Fulham 3 Newcastle 1 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players

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It ended Fulham 3 Newcastle 1.

A woeful first half that was punished by two goals and it could have been worse.

Eddie Howe changing the tactics/system and making a couple of subs at the break.

Newcastle United made a contest of the second half but failed to build on a quality Barnes goal within a minute of the restart.

Schar wasting a gilt-edged chance for 2-2 when he had to score or square for Isak to get an easy finish. Instead, our Swiss defender put it wide.

The very late third goal was a shocker from Bruno but by then the game had gone.

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 Fulham 3 Newcastle 1 match:

Whoscored Fulham 3 Newcastle 1

(The Whoscored display can only show four subs at a time, Osula was rated 6.0)

Six players who started the match received a rating higher than 7.0 and five of them were playing for Fulham.

Andersen (7.2) at the back and the Fulham front four of Jimenez (7.5), Smith-Rowe (7.6), Traore (7.4) and MOTM Iwobi (7.8). That quartet picking up most of that high rating no doubt for the dominant first half performance.

Harvey Barnes (7.5) didn’t deserve to be on the losing side and as well as his class goal, he played well throughout when getting on the ball.

Fulham 3 Newcastle 1 – Saturday 21 September 3pm

(Stats via BBC Sport)

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Barnes 46

Fulham:

Jimenez 5, Smith-Rowe 22, Nelson 90+2

(Half-time stats in brackets)

Possession was Newcastle 61% (60%) Fulham 39% (40%)

Total shots were Newcastle 15 (4) Fulham 22 (13)

Shots on target were Newcastle 4 (1) Fulham 11 (7)