It ended Newcastle 3 Brentford 1.
Two first half goals from Sandro Tonali set United up for this win.
Fabian Schar getting the third with twenty minutes to go.
Not much threat from Brentford and they were lucky to escape with just a two goal losing margin, when Wissa scored in added time. Newcastle having hit the woodwork in each half.
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 3 Brentford 1 match:
Whoscored Newcastle 3 Brentford 1
(The Whoscored system can only show a maximum of four subs on their display at any one time, Will Osula was rated 5.9)
As you can see, five players who started the match received a rating of 7.0 or more.
With all of them playing for Newcastle United.
Sandro Tonali (8.7) clear man of the match, a superb display as well as two great goals.
Rated next highest was Lewis Hall (7.7) with another excellent composed display.
Anthony Gordon (7.6) a constant threat all night and an assist for Tonali’s second, whilst Schar (7.3) was very good and capped it off with the third goal. Bruno (7.1) played well also, he got the assist for the Swiss defender’s goal.
Newcastle 3 Brentford 1 – Wednesday 18 December 7.45pm
(Stats via BBC Sport)
Goals:
Newcastle United :
Tonali 9,43 Schar 69
Brentford:
Wissa 90+1
Possession was Newcastle 54% Brentford 46%
Total shots were Newcastle 23 Brentford 10
Shots on target were Newcastle 5 Brentford 3
Corners were Newcastle 8 Brentford 5
Touches in the box Newcastle 35 Brentford 23
Newcastle team v Brentford:
Dubravka, Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall (Trippier 77), Tonali, Bruno, Joelinton (Willock 46), Murphy (Barnes 65), Isak (Osula 77), Gordon (Almiron 77)
Unused Subs:
Vlachodimos, Targett, Lewis Miley, Kelly
(Newcastle 3 Brentford 1 – Instant Newcastle United fan/writer reaction – Read HERE)
Newcastle United upcoming matches:
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)
Saturday 15 February – Man City v Newcastle (3pm)
Sunday 23 February – Newcastle v Forest (2pm) Sky Sports