the last 18 minutes with nine men, as Miguel Almiron scored twice for the hosts at a rain-soaked St James’ Park.
The result sees Newcastle remain in 16th but may ease some of the pressure on manager Steve Bruce, whose side are now 11 points clear of the bottom three.
However, it was a dismal conclusion to the week for Southampton, who were unable to bounce back from their 9-0 defeat at Manchester United despite Jeff Hendrick’s dismissal early in the second half and an injury to Fabian Schar – when the hosts had already made their three substitutions.
On-loan Arsenal midfielder Joe Willock had given Newcastle a perfect start, steering in Allan Saint-Maximin’s cut-back to open the scoring on his debut before Almiron doubled their lead with a shot that deflected off Saints defender Jan Bednarek.
The Paraguay winger then restored Newcastle’s two-goal advantage after Takumi Minamino lashed in a brilliant debut goal for the Saints.
James Ward-Prowse’s wonderful free-kick had given Saints hope of rescuing a point even before Hendrick was sent off for two bookings, but a resilient Newcastle held on.
Southampton have now lost five consecutive top-flight games for the first time since September 1998.
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Newcastle United
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Squad number26Player nameDarlow
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Squad number19Player nameManquillo
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Squad number14Player nameHayden
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Squad number5Player nameSchär
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Squad number15Player nameLewis
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Squad number16Player nameHendrick
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Squad number8Player nameShelvey
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Squad number28Player nameWillock
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Squad number24Player nameAlmirón
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Squad number10Player nameSaint-Maximin
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Squad number13Player nameWilson
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Squad number3Player nameDummett
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Squad number9Player nameJoelinton
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Squad number17Player nameKrafth
Southampton
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Squad number40Player nameN’Lundulu
Line-ups
Newcastle
Formation 4-2-3-1
- 26Darlow
- 19ManquilloSubstituted forKrafthat 24′minutesBooked at 45mins
- 14Hayden
- 5SchärSubstituted forat 79′minutes
- 15Lewis
- 16HendrickBooked at 50mins
- 8Shelvey
- 28Willock
- 24Almirón
- 10Saint-MaximinSubstituted forDummettat 67′minutes
- 13WilsonSubstituted forJoelintonat 36′minutes
Substitutes
- 1Dubravka
- 3Dummett
- 7Carroll
- 9Joelinton
- 11Ritchie
- 12Gayle
- 17Krafth
- 21Fraser
- 57Anderson
Southampton
Formation 4-4-2
- 1McCarthy
- 5StephensSubstituted forN’Lunduluat 81′minutes
- 35BednarekBooked at 73mins
- 4Vestergaard
- 3Bertrand
- 11Redmond
- 8Ward-Prowse
- 6Romeu
- 19Minamino
- 10Adams
- 9Ings
Substitutes
- 12Djenepo
- 22Salisu
- 23Tella
- 31Ramsay
- 40N’Lundulu
- 44Forster
- 52Finnigan
- 65Watts
- 72Chauke
Live Text
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Match ends, Newcastle United 3, Southampton 2.
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Second Half ends, Newcastle United 3, Southampton 2.
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Foul by Nathan Redmond (Southampton).
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Miguel Almirón (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Attempt missed. Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
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Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Joseph Willock.
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Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Jamal Lewis.
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Foul by Jannik Vestergaard (Southampton).
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Karl Darlow (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Paul Dummett.
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Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Paul Dummett.
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Attempt missed. Che Adams (Southampton) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
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Substitution, Southampton. Daniel N’Lundulu replaces Jack Stephens.
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Attempt missed. Jan Bednarek (Southampton) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by James Ward-Prowse with a cross following a corner.
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Corner, Southampton. Conceded by Emil Krafth.
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Offside, Southampton. Ryan Bertrand tries a through ball, but Takumi Minamino is caught offside.
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Fabian Schär went off injured after Newcastle United had used all subs.
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Attempt blocked. Fabian Schär (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
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VAR Decision: No card change Jan Bednarek (Southampton).
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Jan Bednarek (Southampton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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