Newcastle United vs. Wolverhampton Wanderers: Head-to-head record and past meetings

Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers clashed for the 110th time in history as they went head-to-head at St James' Park in the Premier League on Saturday.

In a fixture that has been largely one-sided in the modern era, Newcastle frequently get the better of the Old Gold, especially here on home soil, and that proved to be the case once again.

Newcastle new-boy Nick Woltemade headed home the only goal of the game on his debut to secure a 1-0 win, handing the Magpies their first win of the new Premier League season.

Here, Sports Mole looks back at the head-to-head record and some of the notable previous meetings between the two clubs.

Head-to-head record

Previous meetings: 110

Newcastle wins: 38

Draws: 30

Wolves wins: 42

Wolverhampton Wanderers and Newcastle United have been squaring off in the top flight ever since the 19th century - the first-ever Division One encounter between the clubs was fought in September 1898 - and there have now been 110 competitive meetings in all tournaments.

Interestingly, it is the West Midlands side who hold the overall bragging rights with 42 wins compared to 38 triumphs for the Magpies, and another 30 encounters have ended all square.

While Wolves boast more total victories than Newcastle in this particular head-to-head, the recent history makes for more pleasant reading for those in the North East, as the Magpies are unbeaten in each of their last eight Premier League meetings.

Most recently, Woltemade marked his Newcastle debut with a fine headed goal in the 29th-minute, securing the Magpies their first win of the 2025-26 season.

Eddie Howe's men had to do it the hard way at Molineux in September 2024, but Fabian Schar and Harvey Barnes cancelled out a Mario Lemina opener to seal a 2-1 win for Newcastle, who followed that up with an Alexander Isak-inspired 3-0 victory in January 2025.

A 2-2 Molineux stalemate in October 2023 represents the last time that Wolves avoided defeat in this fixture, but they have to go back a further 24 months for their last success, a 2-1 triumph at the same venue in October 2021 thanks to a Hwang Hee-chan double.

That victory snapped a run of four consecutive 1-1 draws between Wolves and Newcastle, who have shaken hands on a stalemate in 11 of their previous 21 Premier League contests.

The Magpies are never short of attacking inspiration at home against Wolves, though, as they have scored in each of their previous 11 Premier League meetings at St James' Park, last drawing a blank in a 2016 Championship clash.

Speaking of goals, ex-Magpies striker Jackie Milburn leads the way in this fixture's individual scoring column, bagging 11 goals against Wolves during his playing heyday; Len White (Newcastle) and Peter Broadbent (Wolves) are joint-second on the list with eight apiece.