Brentford 2 Newcastle 4 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players

It ended Brentford 2 Newcastle 4.

The home side making a spirited start and forcing early pressure but once Newcastle got into stride, only one winner.

Some fine football played as the sun beat down, United racing into a 3-0 lead at the break and it could have been more.

Brentford making a fight of it when scoring a couple of decent goals of their own, however, a two goal winning margin was the least that Newcastle deserved as Bruno made the final stages comfortable with United’s fourth.

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 Brentford 2 Newcastle 4 match:

(The Whoscored graphics can only show four subs at any one time, Almiron getting a 6.3 rating from them)

As you can see, Newcastle United with the two highest rated players in the match.

Bruno (9.0) pipping Alexander Isak (8.7) for their MOTM.

Though to be honest, I would have had it the other way round. Bruno excellent but Isak really on top of his game and destroying Brentford in the first half with his movement and trickery.

Four more players got a rating of 7.0 or higher, three of them for the away side.

Murphy (7.5) and Barnes (7.4) up front with Isak, Longstaff (7.2) also having a decent game.

I thought a good performance all round and Joelinton (6.9) and Hall (6.8) certainly deserving of far higher ratings.

Stats via BBC Sport:

Brentford 2 Newcastle 4 – Sunday 19 May 4pm

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Barnes 21, Murphy 36, Isak 38, Bruno 77

Brentford:

Janelt 48, Wissa 70

(Half-time stats in brackets)

Possession was Brentford 53% (54%) Newcastle 47% (46%)

Total shots were Brentford 10 (3) Newcastle 12 (8)

Shots on target were Brentford 5 (1) Newcastle 7 (5)

Corners were Brentford 3 (1) Newcastle 0 (0)

Touches in the box Brentford 12 (5) Newcastle 29 (19)

Newcastle team v Brentford:

Pope; Krafth, Schar (Dummett 90+2), Burn, Hall; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Joelinton (Trippier 81); J Murphy (Almiron 68), Isak (Wilson 81), Barnes (Anderson 68)

Unused subs:

Dubravka, Ritchie, White, A Murphy

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