Newcastle 5 Crystal Palace 0 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players | OneFootball

It ended Newcastle 5 Crystal Palace 0.

A brilliant opening goal from Jacob Murphy after only 14 minutes as United dominated and looked set to take apart the opposition

However, despite totally outplaying the opposition, out of nowhere Palace got what looked a harsh penalty thanks to VAR. Nick Pope though superbly standing his ground and not falling for Eze’s stuttering run-up, then saving his poor final effort.

That spot-kick firing up United even further and within a minute a sweeping move was finished off by a despairing Guehi, putting the ball into his own net as Isak waited to tap in Barnes’ cross.

No mercy then shown, as great finishes from Barnes, Schar and Isak gave Newcastle United the kind of final scoreline they deserved.

United making it six victories (all competitions) in a row.

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 automated player ratings for this Newcastle 5 Crystal Palace 0 match:

(The Whoscored ratings display can only show four subs at any one time, Emil Krafth rated a 6.0)

As you can see, nine players received a rating of 7.0 or more, with all nine of them playing for NUFC.

Jacob Murphy (8.9) rated MOTM after that superb opening goal, followed later by an assist with an excellent cross for Fabian Schar (rated next best at 8.7) to make it 4-0.

Isak (8.2) eventually getting his goal with an unstoppable finish from outside the box into the bottom corner.

The only bizarre thing is that these automated ratings somehow placed Bruno (6.9) and Joelinton (6.9) below that 7.0 (or higher) level.

Newcastle 5 Crystal Palace 0 – Wednesday 16 April 2025 7.30pm

Newcastle United:

Murphy 14, Guehi OG 38, Barnes 45+2, Schar 45+8, Isak 58

Palace@

Possession was Newcastle 60% Palace 40%

Total shots were Newcastle 14 Palace 11

Shots on target were Newcastle 7 Palace 4

Corners were Newcastle 5 Palace 4

Touches in the box Newcastle 18 Palace 28

Newcastle team v Palace:

Pope, Trippier (Krafth 79), Schar, Burn, Livramento, Joelinton (Willock 62), Tonali, Bruno (Longstaff 72), Barnes, Isak (Wilson 72), Murphy (Gordon 62)

Unused subs: