Match summary
Newcastle beat Watford 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.
Ayoze Pérez put Newcastle ahead with a header in the 65th minute, set up by Ki Sung-yueng.
Watford can feel hard done by, creating 2.58 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Newcastle's 0.70 from 10.
Before kick-off
Newcastle win
35%
Bet365 odds 2.75
Draw
30%
Bet365 odds 3.25
Watford win
35%
Bet365 odds 2.80
Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.
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.