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Ba treble steers third-placed Newcastle past Stoke
Ba treble steers third-placed Newcastle past Stoke
Newcastle United FC are up to third place in the Premier League after completing a comfortable 3-1 victory at Stoke City FC.
Alan Pardew's side – who remain unbeaten in the English top flight this term – completed their sixth Premier League victory of the campaign thanks to three strikes by Demba Ba.
The visitors took the lead when Ba connected with Gabriel Obertan's 12th-minute cross, and the former TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and West Ham United FC striker then pounced on Leon Best's mishot shot to double his side's advantage five minutes before the interval.
Though Jonathan Walters scored a penalty with 15 minutes to go – after Ba had fouled Peter Crouch – the in-form striker converted a penalty of his own (81) to complete his second hat-trick of the season. Newcastle's triumph lifts them to within a point of second-placed Manchester United FC and six shy of leaders Manchester City FC.
UEFA Europa League contenders Stoke, who travel to Maccabi Tel-Aviv FC on Thursday, remain 11th following their second successive league defeat.
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Results
English Premier League 2011/12
| Home | Away | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last updated: 01/11/2011 17:24 CET | |||||
31/10/2011 | |||||
| Stoke |  | 1-3 |  | Newcastle | |
Walters 75 (p) | Ba 12, 40, 81 (p) | ||||
| Venue: Stoke | |||||
30/10/2011 | |||||
| Tottenham |  | 3-1 |  | QPR | |
Bale 20, 72, Van der Vaart 33 | Bothroyd 62 | ||||
| Venue: London | |||||
29/10/2011 | |||||
| West Brom |  | 0-2 |  | Liverpool | |
| Venue: West Bromwich | |||||
29/10/2011 | |||||
| Wigan |  | 0-2 |  | Fulham | |
| Venue: Wigan | |||||
29/10/2011 | |||||
| Norwich |  | 3-3 |  | Blackburn | |
| Venue: Norwich | |||||
29/10/2011 | |||||
| Sunderland |  | 2-2 |  | Aston Villa | |
| Venue: Sunderland | |||||
29/10/2011 | |||||
| Swansea |  | 3-1 |  | Bolton | |
Graham 73 (o.g.), 90+3 | |||||
| Venue: Swansea | |||||
29/10/2011 | |||||
| Man. City |  | 3-1 |  | Wolves | |
Džeko 52, Kolarov 67, A. Johnson 90+1 | Hunt 75 (p) | ||||
| Venue: Manchester | |||||
29/10/2011 | |||||
| Chelsea |  | 3-5 |  | Arsenal | |
Van Persie 36, 85, 90+2, André Santos 49, Walcott 55 | |||||
| Venue: London | |||||
29/10/2011 | |||||
| Everton |  | 0-1 |  | Man. United | |
Hernández 19 | |||||
| Venue: Liverpool | |||||
Standings
English Premier League 2011/12
| Clubs | P | Pts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Manchester City FC | 10 | 28 | |
| 2 | | Manchester United FC | 10 | 23 | |
| 3 |  | Newcastle United FC | 10 | 22 | |
| 4 |  | Chelsea FC | 10 | 19 | |
| 5 | | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 9 | 19 | |
| 6 | | Liverpool FC | 10 | 18 | |
| 7 | | Arsenal FC | 10 | 16 | |
| 8 | | Norwich City FC | 10 | 13 | |
| 9 | | Aston Villa FC | 10 | 12 | |
| 10 | | Swansea City AFC | 10 | 12 | |
| 11 | | Stoke City FC | 10 | 12 | |
| 12 | | Queens Park Rangers FC | 10 | 12 | |
| 13 | | West Bromwich Albion FC | 10 | 11 | |
| 14 | | Sunderland AFC | 10 | 10 | |
| 15 | | Fulham FC | 10 | 10 | |
| 16 | | Everton FC | 9 | 10 | |
| 17 | | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 10 | 8 | |
| 18 | | Blackburn Rovers FC | 10 | 6 | |
| 19 | | Bolton Wanderers FC | 10 | 6 | |
| 20 | | Wigan Athletic FC | 10 | 5 |
Related information
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- Chelsea - England
- Jon Walters
- Stoke - England
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