Hull 0 Newcastle 2 – Alexander Isak sharp again as Newcastle United looking good | OneFootball

A first chance of pre-season for Newcastle United fans to see their team play in the flesh.

With 4,500 away tickets snapped up and the traveling NUFC supporters rewarded with a very decent team performance.

This despite Eddie Howe still without the majority of his first team squad

Hull City just missed out on the play-offs last season, finishing seventh in the second tier, so a decent test on the road for this Newcastle United team early in their preparations.  The home side further on with their pre-season, as the Championship kicks off a week before the Premier League.

A strong start for United and pressing the home side back.

The early pressure looked to have paid dividends after 10 minutes when Isak crossed for Joelinton, who was unlucky to see Pandur in the home goal make an excellent save.

Newcastle United continued in the ascendancy and on 32 minutes, Murphy’s ball touched in at the near post by Alexander Isak. The Sweden international following up his quality goal last Saturday in the 3-1 behind-closed-doors victory over third-tier German opposition.

Eight minutes later and United doubled their lead and this time Jacob Murphy himself on the scoresheet, this time his cross in appeared to elude everybody, including the home keeper.

Only seconds earlier at the other end though, a stunning save from Nick Pope had kept his goal intact.

Predictably a bit of a more even second-half as United replaced almost the entire starting eleven with Under 21 players by the end.

Great to have Nick Pope back in goal and just before he himself was subbed on 74 minutes, he made another very good save to keep his clean sheet intact, before handing over to the Greece number one (might use that description permanently as the spelling of his name is a challenge to remember!).

Fair play to the Greece num… Vlachodimos, though, as just after taking to the pitch, he himself made a decent save to keep the two goal lead in place.

The sheer number of subs (by both sides) predictably made it stop-start after the break but all about getting minutes in legs and at the same time protecting against any unnecessary injuries by overplaying anybody.

Nice to see the young team that finished the match preserve the 2-0 win, now off to Japan for the first-team squad for their next two friendlies.

Nick Pope (Odysseas Vlachodimos 74), Tino Livramento (Trevan Sanusi 64), Jamal Lewis (Johnny Emmerson 74), Emil Krafth, Dan Burn (c), Lewis Hall (Dylan Charlton 84), Jamie Miley (Ellis Stanton 79), Jacob Murphy (Anthony Munda 74), Joelinton (Alfie Harrison 64), Harvey Barnes (Jay Turner-Cooke 64), Alexander Isak (Ben Parkinson 64)

Unused Subs:

John Ruddy, Cathal Heffernan, Garang Kuol, Ciaran Thompson

Newcastle United schedule to end of September 2024:

Saturday 20 July 2024 – Newcastle 3 SpVgg Unterhaching 1

Saturday 27 July 2024 – Hull 0 Newcastle 2

Wednesday 31 July 2024 – Urawa Red Diamonds v Newcastle United friendly in Japan, playing at the 62,000 capacity Saitama Stadium, the largest football-specific stadium in Japan.

Saturday 3 August 2024 – Yokohama F Marinos v Newcastle United friendly at the National Stadium in Toyko.

Friday 9 August 2024 – Newcastle United v Girona FC friendly 7.30pm kick-off (SJP Sela weekend)

Saturday 10 August 2024 – Newcastle United v Stade Brestois 4pm kick-off (SJP Sela weekend)

Wednesday 14 August 2024 – The Carabao Cup second round draw will be made around 10pm.

Saturday 17 August 2024 – Newcastle v Southampton (3pm)

Sunday 25 August 2024 – Bournemouth v Newcastle (2pm) Sky Sports

Week commencing Monday 26 August 2024 – Carabao Cup round two matches will be played

Friday 30 August 2024 – Summer transfer window closes at 11pm.

Sunday 1 September 2024 – Newcastle v Tottenham (1.30pm) Sky Sports

(The first international break of the season)

Sunday 15 September 2024 – Wolves v Newcastle (4.30 pm) Sky Sports

Weeks commencing Monday 16 September AND Monday 23 September – Carabao Cup round three (This round split over two midweeks)

Saturday 21 September 2024 – Fulham v Newcastle (3 pm)

Weeks commencing Monday 16 September AND Monday 23 September – Carabao Cup round three (This round split over two midweeks)