Wolverhampton Wanderers maintain improved form in goalless draw with Newcastle

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Wolverhampton Wanderers maintain improved form in goalless draw with Newcastle

Wolves extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League to four matches after they battled to a goalless draw with Newcastle at Molineux.

Match Overview

Wolves fans arrived at the stadium without their usual fear of losing games following their recent good run, and their team did not allow Eddie Howe's side to register a shot on target in a low-key first period.

José Sá remained untroubled in the Wolves goal before he was needed late on to keep out Bruno Guimarães and Joelinton, earning his side an eighth point of the campaign.

Newcastle have found life quite tough away from St James' Park and another laboured performance in the final third means they have still won just two games on the road this season and missed the chance to climb into the top six.

First Half

The visitors were largely in control from kick-off and had a couple of sightings of goal through Nick Woltemade, who put a pair of headers off target.

Wolves tested Magpies goalkeeper Nick Pope for the first time in the 28th minute as a long throw-in bounced to Mateus Mané, who turned and aimed a tame volley into the hands of the England international.

A corner landed at the feet of Yerson Mosquera, who rolled a chance straight to Pope before Bueno fired over on the stroke of half-time.

Second Half

Newcastle were not shy of putting a cross into the box. Woltemade was the target of many but he was unable to connect several times and his frustrating afternoon was brought to an end when he was replaced by Yoane Wissa in the 65th minute.

The visitors started to press Wolves further onto their own goal line but were still unable to get anybody on the end of the crosses into the box.

Newcastle thought they opened the scoring after they were given a free-kick on the edge of the box, with Kieran Trippier's attempt beating the diving Sá but hitting the wrong side of the net.

Late Drama

The Wolves goalkeeper then needed to be alert to make a smart double save with four minutes left to play. Bruno powered one off the palms of Sá and he was able to keep out Joelinton on the follow-up, which brought Newcastle's three-game league winning streak to an end.

What The Result Means

Wolves remain 14 points adrift of safety but another encouraging performance and a second clean sheet of the season will leave Rob Edwards plenty to be encouraged about.

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