FOOTBALL·ANALYTICPremier League 2025/26⇄

Premier League 2025/26 · Matchday 20 · St. James' Park

Newcastle United2:0Crystal Palace

4 January 2026 · 51,979 in the ground · John Brooks

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Newcastle United4-3-3
Crystal Palace3-4-2-1
Pope7.1Hall7.8Schär7.3Thiaw8.7Miley8.0Joelinton6.9Tonali6.8Guimarães8.5Gordon6.3Wissa6.5Murphy6.3Henderson7.2Guéhi6.7Lacroix7.0Lerma6.3Mitchell6.2Hughes6.3Wharton6.4Clyne6.4Pino7.0B. Johnson6.8Mateta6.1
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′newcastle-unitedcrystal-palace

goals — hover the strip for every shot and card, with names

  • 71′GuimarãesGoal · 0.26 xG · 0.26 xG
  • 78′ThiawGoal · 0.46 xG · 0.46 xG

The shots, as they came

Every attempt, sized by expected goals

Newcastle Utd 0:0 Palace0'kickoff
3' Wissa — xG 0.15 · Saved6' Hughes — xG 0.04 · Missed7' Hughes — xG 0.04 · Blocked17' Schär — xG 0.20 · Saved22' Lacroix — xG 0.05 · Missed42' Hall — xG 0.05 · Saved44' Hughes — xG 0.03 · Missed45' Mateta — xG 0.13 · Blocked45 + 1' Guéhi — xG 0.11 · Missed45 + 4' Hughes — xG 0.18 · Missed60' B. Johnson — xG 0.04 · Blocked62' Joelinton — xG 0.06 · Missed62' Tonali — xG 0.15 · Blocked65' B. Johnson — xG 0.04 · Saved69' Barnes — xG 0.06 · Blocked71' Guimarães — xG 0.26 · Goal77' Barnes — xG 0.02 · Saved78' Thiaw — xG 0.46 · Goal80' Guéhi — xG 0.03 · Blocked80' Uche — xG 0.04 · Blocked86' Murphy — xG 0.02 · Missed90 + 2' Barnes — xG 0.39 · Saved90 + 2' Willock — xG 0.43 · Missed

The xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute

The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

Newcastle Utd 0:0 Palace
1.02.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′71' Guimarães — GOAL78' Thiaw — GOAL2.250.73

Territory

Where each side actually occupied the pitch, summed from every player’s heatmap

Newcastle United attacking right · Crystal Palace attacking left · where both glow, the pitch was contested

The duel

Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace

59%
Possession
41%
2.08
Expected goals
0.7
12
Shots
11
7
Shots on target
1
5
Big chances created
1
408
Passes completed
239
84
Into final third
74
62
Duels won
57
9/16 (56%)
Tackles won
11/28 (39%)
8
Corners
6
5
Fouls
12

No physical or tracking data for league matches — that tier is FIFA-only. Everything above is from the public match feed.