11 Surprising Stats From Newcastle 2-2 Southampton

2 - Aleksandar Mitrovic Committed The Second-Highest Number Of Fouls In The Entire Match

Aleksandar Mitrovic had only been on the field for 14 seconds on his Premier League debut before he was booked for a reckless challenge on Saints full-back Matt Targett - a foul Newcastle head coach Steve McClaren admitted the Serbian was lucky not to see red for. After coming on off the bench in the 75th minute, Mitrovic managed to commit two fouls - which was the joint-highest in the entire match - in the quarter-of-an-hour he was on the field for. Only Southampton's Cedric Soares - who himself only played 45 minutes before being substituted - committed more with three.
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