FOOTBALL·ANALYTICPremier League 2025/26⇄

Premier League 2025/26 · Matchday 2 · St. James' Park

Newcastle United2:3Liverpool

25 August 2025 · 52,230 in the ground · Simon Hooper

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Newcastle United4-3-3
Liverpool4-2-3-1
Pope5.3Livramento7.0Burn6.6Schär5.8Trippier5.6Joelinton6.3Tonali6.2Guimarães6.5Barnes6.7Gordon5.3Elanga6.5Alisson6.7Kerkez5.7van Dijk7.1Konaté6.1Szoboszlai6.1Jones6.4Gravenberch7.4Gakpo8.0Wirtz6.2Salah7.6Ekitike7.7
from the bench

match pulse — xG per 5 minutes · goals · cards

45′90′newcastle-unitedliverpool

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

  • 35′GravenberchGoal · 0.02 xG · 0.02 xG
  • 46′EkitikeGoal · 0.20 xG · 0.20 xG
  • 57′GuimarãesGoal · 0.17 xG · 0.17 xG
  • 88′OsulaGoal · 0.13 xG · 0.13 xG
  • 90+10′R. NgumohaGoal · 0.36 xG · 0.36 xG

The shots, as they came

Every attempt, sized by expected goals

Newcastle Utd 0:0 Liverpool0'kickoff
13' Wirtz — xG 0.05 · Saved17' Tonali — xG 0.04 · Missed28' Gordon — xG 0.12 · Missed29' Gordon — xG 0.30 · Saved29' Gordon — xG 0.10 · Missed35' Gravenberch — xG 0.02 · Goal39' Tonali — xG 0.05 · Blocked40' Burn — xG 0.01 · Missed46' Gakpo — xG 0.06 · Blocked46' Ekitike — xG 0.20 · Goal57' Guimarães — xG 0.17 · Goal64' Joelinton — xG 0.04 · Blocked88' Osula — xG 0.13 · Goal90 + 3' Miley — xG 0.02 · Blocked90 + 10' R. Ngumoha — xG 0.36 · Goal

The xG race

Expected goals accumulating minute by minute

The xG race — cumulative expected goals, minute by minute

Newcastle Utd 0:0 Liverpool
0.51.00′15′30′45′60′75′90′35' Gravenberch — GOAL46' Ekitike — GOAL57' Guimarães — GOAL88' Osula — GOAL90 + 10' R. Ngumoha — GOAL0.980.69

Territory

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

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

The duel

Newcastle United vs Liverpool

38%
Possession
62%
0.98
Expected goals
0.69
10
Shots
5
3
Shots on target
4
4
Big chances created
2
170
Passes completed
370
53
Into final third
73
51
Duels won
51
5/12 (42%)
Tackles won
8/13 (62%)
7
Corners
1
17
Fouls
15

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