Newcastle 2 Chelsea 0 – Interesting independent ratings on all Newcastle United players | OneFootball

It ended Newcastle 2 Chelsea 0.

A brilliant start for United as they scored inside two minutes.

A great team move ended with Jacob Murphy crossing for Sandro Tonali to finish.

Nicolas Jackson eventually and correctly sent off on 35 minutes after referee upgraded from yellow to red card after VAR intervention, after he deliberately smashed Botman in the face with his arm.

A nervy second half but eventually nerves put to bed with Bruno’s superb late goal.

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 automated player ratings for this Newcastle 2 Chelsea 0 match:

As you can see, seven players in total received a rating of 7.0 or more, with all of them playing for Newcastle United!

Sandro Tonali (7.8) with the same rating but put very marginally behind Murphy.

Bruno Guimaraes (7.6) with a superb late goal to calm the nerves, on top of a very good all round display.

Burn (7.5), Pope (7.4), Botman (7.3) and Livramento (7.1) all putting in a good shift as well.

Newcastle 2 Chelsea 0 – Sunday 11 May 12pm

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Tonali 2, Bruno 90

Chelsea:

Jackson red card 35

Possession was Newcastle 45% Chelsea 55%

Total shots were Newcastle 15 Chelsea 10

Shots on target were Newcastle 6 Chelsea 3

Corners were Newcastle 2 Chelsea 8

Touches in the box Newcastle 39 Chelsea 22

Newcastle United team v Chelsea:

Pope, Botman (Miley 55), Schar, Burn, Livramento, Gordon (Krafth 65), Tonali, Bruno (Longstaff 94), Barnes, Isak (Wilson 94), Murphy

Subs:

Dubravka, Lascelles, Osula, Neave, Ruddy

The remaining Newcastle United match schedule:

Sunday 18 May – Arsenal v Newcastle (4.30pm) Sky Sports

Sunday 25 May – Newcastle v Everton (4pm)