Barnsley travelled to St James’ Park this weekend to face championship leaders Newcastle United.
Newcastle was always going to be the favourites and the 52000 strong crowd wasn’t disappointed.
Newcastle with the bulk of possession dominated proceedings from the outset. Lovenkrands scoring in the 22nd minute and then Jonas in the 28th minute to give the home side a commanding 2-0 lead both goals coming after some terrible defensive mistakes.
Newcastle didn’t have it all their own way however, as Barnsley pulled one goal back in the 32nd minute courtesy of a brilliant strike from the edge of the box by Hume.
The contest was again dominated by Newcastle after that and Lovenkrands added another goal on 43 minutes after getting onto a brilliant through ball and sliding it past the keeper for his second of the match.
In the second half it could have been far worse for Barnsley if it wasn’t for some exceptional saves from the keeper. They would have been very happy to keep Newcastle goaless.
Newcastle Manager Dante Hicks was delighted with his team’s performance but said they need to be scoring more from situations where they find themselves one-on-one with the keeper. He said they were improving but were still really at semi-pro difficulty.
Next Newcastle travel to the Emirates stadium to face Arsenal in the 4th round of the league cup.
Match Facts:
Newcastle United Barnsley
3 Goals 1
14 Shots 4
10 On Target 4
54% Possession 46%
13 Tackles 15
1 Fouls 1
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
71% Shot Accuracy 100%
80% Passing 78%
Goals:
Lovenkrands 2 (22’,43’) Hume 32’
Jonas 28’
Bookings:
Moore
Man of the Match: Peter Lovenkrands, Newcastle United
Crowd: 51,987 at St James’ Park Newcastle
