Brentford 4 Newcastle 2 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players

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·7 December 2024

Brentford 4 Newcastle 2 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players

It ended Brentford 4 Newcastle 2.

A match that was thrown away due to individual moments at both ends.

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Some great chances in the first half not taken, especially when Isak went around the keeper with a chance to make it 2-1 but allowed Flekken to recover and get a hand to the ball before shooting.

Whilst the defending at key moments was really poor at times, including gifting possession.

Looking at the individuals in black and white, interesting to get an independent perspective on how this played out.

‘Whoscored ratings use data from every single Premier League match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted according to their influence within the game.

Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on ratings weighted in relation to its area on the pitch and its outcome.’

Now whoscored have published their independent player ratings for this Brentford 4 Newcastle 2 match:

(The Whoscored system can only show a maximum of four subs on their display at any one time, Sandro Tonali was rated 5.8)

As you can see, eight players who started the match received a rating of 7.0 or more.

With five Brentford players and three for Newcastle United.

Alexander Isak (7.5) getting top marks for Newcastle. A cool header when Murphy’s shot turned into a cross and some other clever threatening play first half, though that moment when Isak should have made it 2-1, was probably key.

Not sure about Murphy getting 7.3, United’s next highest. He was poor overall and got two assists not by design.

Harvey Barnes (7.0) produced a very decent finish for his goal but that only cancelled out the one he created for the opposition minutes earlier, when gifting possession in the middle of Newcastle’s half.

Brentford 4 Newcastle 2 – Saturday 7 December 3pm

Newcastle United:

Isak 11, Barnes 32

Mbeumo 8, Wissa 28, Collins 56. Schade 90

(Half-time stats in brackets)

Possession was Newcastle 56% (53%) Brentford 44% (47%)

Total shots were Newcastle 16 (9) Brentford 11 (4)

Shots on target were Newcastle 3 (2) Brentford 8 (3)

Corners were Newcastle 4 (2) Brentford 3 (1)

Touches in the box Newcastle 40 (19) Brentford 26 (12)

Newcastle team v Brentford:

Pope, Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall (Trippier 83), Joelinton (Tonali 60), Bruno, Longstaff (Wilson 73), Barnes (Almiron 74), Isak, Jacob Murphy (Gordon 60)

Unused Subs:

Dubravka, Targett, Osula, Kelly

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Newcastle United upcoming matches confirmed to end of January 2025:

Saturday 14 December – Newcastle v Leicester (3pm)

Wednesday 18 December – Newcastle v Brentford (7.45pm) Sky Sports+ (Carabao Cup)

Saturday 21 December – Ipswich v Newcastle (3pm)

Thursday 26 December – Newcastle v Villa (3pm) Amazon

Monday 30 December – Man U v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports

Saturday 4 January – Tottenham v Newcastle (12.30pm) TNT Sports