FOOTBALL·ANALYTICPremier League 2025/26

Premier League 2025/26 · Matchday 17 · St. James' Park

Newcastle United2:2Chelsea

20 December 2025 · 52,226 in the ground · Andy Madley

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Newcastle United4-3-3
Chelsea4-2-3-1
Ramsdale6.1Hall6.8Schär6.6Thiaw6.6Miley6.2Ramsey6.3Tonali6.8Guimarães6.4Gordon7.3Woltemade8.0Murphy7.2Sanchez7.4Cucurella6.3Chalobah6.8Fofana6.5Gusto6.1Caicedo7.0James7.7Garnacho7.2Palmer6.8Neto7.1Pedro7.8
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

4590newcastle-unitedchelsea

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

  • 4WoltemadeGoal · 0.42 xG · 0.42 xG
  • 20WoltemadeGoal · 0.23 xG · 0.23 xG
  • 49JamesGoal · 0.04 xG · 0.04 xG
  • 66PedroGoal · 0.49 xG · 0.49 xG

The shots, as they came

Every attempt, sized by expected goals

Newcastle Utd 0:0 Chelsea0'kickoff
2' Palmer — xG 0.03 · Missed4' Gordon — xG 0.44 · Saved4' Woltemade — xG 0.42 · Goal6' Garnacho — xG 0.08 · Missed7' Gordon — xG 0.51 · Saved13' Neto — xG 0.05 · Blocked20' Woltemade — xG 0.23 · Goal28' Schär — xG 0.03 · Saved40' Garnacho — xG 0.07 · Blocked45' Woltemade — xG 0.51 · Missed45 + 2' Miley — xG 0.01 · Missed49' James — xG 0.04 · Goal56' James — xG 0.11 · Blocked57' Neto — xG 0.12 · Saved66' Pedro — xG 0.49 · Goal68' Garnacho — xG 0.05 · Missed72' Schär — xG 0.03 · Missed81' Caicedo — xG 0.05 · Missed81' Pedro — xG 0.05 · Blocked81' Garnacho — xG 0.04 · Saved84' Schär — xG 0.04 · Missed85' Barnes — xG 0.19 · Missed86' Garnacho — xG 0.04 · Missed89' Elanga — xG 0.09 · Missed

The xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute

The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

Newcastle Utd 0:0 Chelsea
1.02.001530456075904' Woltemade — GOAL20' Woltemade — GOAL49' James — GOAL66' Pedro — GOAL2.501.22

Territory

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

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

The duel

Newcastle United vs Chelsea

47%
Possession
53%
2.31
Expected goals
1.22
11
Shots
13
5
Shots on target
4
7
Big chances created
1
278
Passes completed
351
74
Into final third
87
48
Duels won
46
8/13 (62%)
Tackles won
9/11 (82%)
6
Corners
4
13
Fouls
14

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