Newcastle United head into their fixture with Wolverhampton Wanderers on a five game winning streak and numerous impressive defensive performances. The side hasn’t conceded in five hundred and forty minutes of football and have outgunned nearly every side in the country.
Fresh from the six – nil rout of Queens Park Rangers, Rafa’s lads will have to continue their momentum to hopefully take top spot. Jonjo Shelvey has finally hit his stride, with his second goal a strong contender for goal of the month. New boys Clark and Hanley also grabbed their first goals for the side, whilst Aleksander Mitrovic tapped in his first of the season to get off the mark.
Wolves come into the game following a four nil beating by surprise package Barnsley. New man Walter Zenga confirmed the players would return to training the next morning to avoid a similar disaster.
Here are the last five fixtures.
Newcastle 2-2 Wolves
Jonas Gutierrez and Papiss Cisse gave Newcastle the lead before Kevin Doyle and Matt Jarvis completed a startling comeback.
25th Feb 2012
Wolves 1 - 2 Newcastle
Ba and Gutierrez scored to put Newcastle in a comfortable lead. Steven Fletcher’s 88th minute consolation wasn’t enough to seal a second straight defeat.
1st October 2011
Newcastle 4 -1 Wolves
Four fan favourites in Kevin Nolan, Shola Ameobi, Jonas Gutierrez and Peter Lovenkrands gave Newcastle a memorable victory. Banks-Blake with a late consolation.
2 April 2010
Wolves 1-1 Newcastle
Newcastle vs Wolves can be a feisty affair, however you could’t have written this one. Forty-one fouls between the two sides and twelves yellows. Sylvain Ebanks-Blake gave Wolves the lead before Andy Carroll equalised.
28th August 2010
Newcastle 1-1 Wolves
Sir Bobby Robson’s Mags drew one all with Wolves in what would be a feisty affair. 26 fouls between the two sides. Lee Bowyer gave Newcastle the lead before half time with Ioan Ganea levelling.