FOOTBALL·ANALYTICPremier League 2025/26⇄

Premier League 2025/26 · Matchday 8 · American Express Community Stadium

Brighton2:1Newcastle United

18 October 2025 · 31,620 in the ground · Craig Pawson

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Brighton4-2-3-1
Newcastle United4-3-3
Verbruggen6.3Kadioglu6.4Dunk7.0van Hecke7.3Wieffer6.5Ayari6.8Baleba6.6Gomez6.6Rutter8.0Minteh6.6Welbeck9.0Pope6.4Burn6.3Botman6.4Thiaw6.5Trippier6.2Joelinton6.2Tonali6.9Guimarães6.8Gordon6.8Woltemade7.2Elanga6.4
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′brightonnewcastle-united

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

  • 41′WelbeckGoal · 0.47 xG · 0.47 xG
  • 76′WoltemadeGoal · 0.13 xG · 0.13 xG
  • 84′WelbeckGoal · 0.11 xG · 0.11 xG

The shots, as they came

Every attempt, sized by expected goals

Brighton 0:0 Newcastle Utd0'kickoff
6' Guimarães — xG 0.13 · Missed9' Minteh — xG 0.05 · Blocked12' Baleba — xG 0.02 · Blocked18' Minteh — xG 0.06 · Blocked20' Rutter — xG 0.02 · Saved20' Rutter — xG 0.03 · Saved32' Botman — xG 0.05 · Missed41' Welbeck — xG 0.47 · Goal43' Ayari — xG 0.03 · Missed45 + 2' Dunk — xG 0.02 · Blocked45 + 2' Baleba — xG 0.01 · Missed50' Ayari — xG 0.05 · Missed45 + 6' Woltemade — xG 0.25 · Missed52' de Cuyper — xG 0.02 · Saved53' Gordon — xG 0.07 · Missed55' Tonali — xG 0.03 · Blocked61' Guimarães — xG 0.07 · Blocked65' Murphy — xG 0.10 · Missed74' Guimarães — xG 0.04 · Saved74' Murphy — xG 0.04 · Missed76' Woltemade — xG 0.13 · Goal78' Guimarães — xG 0.12 · Blocked84' Wieffer — xG 0.03 · Blocked84' Welbeck — xG 0.11 · Goal88' Woltemade — xG 0.21 · Missed88' Woltemade — xG 0.12 · Blocked89' Murphy — xG 0.01 · Blocked90' Thiaw — xG 0.05 · Missed90 + 6' Barnes — xG 0.03 · Saved90 + 6' Barnes — xG 0.03 · Saved

The xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute

The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

Brighton 0:0 Newcastle Utd
0.51.01.50′15′30′45′60′75′90′41' Welbeck — GOAL76' Woltemade — GOAL84' Welbeck — GOAL0.921.48

Territory

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

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

The duel

Brighton vs Newcastle United

46%
Possession
54%
0.91
Expected goals
1.45
13
Shots
16
5
Shots on target
3
1
Big chances created
1
341
Passes completed
419
66
Into final third
104
57
Duels won
49
14/21 (67%)
Tackles won
13/17 (76%)
8
Corners
4
9
Fouls
9

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