Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Newcastle United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Newcastle United fought back from a halftime deficit with two long-range strikes in the space of five minutes to beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 at Molineux on Sunday and move into third place in the Premier League.
Fabian Schar’s speculative effort took a deflection to draw Newcastle level after Wolves captain Mario Lemina’s 36th-minute goal had put the hosts ahead at the break as they chased a first league success of the season.
But while there might have been an element of fortune about Schar’s 75th-minute goal, there was no luck involved as Harvey Barnes thrashed home a spectacular winner five minutes later.
Both efforts came from outside the penalty area and dramatically turned around the outcome after struggling Wolves had dominated most of the encounter.
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 1 - 2 Newcastle United FC
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18:38
It's all over at Molineux, and heartbreak for the home side as a five-minute turnaround seals a 2-1 win for Newcastle over Wolves! The hosts desperately clung onto their first-half lead and went close to adding to it several times, producing 0.99 xG as Strand Larsen struck the post before he and Cunha both saw efforts saved by Pope! Up at the other end, Newcastle saw chances for Guimaraes and Barnes saved by Johnstone for 1.21 xG, but clawed their way back into the game thanks to a sublime long-range strike from Schar! Just five minutes later, the Magpies notched themselves in front, Barnes curling in the winner from a similar distance with an equally impressive finish. Wolves tried hard to equalise in the dying minutes as Pope denied Cunha once more, but it's Newcastle who hold on for a third win in four, taking them up to third in the Premier League table and leaving a winless Wolves third from bottom!
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18:32
FULL-TIME: WOLVES 1-2 NEWCASTLE UNITED.
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18:30
WIDE!!! Newcastle break forward right at the death as Willock releases Barnes, but his attempt to scoop the ball past an onrushing Johnstone only finds the side netting as the full-time whistle sounds!
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18:30
BLOCKED!!! Wolves throw wave after wave of attack forward, but Lemina and Cunha's crosses are both blocked and cleared away. Mosquera stays forward and manages to get a shot away on the turn, but it's blocked behind by the Newcastle defence as the offside flag is raised!
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18:28
Newcastle have won three of their last five Premier League games against Wolves, and are closing in on making it four from six with just a few minutes of injury time remaining!
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18:26
Yellow Card Jacob Kai Murphy
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18:24
SAVED!!! What a stop from Pope!! Another long throw is flicked on and met on the volley by Cunha, but Pope somehow gets across to push the Brazilian's acrobatic effort out of the far corner!
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18:24
Guedes wants a penalty as he goes down in the box following a tangle with Tonali, but the referee waves play on to Wolves' disgust!
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18:22
The board goes up as Hall goes down with cramp, and it reads that there'll be EIGHT minutes of added time!
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18:20
SAVED!!! Doherty's long throw is cleared and the Magpies fly forward on the break. Barnes is involved again and plays Tonali into the box, but the Italian's low shot is parried by the outstretched foot of Johnstone!
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18:20
Forbs cuts inside before freeing up Cunha down the right, but his first-time cross into the middle is hacked away from danger by Burn.
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Newcastle do likewise with changes of their own to see out the match, as defender Lloyd Kelly replaces Guimaraes in their final alteration.
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18:18
The Geordie-packed away end is now in full voice as Guimaraes goes down from Lemina's shove, and Newcastle will be in no rush whatsoever to take this free-kick!
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Substitution Jørgen Strand Larsen Gonçalo Manuel Ganchinho Guedes
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Substitution Rayan Aït-Nouri Carlos Roberto Forbs Borges
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18:16
Wolves have now conceded twice both to opposition substitutes and in the final 15 minutes of Premier League matches this season, second only to Everton on both counts!
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18:12
Schar surges forward once again to get on the end of Guimaraes' throughball, but his cutback is deflected behind for a corner!
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Assist Joseph George Willock
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BLOCKED!! Doherty sprints forward to keep a cross-field pass in play, and his cutback to Cunha is hit on the half-volley by the Brazilian as a timely block from Hall sends it behind!
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18:06
Substitution André Trindade da Costa Neto Thomas Glyn Doyle
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Substitution Nélson Cabral Semedo Matthew James Doherty
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Assist Bruno Guimarães Rodriguez Moura
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Goal Fabian Lukas Schär
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18:04
From a half-cleared Newcastle set-piece, Tonali feigns shooting to tee up Murphy, but his wide pass to Trippier is stopped in its tracks after the substitute is caught offside!
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18:02
Yellow Card André Trindade da Costa Neto
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18:00
SAVED!!!! Cunha latches onto a long ball and runs around the outside of Hall before letting fly in the box. Pope makes himself big, and it's a good job too as Cunha's powerful shot hits his outstretched arm and is parried away!
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Substitution Jean-Ricner Bellegarde Hee-Chan Hwang
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Yellow Card Nélson Cabral Semedo
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17:58
BLOCKED!!! Newcaslte quickly switch the ball from right to left and Barnes skins Semedo on his way into the box. He tries a shot from the tightest of angles, but Mosquera's there to make the block for Wolves!!
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17:56
Murphy floats a ball into the box from the Newcastle free-kick, but Burn's looping header to meet it is off-target and lands on top of Johnstone's net.
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17:54
Livramento is the next Newcastle player to be hooked, and he's replaced by Kieran Trippier at right-back.
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17:54
Tonali's going nowhere as Gomes shepherds him wide, but that doesn't stop Ait-Nouri from wildly sliding in, catching the Italian from behind and resulting in a yellow card for the Wolves left-back.
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17:54
Livramento loses out to Bellegarde on the far side and he tees up Cunha to shoot, but the Brazilian's curling effort from the edge of the box is high and wide of Pope's goal frame.
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SAVED!!! From the touchline, Lemina curls a glorious cross onto the head of the arriving Strand Larsen, but his close-range header is brilliantly parried by Pope!
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CHANCE!! Ait-Nouri's header begind sees Wolves concede a fairly needless corner, but he's bailed out as an attempted flick goalwards from Tonali is easily saved by Johnstone!
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17:50
Cunha's corner is met by Gomes on the penalty spot, but he gets right underneath his header and can only send it over the bar.
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17:48
Cunha does brilliantly to turn and sprint away from Gordon before freeing up Semedo to his right. He crosses towards Strand Larsen, but Schar gets across just in time to head the ball behind for a Wolves corner!
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17:46
Wolves have won just one of their last 13 Premier League games, and are winless in their last six. At home, they’ve lost five of their last six league games, more than in their previous 19 at Molineux, but are on course to put a stop to both of those records!
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OFF THE POST!!! Now Wolves strike the woodwork!!! Lemina turns provider for Strand Larsen as he slips a ball into the striker's feet, but the Norwegian's first-time strike cannons back off the base of the upright!
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17:44
Burn goes to-toe-to with Cunha down the right and does well to force the Brazilian out and wide, but he then prevents Wolves from taking a quick throw-in and is met with a yellow card for time wasting!
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17:42
Gordon – now playing through the middle in Isak's place – charges down a clearing kick from Johnstone but can't quite keep the loose ball in the field of play!
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17:40
Newcastle attempted 304 passes in the first half to no avail, completing 274 and making it the first time they had attempted 300+ passes in the first half of a Premier League match since February – 350 against Nottingham Forest.
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17:40
WIDE!!! Newcastle's early second-half corner is scrappily cleared by Wolves, but the ball falls only to Schar on the edge of the box and he lashes a half-volley wide of the mark!
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17:38
SAVED!!! Guimaraes picks his spot from some 25 yards, but his curling effort is clawed out of the top corner by Johnstone at full stretch!
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17:38
Lemina's goal remains the difference with Wolves now at 56.0 per cent to Newcastle's 16.0 per cent on the live win probability tracker, and its the Wolves captain who gets things back underway at Molineux!
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17:34
Substitution Alexander Isak Harvey Lewis Barnes
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Substitution Joelinton Cássio Apolinário de Lira Joseph George Willock
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Substitution Sean David Longstaff Sandro Tonali
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17:32
Semedo has been a constant for Wolves up and down the right flank, having their first shot on target early on and creating one big chance from three final-third passes. The defender has contested a game-high 13 duels, winning six, including three successful dribbles from four attempts and winning two of his three attempted tackles.
