Arsenal 0 Newcastle United 2 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players


 
 
 
 
 
 

It ended Arsenal 0 Newcastle 2.

Actually taking United fully 37 minutes to score this time!

It was worth it though, as Arsenal failed to deal with a set-piece, yet another assist for Murphy and Isak lashing it home.

An Isak shot only parried by Raya and Newcastle 2-0 up only six minutes into the second-half.

Some excellent game management seeing out the win, 2-0 up at half-time in this two-legged semi-final!

An excellent team performance, brilliant.

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 Arsenal 0 Newcastle 2 match:

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

One for the home side and eight for United!

The only thing I have an issue with is that surely all eleven NUFC players deserved a high rating.

Declan Rice (7.7) the only Arsenal player.

Alexander Isak (7.9) man of the match, closely followed by teammates Tonali (7.6), Botman (7.6) and Dubravka (7.5).

Arsenal 0 Newcastle 2 – Tuesday 7 January 2025 8pm

(Stats via BBC Sport)

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Isak 37, Gordon 51

Arsenal:

Possession was Newcastle 31% (42%) Arsenal 69% (58%)

Total shots were Newcastle 7 (5) Arsenal 23 (14)

Shots on target were Newcastle 4 (2) Arsenal 3 (3)

Corners were Newcastle 1 (1) Arsenal 11 (4)

Touches in the box Newcastle 15 (10) Arsenal 47 (19)

Newcastle team v Spurs:

Dubravka, Livramento, Botman, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Willock (Longstaff 65), Joelinton, Murphy (Kelly 65), Isak (Barnes 65), Gordon (Almiron 76)

Unused subs:

Vlachodimos, Trippier, Osula, Lewis Miley, Targett

Newcastle United upcoming matches:

Sunday 12 January – Newcastle v Bromley (3pm) BBC iPlayer (FA Cup)

Wednesday 15 January – Newcastle v Wolves (7.30pm) TNT Sports

Saturday 18 January – Newcastle v Bournemouth (12.30pm) TNT Sports

Saturday 25 January – Southampton v Newcastle (3pm)

Saturday 1 February – Newcastle v Fulham (3pm)

Wednesday 5 February – Newcastle v Arsenal (8pm) Sky Sports

Saturday 15 February – Man City v Newcastle (3pm)

Sunday 23 February – Newcastle v Forest (2pm) Sky Sports