Brighton vs Newcastle
Ref: Craig Pawson, EnglandAmerican Express Stadium, Falmer, East Sussex · 31,872 cap
Match recap
Brighton beat Newcastle 2–1 in their Premier League fixture. Welbeck and Welbeck scored for Brighton; Woltemade replied for Newcastle. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 0.91 for Brighton versus 1.45 for Newcastle. Brighton sit 8th in the Premier League table while Newcastle are 12th.
First Half
⇄
Gómez
⚽
Welbeck
Assist: Rutter
Second Half
46'
⇄
Joelinton
46'
⇄
Elanga
70'
⇄
Gordon
70'
⇄
Tonali
⇄
Rutter
⇄
Baleba
76'
⚽
Woltemade
Assist: Miley
⚽
Welbeck
86'
⇄
Guimarães
⇄
Minteh
90+7'
Burn
Yellow Card
⇄
Welbeck
Match Statistics
BrightonNewcastle
4Won
Statistical edge
4–9
battles won across 16 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
0.91VS1.45
Attack3 · 3 won
13
Shots
16
5
Shots on target
3
6
Shots in the box
10
7
Shots outside box
6
3
Shots off goal
8
8
Corners
4
Possession & Passing0 · 4 won
46%
Possession
54%
421
Total passes
491
341
Accurate passes
419
81%
Pass accuracy
85%
Discipline1 · 1 won
9
Fouls
9
0
Yellow cards
1
3
Offsides
1
Goalkeeping & Defence0 · 1 won
2
Goalkeeper saves
3
5
Blocked shots
5
0
Goals prevented
0
Brighton
4-2-3-1
Newcastle
4-3-3
Brighton
4-2-3-1Starting XI
- 1B. VerbruggenG
- 5L. DunkD
- 6J. van HeckeD
- 10G. RutterM
- 11Y. MintehM
- 17C. BalebaM
- 18D. WelbeckF
- 24F. KadıoğluD
- 25D. GómezM
- 26Y. AyariM
- 27M. WiefferD
Substitutes
- 9S. TzimasF
- 14T. WatsonF
- 19C. KostoulasF
- 20J. MilnerM
- 21O. BoscagliD
- 23J. SteeleG
- 29M. De CuyperD
- 42D. CoppolaD
- 58N. OriolaF
Newcastle
4-3-3Starting XI
- 1N. PopeG
- 2K. TrippierD
- 4S. BotmanD
- 7JoelintonM
- 8S. TonaliM
- 10A. GordonF
- 12M. ThiawD
- 20A. ElangaF
- 27N. WoltemadeF
- 33D. BurnD
- 39Bruno GuimarãesM
Substitutes
- 5F. SchärD
- 11H. BarnesM
- 17E. KrafthD
- 18W. OsulaF
- 23J. MurphyM
- 28J. WillockM
- 32A. RamsdaleG
- 41J. RamseyM
- 67L. MileyM
Brighton
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Welbeck | F | 89 | 8.6 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1/1 |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | D | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lewis Dunk(C) | D | 90 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Georginio Rutter | M | 71 | 7.3 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1/1 |
| Yankuba Minteh | M | 89 | 7.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/3 |
| Carlos Baleba | M | 71 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1/1 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 2/2 |
| Mats Wieffer | D | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/2 |
| Bart Verbruggen | G | 90 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diego Gómez | M | 36 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Yasin Ayari | M | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 2/5 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Jason Steele | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Olivier Boscagli | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nehemiah Oriola | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tom Watson | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diego Coppola | D | 8 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maxim De Cuyper | D | 54 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Stefanos Tzimas | F | 19 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
| James Milner | M | 19 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charalampos Kostoulas | F | 8 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/1 |
Newcastle
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Woltemade | F | 90 | 7.3 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1/2 |
| Sandro Tonali | M | 70 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Nick Pope | G | 90 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bruno Guimarães(C) | M | 86 | 6.9 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0/3 |
| Kieran Trippier | D | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1/1 |
| Joelinton | M | 45 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthony Elanga | F | 45 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Malick Thiaw | D | 90 | 6.7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sven Botman | D | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Anthony Gordon | F | 70 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4/12 |
| Dan Burn | D | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Aaron Ramsdale | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fabian Schär | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Emil Krafth | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joe Willock | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lewis Miley | M | 45 | 7.0 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1/1 |
| Jacob Murphy | M | 45 | 6.6 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2/2 |
| William Osula | F | 12 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Harvey Barnes | M | 20 | 6.3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1/2 |
| Jacob Ramsey | M | 20 | 6.2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |