Postpublished at 20:28 GMT 17 December 2025
Newcastle 1-0 Fulham
Yoane Wissa's last goal in club football was also against Fulham, for Brentford in a league game in May.
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Newcastle 1-0 Fulham
Yoane Wissa's last goal in club football was also against Fulham, for Brentford in a league game in May.
Newcastle 1-0 Fulham
Clinton Morrison
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
The pass is outrageous. The ball in from Jacob Murphy is brilliant. That's where I want my centre forward, in and around the box. Good finish from Yoane Wissa.
Newcastle 1-0 Fulham
Really crucial for Newcastle, that, because they hadn't started well. A real different vibe now.
Yoane Wissa (10 mins)
The metaphorical roof comes off the ground.
Yoane Wissa, on his first start for Newcastle, gives them the lead.
Jacob Murphy is in room down the right and plays in a low cross.
Goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte basically scoops the ball onto the foot of Wissa, who slots in from close range.
Image source, PA MediaNewcastle 0-0 Fulham (20:15 GMT)
Clinton Morrison
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
Fulham have started well, Eddie Howe has come out to try and get his team going, it's been a flat start for them. The crowd are playing their part trying to get the team going.
Image source, ReutersNewcastle 0-0 Fulham
A Tino Livramento mistake enables Raul Jimenez to almost send Emile Smith Rowe through on goal but it's cleared just in time.
Newcastle 0-0 Fulham
Fulham striker Raul Jimenez fouls his man before turning and shooting in the box but his hooked effort wasn't much cop anyway. Free-kick to Newcastle.
Newcastle 0-0 Fulham
Harry Wilson's corner finds Emile Smith Rowe but his header hits a Newcastle player and goes behind for another corner.
Newcastle 0-0 Fulham
A slick Fulham passing move in midfield sees Kevin run at the Toon defence and win a corner in the end.
Newcastle 0-0 Fulham
Clinton Morrison
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
St James' Park is one of my favourite grounds. The atmosphere, especially on a night like this in the rain. Newcastle fans are brilliant.
Newcastle 0-0 Fulham
Ciaran Kelly
BBC Sport reporter at St James' Park
Renditions of "Eddie Howe's black and white army" getting louder inside St James' Park.
Newcastle 0-0 Fulham
No real pattern to the game yet. The home fans enjoyed Yoane Wissa, making his first start, try to close down the keeper.
Man City 1-0 Brentford
Manchester City with the lead at the break.
A bright spell at the start of the half from Brentford but Rayan Cherki's brilliant goal is the difference.
Man City 1-0 Brentford
Abdukodir Khusanov shepherds the ball out of play for a Manchester City goal kick and you would think that will be about that.
Newcastle 0-0 Fulham
Sasa Lukic is a decoy and Harry Wilson takes the corner but Newcastle get it away.
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Newcastle 0-0 Fulham
Fulham win a corner off Fabian Schar in the first minute of the match. Two players go over for it.
Man City 1-0 Brentford
Three minutes added on at the end of the half.
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We are under way on Tyneside.
Newcastle v Fulham (20:15 GMT)
Clinton Morrison
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live
The six changes that have come in will want to prove a point. There are places up for grabs especially after the disappointment at the weekend.