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17:26
There's the half-time whistle, and for the very first time this season, Wolves lead with a 1-0 advantage over Newcastle going into the break! The visitors had a whopping 63.3 per cent possession in the first half, but were kept at arm's length by Wolves, managing just 0.26 xG as efforts from Isak and Murphy were kept out before Gordon hit the post. The hosts, meanwhile, saw Semedo and Bellegarde test Pope with speculative efforts, before a fast break saw Strand Larsen tee up Lemina to sweep home the opener! That still amounted to just 0.63 xG however, and both sides will be keen to create much more in the final third once the second half gets underway.
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17:20
HALF-TIME: WOLVES 1-0 NEWCASTLE UNITED.
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17:20
Isak is clipped on the nose as Dawson hammers a clearance forward, and the extra time period will be extended as the Newcastle striker receives treatment.
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17:20
We'll play one minute of added time at the end of this close-run first half.
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WIDE!!! Lemina is sent racing into the final third by Gomes' pass, and the ball comes back to him after his pass to the right is blocked. The Wolves captain has more time than he realises inside the box, but can only drag his first-time shot well wide!
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17:16
Gordon tries to get on the end of a cross-field ball forward from Schar, but hits the deck under pressure from Semedo and Johnstone collects as the referee waves play on!
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17:14
CHANCE!!! Ait-Nouri gets past both Longstaff and Livramento before firing the ball back across the face of goal from the byline, but Pope meets it at the near post with a strong parry away!
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17:12
Three of Lemina's eight Premier League goals for Wolves have come against Newcastle, with the Toon being the only team he has scored past multiple times!
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17:10
A glorious show of strength and speed from Strand Larsen, and his cross for Lemina was inch-perfect!
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17:10
GOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!! Wolves counter at speed to take the lead at Molineux!! From a Newcastle through, they turn the ball over and throw numbers forward as Strand Larsen sets off on a powerful run down the right. He crosses into the box and although Cunha leaves it, the captain Lemina is there to stroke the ball past Pope at the far post!!! 1-0 to the hosts, and that's certainly sparked this game into life!
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Yellow Card Joelinton Cássio Apolinário de Lira
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17:08
CHANCE!!! A fantastic defensive intervention from Newcastle sees the ball break forward to Isak, and he looks to link up with Murphy in the box before Ait-Nouri gets back in cover to force a corner!
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17:06
61 per cent of the Premier League meetings between Newcastle and Wolves have finished as a draw (11 out of 18) – the highest percentage of any fixture to have been played at least 15 times in the competition.
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17:04
Wolves build down the right and Cunha's first-time cross is blocked behind by Burn, giving the hosts their first corner of the match before Ait-Nouri's good work on the opposite side wins another in quick succession.
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17:02
Semedo's battle with Gordon continues as the Wolves right-back closely follows his man almost to the halfway line before the referee finally blows for a free-kick!
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17:00
OVER!!! Bellegarde cuts from left to right and beats both Burn and Hall on his way into the box. He shoots from an improbable angle on the right-hand side, firing beyond Pope and over the top!
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16:58
Newcastle have only failed to score in one of their last 23 Premier League games, a 2-0 away loss to Crystal Palace in April. Meanwhile, no current side is on a longer run of Premier League games without a clean sheet than Wolves' 15 in a row.
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OFF THE POST!!! Gordon skips beyond one, two, three defenders before careering into the box and curling a shot across Johnstone. He's aiming for the far corner, but can't quite find it and the ball clips the far post on its way behind!
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16:56
A loose ball breaks kindly for Gordon in the final third, but rather than shoot in acres of space he looks for Isak and the pass is cut out!
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16:54
Gordon tries to get on the ned of a cross-field ball forward from Schar, but hits the deck under pressure from Semedo and Johnstone collects at the referee waves play on!
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16:52
Joelinton is one of five Brazilians on the pitch, with Wolves having three of their own (Andre, Gomes and Cunha) in a Premier League starting XI for the very first time.
