Southampton 1 Newcastle 3 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players | OneFootball

It ended Southampton 1 Newcastle 3.

A game where United started well and then out of nowhere, Southampton grabbing a ten minute goal, Bendarek heading home unmarked.

No panic though and by the half hour mark, things back in proper order.

Two quickfire Isak goals sorting it out.

Then a stunning team goal finished off by Tonali rubberstamped the win.

Not a complete performance but Newcastle well worth the two goal winning margin.

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 Southampton 1 Newcastle 3 match:

As you can see, eleven players received a rating of 7.0 or more.

Not sure how four Southampton players managed it!

The seven NUFC players led by the superb Alexander Isak (9.0), backed up by Tonali (8.2).

Not sure Joelinton (7.6) was our third best today but Murphy (7.5) did ok, a great ball played to Isak to make it 2-1.

Gordon (7.2) with some good moments and Fabian Schar (7.0) the pick of our defence, whilst Dubravka (7.0) didn’t do much wrong and made a couple of decent saves.

I don’t think anybody played badly for NUFC and all contributed to yet another away win.

Southampton 1 Newcastle 3 – Saturday 25 January 2025 3pm

Newcastle United:

Isak 26 pen, 30 Tonali 51

Southampton:

Bednarek 10

Possession was Newcastle 47% (48%) Southampton53% (52%)

Total shots were Newcastle 17 (7) Southampton 12 (4)

Shots on target were Newcastle 9 (5) Southampton 5 (2)

Corners were Newcastle 8 (5) Southampton 3 (0)

Touches in the box Newcastle 34 (18) Southampton 15 (3)

Newcastle team v Southampton:

Dubravka, Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Joelinton, Bruno (Miley), Murphy (Longstaff 90+3), Isak (Willock), Gordon (Almiron 88)

Unused subs:

Pope, Trippier, Botman, Osula, Kelly

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Newcastle United upcoming matches:

Saturday 1 February – Newcastle v Fulham (3pm)

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

Saturday 8 February – Birmingham v Newcastle (5.45pm) BBC1 and BBC iPlayer (FA Cup)

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

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

Wednesday 26 February – Liverpool v Newcastle (8.15pm) TNT Sports

(Weekend of Saturday 1 March –  NUFC will play in FA Cup fifth round if getting past Birmingham)

Monday 10 March – West Ham v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports

Saturday 15 March – Newcastle v Crystal Palace (3pm)

(Carabao Cup final is on Sunday 16 March, so the Palace match would be postponed if United get to the final)