Newcastle vs Nott'm Forest

26 December 2023 · Premier League · 2023/24 · Referee Chris Kavanagh

Full time 1 – 3

Half-time: 1–1

Alexander Isak 23’ (pen)

Chris Wood 45+1’, 53’, 60’

Match summary

Nott'm Forest came from behind to win 3-1 away at Newcastle. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Alexander Isak put Newcastle ahead from the penalty spot in the 23rd minute and Chris Wood equalised in first-half stoppage time, set up by Anthony Elanga. In the second half, Wood put Nott'm Forest in front in the 53rd minute, set up by Anthony Elanga and Wood made it 1-3 in the 60th minute, set up by Murillo.

There was little between the sides on chances: Newcastle created 2.95 expected goals (xG) from 19 shots, Nott'm Forest 3.11 from 15.

Match stats

19 Shots 15

7 Shots on Target 6

10 Corners 2

3 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

2.79 xG 3.11

2.03 Non-penalty xG 3.11

18 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Newcastle Nott'm Forest

Kick-off

Alexander Isak
Penalty

1-0

23’

45+1’

Chris Wood
Assist: Anthony Elanga

1-1

Half-time1-1

53’

Chris Wood
Assist: Anthony Elanga

1-2

60’

Chris Wood
Assist: Murillo

1-3

Full-time1-3

Bookings

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

Newcastle

Fabian Schär
Bruno Guimarães
Anthony Gordon

Nott'm Forest

Gonzalo Montiel
Ibrahim Sangare
Neco Williams

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.

Newcastle 2.95 xGNott'm Forest 3.11 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Nott'm Forest attacking Newcastle attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player, minute and xG.

Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Martin Dubravka	GK	90		0	0.00	0.12	1
Kieran Trippier	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.20	2
Fabian Schär	DEF	90		1	0.06	0.28	1
Sven Botman	DEF	82		0	0.00	0.00	0
Dan Burn	DEF	58		1	0.05	0.00	0
Bruno Guimarães	MID	90		0	0.00	0.06	1
Lewis Miley	MID	90		5	0.26	0.07	1
Sean Longstaff	MID	74		0	0.00	0.00	0
Miguel Almirón	FWD	58		1	0.06	0.46	2
Alexander Isak	FWD	90	1	6	1.63	0.17	3
Anthony Gordon	FWD	90		3	0.69	0.00	0
Valentino Livramento	Sub	32		0	0.00	0.00	0
Callum Wilson	Sub	32		2	0.20	0.00	0
Joelinton	Sub	16		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lewis Hall	Sub	8		0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Matt Turner	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gonzalo Montiel	DEF	73			0	0.00	0.27	1
Moussa Niakhate	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Murillo	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.54	1
Ola Aina	DEF	90			2	0.03	0.00	0
Danilo	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ibrahim Sangare	MID	73			0	0.00	0.03	1
Anthony Elanga	MID	90		2	5	0.62	1.67	3
Morgan Gibbs-White	MID	90			3	0.15	0.34	4
Callum Hudson-Odoi	MID	83			1	0.07	0.01	1
Chris Wood	FWD	90	3		3	2.17	0.00	0
Ryan Yates	Sub	17			1	0.06	0.00	0
Neco Williams	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Nicolás Domínguez	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cheikhou Kouyaté	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Worrall	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 68% Avg odds 1.41

Draw 19% Avg odds 4.95

Nott'm Forest win 13% Avg odds 7.64

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle W L L W L

Nott'm Forest L L D L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Nott'm Forest 1-2 Newcastle, 17 Mar 23 Next meeting: Nott'm Forest 2-3 Newcastle, 10 Feb 24 All Newcastle vs Nott'm Forest 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.