Newcastle vs Brentford

8 October 2022 · Premier League · 2022/23 · Referee John Brooks

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

  • Bruno Guimarães 21’, 56’
  • Jacob Murphy 28’
  • Miguel Almirón 82’
  • Ethan Pinnock 90’ (og)
  • Ivan Toney 54’ (pen)

Match summary

Newcastle won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Brentford. Newcastle led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Bruno Guimarães put Newcastle ahead with a header in the 21st minute, set up by Kieran Trippier and Jacob Murphy made it 2-0 in the 28th minute, set up by Callum Wilson. In the second half, Ivan Toney pulled one back to make it 2-1 from the penalty spot in the 54th minute, Guimarães made it 3-1 in the 56th minute, Miguel Almirón made it 4-1 in the 82nd minute, and Pinnock's own goal made it 5-1 in the 90th minute.

The chances backed that up: Newcastle created 2.45 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Brentford's 1.13 from 6.

Match stats

Newcastle Brentford
16 Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 3
9 Corners 5
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.45 xG 1.13
2.45 Non-penalty xG 0.37
9 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Newcastle Brentford
Kick-off
Bruno Guimarães
Assist: Kieran Trippier1-0 (Newcastle)
21’
Jacob Murphy
Assist: Callum Wilson2-0 (Newcastle)
28’
Half-time2-0
54’
Ivan Toney
Penalty2-1 (Brentford)
Bruno Guimarães3-1 (Newcastle)
56’
Miguel Almirón4-1 (Newcastle)
82’
Ethan Pinnock
Own goal5-1 (Newcastle)
90’
Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Brentford
  • Ivan Toney

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 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.45 1.13 21’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), 1-0 21’ 28’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), 2-0 28’ 54’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 2-1 54’ 56’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), 3-1 56’ 82’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), 4-1 82’ 90’ Ethan Pinnock (Newcastle) own goal, 5-1 90’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.45 1.13 21’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), 1-0 Guimarães 21’ 28’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), 2-0 Murphy 28’ 54’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), 2-1 Toney 54’ 56’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), 3-1 Guimarães 56’ 82’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), 4-1 Almirón 82’ 90’ Ethan Pinnock (Newcastle) own goal, 5-1 Pinnock 90’
Newcastle 2.45 xGBrentford 1.13 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Brentford attacking Newcastle attacking 
82’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.83 xG, goal 54’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 60’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), set piece, 0.54 xG, off target 28’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 74’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 25’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 68’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 23’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 69’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 23’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 61’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 69’ Sven Botman (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 18’ Sven Botman (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 80’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 21’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 56’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 6’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 69’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 71’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), own goal 82’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.83 xG, goal 54’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 60’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), set piece, 0.54 xG, off target 28’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.48 xG, goal 74’ Yoane Wissa (Brentford), open play, 0.12 xG, off target 68’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 25’ Shandon Baptiste (Brentford), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 23’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 69’ Callum Wilson (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 23’ Jacob Murphy (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 52’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 61’ Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), set piece, 0.05 xG, blocked 69’ Sven Botman (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 18’ Sven Botman (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 80’ Ivan Toney (Brentford), set piece, 0.04 xG, blocked 21’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.04 xG, goal 56’ Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 6’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 69’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 68’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 41’ Joe Willock (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 90’ Ethan Pinnock (Brentford), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Nick Pope GK900 0.000.000
Kieran Trippier DEF8610 0.000.633
Sven Botman DEF902 0.100.000
Fabian Schär DEF900 0.000.000
Dan Burn DEF900 0.000.000
Joe Willock MID903 0.130.000
Sean Longstaff MID900 0.000.000
Bruno Guimarães MID8022 0.070.112
Miguel Almirón FWD8614 0.900.021
Callum Wilson FWD8613 0.710.593
Jacob Murphy FWD6812 0.540.081
Joelinton Sub220 0.000.000
Allan Saint-Maximin Sub100 0.000.000
Chris Wood Sub40 0.000.000
Matt Targett Sub40 0.000.000
Elliot Anderson Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 57% Avg odds 1.68
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.00
Brentford win 19% Avg odds 5.11

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle DLDDW
Brentford DDWLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Brentford 0-2 Newcastle, 26 Feb 22 Next meeting: Brentford 1-2 Newcastle, 08 Apr 23  All Newcastle vs Brentford 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.