Newcastle vs Southampton

6 February 2021 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Craig Pawson

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 3–1

Joe Willock 16’
Miguel Almirón 26’, 45+4’

Takumi Minamino 30’
James Ward-Prowse 48’

Match summary

Newcastle won 3-2 at home to Southampton. Newcastle led 3-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Joe Willock put Newcastle ahead in the 16th minute, set up by Allan Saint-Maximin, Miguel Almirón made it 2-0 in the 26th minute, set up by Allan Saint-Maximin, Takumi Minamino pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 30th minute, set up by Ryan Bertrand, and Almirón made it 3-1 in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, James Ward-Prowse made it 3-2 with a direct free kick in the 48th minute.

Southampton can feel hard done by, creating 1.43 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Newcastle's 0.91 from 6. Newcastle had a player sent off.

Match stats

6 Shots 14

4 Shots on Target 5

0 Corners 7

2 Yellow Cards 1

1 Red Cards 0

0.91 xG 1.43

0.91 Non-penalty xG 1.43

6 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Newcastle Southampton

Kick-off

Joe Willock
Assist: Allan Saint-Maximin

1-0

16’

Miguel Almirón
Assist: Allan Saint-Maximin

2-0

26’

30’

Takumi Minamino
Assist: Ryan Bertrand

2-1

Miguel Almirón

3-1

45+4’

Half-time3-1

48’

James Ward-Prowse

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

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

Newcastle

Jeff Hendrick
Emil Krafth

Southampton

Jan Bednarek

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 0.91 xGSouthampton 1.43 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Southampton attacking Newcastle attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Karl Darlow	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Javier Manquillo	DEF	23			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabian Schär	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Isaac Hayden	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamal Lewis	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jonjo Shelvey	MID	90			1	0.14	0.00	0
Jeff Hendrick	MID	54			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joe Willock	MID	90	1		1	0.43	0.28	2
Miguel Almirón	MID	90	2		2	0.14	0.00	0
Allan Saint-Maximin	MID	71		2	0	0.00	0.51	2
Callum Wilson	FWD	35			1	0.14	0.00	0
Emil Krafth	Sub	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joelinton	Sub	55			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Dummett	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alex McCarthy	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jack Stephens	DEF	85			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jannik Vestergaard	DEF	90			2	0.16	0.00	0
Jan Bednarek	DEF	90			1	0.06	0.00	0
Ryan Bertrand	DEF	90		1	1	0.08	0.07	1
Nathan Redmond	MID	90			1	0.05	0.12	2
Oriol Romeu	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90	1		1	0.05	0.20	3
Takumi Minamino	MID	90	1		2	0.09	0.00	0
Danny Ings	FWD	90			4	0.89	0.03	1
Che Adams	FWD	90			2	0.05	0.38	2
Daniel N'Lundulu	Sub	5			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 29% Avg odds 3.28

Draw 28% Avg odds 3.47

Southampton win 43% Avg odds 2.23

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle L L L W L

Southampton W L L L L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Southampton 2-0 Newcastle, 06 Nov 20 Next meeting: Newcastle 2-2 Southampton, 28 Aug 21 All Newcastle vs Southampton 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.