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16:50
Joelinton looks to try a shot from the edge of the box, but has his heels clipped as he's robbed of the ball by Lemina and stays down as a Wolves counter-attack is brought to a halt.
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16:48
Both teams have scored in all nine of the Premier League meetings between Wolves and Newcastle at Molineux – it's the most-played fixture in the competition to never see a clean sheet!
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16:46
Both sides are really looking to press their opposition's goalkeepers whenever Pope or Johnstone are on the ball, but each manages to play their way out of trouble with the help of their respective defences.
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16:44
SAVED!!! The ball breaks for Semedo to cut inside and fire a left-footed shot goalwards from 25 yards, but Pope sees it all the way and it skids across the turf into his gloves!
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16:44
Dawson sends Strand Larsen on the run down the left flank with a ball over the top, but Pope races out of his box to hammer it clear before the Wolves striker can get there.
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16:42
Since the start of the 2022-23 season, Newcastle have won all seven of their Premier League games that have come immediately after an international break, scoring 22 goals in the process (3.1 per game).
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16:40
SAVED!!! Murphy is sent running in behind the defence by Isak's throughball, and unleashes a left-footed strike from the edge of the box which is tipped over the top by the faintest of touches from Johnstone!
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16:38
BLOCKED!!! Gordon plays a one-two with Joelinton down the left and then cuts a cross back into the box for Isak. He flicks the ball up and shoots on the turn, but it's blocked away from danger by Mosquera!
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16:38
Longstaff dribes into the final third before releasing Murphy to his right, but the winger's cross is blocked by Ait-Nouri and skews out for a throw deep in Wolves territory.
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16:34
Wolves have lost just one of their nine Premier League home games against Newcastle, although seven of these have ended in draws.
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16:32
Isak kicks the game off for Newcastle, and the 10th and final match of this Premier League weekend is up and running in the West Midlands!
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16:32
We’re all set for a fairly even game despite these two sides’ respective positions in the Premier League table – at least according to our live win probability tracker. That’s got Wolves at a 30.5 per cent chance of victory, with Newcastle leading the way on 43.7 per cent, but that’s all subject to change as the two teams head out onto the Molineux pitch!
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Newcastle, on the other hand, make three changes from their 2-1 win over Spurs last time out as Fabian Schar, Lewis Hall and Jacob Murphy all coming into the side – while the visitors also have plenty of quality on the bench with Sandro Tonali and Harvey Barnes ready to make an impact should they enter the field of play.
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Gary O’Neil makes a solitary changes to the side which drew 1-1 against Nottingham Forest last time out, with new signing Andre making his full debut in midfield. Defender Toti Gomes drops out, and that also means a switch into a more attacking role for his compatriot Joao Gomes.
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NEWCASTLE UNITED SUBS: Martin Dubravka, Kieran Trippier, Sandro Tonali, Harvey Barnes, Emil Krafth, William Osula, Miguel Almiron, Lloyd Kelly, Joe Willock.
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NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-3-3): Nick Pope; Tino Livramento, Fabian Schar, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall; Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton; Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon.
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WOLVES SUBS: Jose Sa, Matt Doherty, Santiago Bueno, Hwang Hee-Chan, Rodrigo Gomes, Tommy Doyle, Pablo Sarabia, Carlos Forbs, Goncalo Guedes.
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WOLVES (4-4-1-1): Sam Johnstone; Nelson Semedo, Yerson Mosquera, Craig Dawson, Rayan Ait-Nouri; Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Andre, Mario Lemina, Matheus Cunha; Joao Gomes; Jorgen Strand Larsen.
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The Magpies, however, are unbeaten thus far and sit eighth following two wins and a draw so far this season, including a late victory over Tottenham last time out. Newcastle have the chance to move level on points with Arsenal with a victory here, and one by three or more goals would send them above the Gunners into second.
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Third-bottom Wolves are still searching for their first win of the new season, but did claim their first points of the campaign at Nottingham Forest last time out following back-to-back defeats against Arsenal and Chelsea. Gary O’Neil’s side could climb as high as 13th in the table if they do break their duck against Newcastle.
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