Brighton vs Newcastle

4 May 2025 · Premier League · 2024/25 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Yankuba Minteh 28’
  • Alexander Isak 89’ (pen)

Match summary

The points were shared as Brighton and Newcastle drew 1-1. Brighton led 1-0 at half-time.

Yankuba Minteh put Brighton ahead in the 28th minute, set up by Mats Wieffer and Alexander Isak equalised from the penalty spot in the 89th minute.

Newcastle had the better of the chances, with 1.64 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Brighton's 0.69 from 5.

Match stats

Brighton Newcastle
5 Shots 13
2 Shots on Target 5
1 Corners 4
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0.69 xG 1.64
0.69 Non-penalty xG 0.88
1 Deep Completions 12

Key events

Brighton Newcastle
Kick-off
Yankuba Minteh
Assist: Mats Wieffer1-0 (Brighton)
28’
Half-time1-0
89’
Alexander Isak
Penalty1-1 (Newcastle)
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Brighton
  • Mats Wieffer
  • Danny Welbeck
Newcastle
  • Joe Willock

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 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.69 1.64 28’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), 1-0 28’ 89’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), 1-1 89’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.69 1.64 28’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), 1-0 Minteh 28’ 89’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), 1-1 Isak 89’
Brighton 0.69 xGNewcastle 1.64 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Brighton attacking 
89’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+5’ Diego Gómez (Brighton), set piece, 0.37 xG, off target 86’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.15 xG, blocked 80’ Estupiñán (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 27’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 68’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 28’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 60’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 64’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 80’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 37’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 60’ Sandro Tonali (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 55’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+6’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 11’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 81’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 13’ Carlos Baleba (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 35’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 89’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 90+5’ Diego Gómez (Brighton), set piece, 0.37 xG, off target 86’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.15 xG, blocked 80’ Estupiñán (Brighton), open play, 0.13 xG, off target 68’ Alexander Isak (Newcastle), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 27’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 28’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 64’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 60’ Fabian Schär (Newcastle), set piece, 0.09 xG, blocked 80’ Yankuba Minteh (Brighton), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 37’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 60’ Sandro Tonali (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 55’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 90+6’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 11’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 81’ Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 35’ Harvey Barnes (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 13’ Carlos Baleba (Brighton), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bart Verbruggen GK900 0.000.000
Mats Wieffer DEF5610 0.000.101
Jan Paul van Hecke DEF900 0.000.000
Lewis Dunk DEF900 0.000.000
Estupiñán DEF901 0.130.000
Carlos Baleba MID901 0.020.000
Jack Hinshelwood MID710 0.000.000
Yankuba Minteh MID9012 0.180.000
Matt O'Riley MID900 0.000.131
Simon Adingra MID710 0.000.000
Danny Welbeck FWD900 0.000.092
Tariq Lamptey Sub340 0.000.000
Joël Veltman Sub190 0.000.000
Yasin Ayari Sub190 0.000.000
Brajan Gruda Sub10 0.000.371
Diego Gómez Sub11 0.370.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Brighton win 31% Avg odds 3.12
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.71
Newcastle win 43% Avg odds 2.21

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

Form going into the game

Brighton LLDLW
Newcastle WWWLW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Newcastle 0-1 Brighton, 19 Oct 24 Next meeting: Brighton 2-1 Newcastle, 18 Oct 25  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.