Newcastle United produced a 1-0 victory over West Bromwich Albion on the weekend.

The Magpies moved out of the bottom three thanks to their sixth win of the campaign and second in a row at St James' Park.

The only goal of the contest came in the 32nd minute when Aleksandar Mitrovic got on the end of Jonjo Shelvey's well-weighted ball before firing beyond Ben Foster.

It was a much-needed victory for the Magpies who are now a point clear of third-bottom Norwich City as Tony Pulis' West Brom stayed 14th following a fifth-straight game without a win.

MATCH OVERVIEW

Newcastle United: 1 (Aleksandar Mitrovic 32')
West Bromwich Albion: 0
St James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne - 50,152

TALKING POINTS

- A lifeline for Newcastle. Shelvey continues to play a key role since his arrival. Do they have the quality of personnel to stay up?

- Albion struggling to find a win. How do they overcome this poor run? Are they fast-becoming involved in the relegation battle?


WHAT'S NEXT?

Newcastle head to Chelsea on the weekend as West Brom get set to take on Peterborough United in the FA Cup fourth round replay on Wednesday before their league trip to Everton.


TWITTER INSIGHT

Lovely to wake up on Sunday morning with that winning feeling. Great performance and reaction from the lads.
— Robert Elliot (@the_dilsh) February 7, 2016

Humbled by the reception I received today on my home debut but more importantly massive 3 points and thoroughly deserved #nufc
— andros townsend (@andros_townsend) February 6, 2016

QUOTES CORNER

Newcastle boss McClaren on the magnitude of the win:

"The three points are enormous. We said, 'If we win today, we'll get out of the bottom three', which is important. But you have to gather the points.

"This was a patched-up team, especially the defence, and we know - and I am hoping and I believe - that we will get stronger as the season comes to an end."

West Brom's Pulis on the poor showing:

"I have been at the club for just over a year now and that's most probably the most disappointing away performance we've had.

"The best way of describing it is that we were in a boxing match and we shadow-boxed for 90-odd minutes."

STATS SPECIALS
*Thanks to Opta

2 - Newcastle United have won back-to-back home games in the Premier League for the first time since December 2014. Relief.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 6, 2016

2 - Jonjo Shelvey has as many assists in 4 Premier League apps for Newcastle this season as he did in 16 apps for Swansea (2). Revitalised.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 6, 2016