Newcastle vs Southampton

20 April 2019 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Anthony Taylor

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Ayoze Pérez 27’, 31’, 86’

Mario Lemina 59’

Match summary

Newcastle won 3-1 at home to Southampton. Newcastle led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Ayoze Pérez put Newcastle ahead in the 27th minute, set up by Isaac Hayden and Pérez made it 2-0 in the 31st minute, set up by Salomón Rondón. In the second half, Mario Lemina pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 59th minute, set up by Stuart Armstrong and Pérez made it 3-1 with a header in the 86th minute, set up by Matt Ritchie.

There was little between the sides on chances: Newcastle created 1.23 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots, Southampton 1.27 from 15.

Match stats

15 Shots 15

6 Shots on Target 3

4 Corners 11

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

1.23 xG 1.27

1.23 Non-penalty xG 1.27

3 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Newcastle Southampton

Kick-off

Ayoze Pérez
Assist: Isaac Hayden

1-0

27’

Ayoze Pérez
Assist: Salomón Rondón

2-0

31’

Half-time2-0

59’

Mario Lemina
Assist: Stuart Armstrong

2-1

Ayoze Pérez
Assist: Matt Ritchie

3-1

86’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Southampton

James Ward-Prowse
Oriol Romeu

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 1.23 xGSouthampton 1.27 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
Martin Dubravka	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Javier Manquillo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jamaal Lascelles	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Paul Dummett	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabian Schär	DEF	70			1	0.09	0.00	0
Matt Ritchie	DEF	90		1	2	0.05	0.49	2
Ayoze Pérez	MID	90	3		3	0.68	0.00	0
Ki Sung-yueng	MID	90			1	0.02	0.08	1
Isaac Hayden	MID	79		1	1	0.02	0.07	1
Miguel Almirón	MID	65			2	0.08	0.02	1
Salomón Rondón	FWD	90		1	3	0.20	0.14	1
Christian Atsu	Sub	25			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Fernández	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.04	1
Mohamed Diamé	Sub	11			1	0.08	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Angus Gunn	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Maya Yoshida	DEF	90			3	0.50	0.00	0
Jan Bednarek	DEF	90			1	0.04	0.00	0
Jack Stephens	DEF	47			0	0.00	0.00	0
James Ward-Prowse	MID	90			3	0.20	0.40	3
Ryan Bertrand	MID	90			1	0.01	0.01	1
Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Oriol Romeu	MID	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Nathan Redmond	MID	90			2	0.03	0.32	3
Josh Sims	MID	47			1	0.09	0.00	0
Danny Ings	FWD	77			2	0.33	0.00	0
Mario Lemina	Sub	43	1		2	0.07	0.30	2
Stuart Armstrong	Sub	43		1	0	0.00	0.10	2
Shane Long	Sub	13			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 38% Bet365 odds 2.55

Draw 31% Bet365 odds 3.20

Southampton win 31% Bet365 odds 3.10

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Newcastle W D L L W

Southampton L W W L W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Southampton 0-0 Newcastle, 27 Oct 18 Next meeting: Newcastle 2-1 Southampton, 08 Dec 19 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.