Brighton vs Newcastle

20 March 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Leandro Trossard 45+3’
  • Danny Welbeck 51’
  • Neal Maupay 68’

Match summary

Brighton won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Newcastle. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

Leandro Trossard put Brighton ahead in first-half stoppage time, set up by Joël Veltman, Danny Welbeck made it 2-0 in the 51st minute, set up by Leandro Trossard, and Neal Maupay made it 3-0 in the 68th minute, set up by Pascal Groß.

The chances backed that up: Brighton created 0.95 expected goals (xG) from 11 shots to Newcastle's 0.10 from 3.

Match stats

Brighton Newcastle
11 Shots 3
6 Shots on Target 1
3 Corners 1
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.95 xG 0.10
0.95 Non-penalty xG 0.10
8 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Brighton Newcastle
Kick-off
Leandro Trossard
Assist: Joël Veltman1-0 (Brighton)
45+3’
Half-time1-0
Danny Welbeck
Assist: Leandro Trossard2-0 (Brighton)
51’
Neal Maupay
Assist: Pascal Groß3-0 (Brighton)
68’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Newcastle
  • Paul Dummett

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.95 0.10 45+3’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), 1-0 45+3’ 51’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), 2-0 51’ 68’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), 3-0 68’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.95 0.10 45+3’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), 1-0 Trossard 45+3’ 51’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), 2-0 Welbeck 51’ 68’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), 3-0 Maupay 68’
Brighton 0.95 xGNewcastle 0.10 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Brighton attacking 
4’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 38’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 68’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 55’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 80’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 49’ Ryan Fraser (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 23’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 2’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 48’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 11’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 37’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 75’ Ryan Fraser (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 4’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.30 xG, saved 38’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 68’ Neal Maupay (Brighton), open play, 0.14 xG, goal 55’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 80’ Pascal Groß (Brighton), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 49’ Ryan Fraser (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, hit the woodwork 23’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 2’ Jakub Moder (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 51’ Danny Welbeck (Brighton), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 48’ Leandro Trossard (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 11’ Yves Bissouma (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 37’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 8’ Lewis Dunk (Brighton), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 75’ Ryan Fraser (Newcastle), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Robert Sánchez GK900 0.000.000
Joël Veltman DEF9010 0.000.021
Ben White DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Dunk DEF901 0.010.000
Pascal Groß MID9011 0.090.152
Yves Bissouma MID901 0.020.000
Adam Lallana MID900 0.000.061
Jakub Moder MID903 0.430.000
Leandro Trossard MID84112 0.080.203
Neal Maupay FWD9012 0.280.132
Danny Welbeck FWD8911 0.030.301
Alexis Mac Allister Sub60 0.000.000
Davy Pröpper Sub10 0.000.000
Andi Zeqiri Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 56% Avg odds 1.72
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.53
Newcastle win 17% Avg odds 5.57

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Brighton DLLLW
Newcastle LLDDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Newcastle 0-3 Brighton, 20 Sep 20 Next meeting: Brighton 1-1 Newcastle, 06 Nov 21  All Brighton vs Newcastle meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.