Newcastle 4 Leicester 0 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players | OneFootball

It ended Newcastle 4 Leicester 0.

A match that was United dominated from beginning to end.

Finding ways through the Leicester midfield and defence, time after time, the Foxes somehow saw themselves only one down at half-time.

That didn’t last long.

Five minutes after the break and Newcastle were 3-0, then cruised the rest of the match but still created multiple opportunities, but only took one of them.

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 Newcastle 4 Leicester 0 match:

(The Whoscored system can only show a maximum of four subs on their display at any one time, Will Osula was rated 6.1)

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

With all of them playing for Newcastle United.

A bit harsh on Tino Livramento (6.7) making him the odd man out.

Alexander Isak (9.7) rated man of the match and he was sensational, a goal and an assist just giving a small indication of how good he was today. Though actually he could and should have had a hat-trick as well.

Two good finishes from Jacob Murphy (8.5) but actually I thought he was one of our least best players today, rather than only Isak rated as better.

Though Gordon (8.4) and Hall (8.4) were excellent, as the next highest rated.

Newcastle 4 Leicester 0 – Saturday 14 December 3pm

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Murphy 30, 60 Bruno 47 Isak 50

Leicester:

Possession was Newcastle 60% Leicester 40%

Total shots were Newcastle 27 Leicester 4

Shots on target were Newcastle 11 Leicester 1

Corners were Newcastle 5 Leicester 2

Touches in the box Newcastle 53 Leicester 9

Newcastle team v Leicester:

Dubravka, Livramento (Trippier 65), Schar, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Bruno (Longstaff 65), Joelinton, Murphy (Barnes 65), Isak (Osula 73), Gordon (Willock 81)

Unused Subs:

Vlachodimos, Targett, Almiron, Kelly

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Newcastle United upcoming matches:

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

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)