Ameobi puts Magpies ahead

Shola Ameobi has put Newcastle 1-0 ahead against Bayer Leverkusen after five minutes in the Champions League Group A tonight.

Bayer Leverkusen 0 Newcastle 1

Bayer Leverkusen: Butt, Preuss, Cris, Simak, Basturk, Franca, Balitsch, Ojigwe, Brdaric, Neuville, Kleine. Subs: Starke, Zivkovic, Vranjes, Babic, Kaluzny, Schneider, Callsen-Bracker.

Newcastle: Given, O’Brien, Jenas, Dyer, Speed, Hughes, Bramble, LuaLua, Ameobi, Robert, Bernard. Subs: Harper, Acuna, Griffin, Cort, Kerr, Chopra, Caldwell.