Newcastle vs West Brom

12 December 2020 · Premier League · 2020/21 · Referee Darren England

Full time 2 – 1

Half-time: 1–0

  • Miguel Almirón 1’
  • Dwight Gayle 82’
  • Darnell Furlong 50’

Match summary

Newcastle won 2-1 at home to West Brom. Newcastle led 1-0 at half-time.

Miguel Almirón put Newcastle ahead in the first minute, set up by Joelinton, Darnell Furlong equalised in the 50th minute, set up by Matt Phillips, and Dwight Gayle won it with a header in the 82nd minute, set up by Jacob Murphy.

The chances backed that up: Newcastle created 0.90 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to West Brom's 0.57 from 13.

Match stats

Newcastle West Brom
12 Shots 13
7 Shots on Target 3
4 Corners 3
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
0.90 xG 0.57
0.90 Non-penalty xG 0.57
5 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Newcastle West Brom
Kick-off
Miguel Almirón
Assist: Joelinton1-0 (Newcastle)
1’
Half-time1-0
50’
Darnell Furlong
Assist: Matt Phillips1-1 (West Brom)
Dwight Gayle
Assist: Jacob Murphy2-1 (Newcastle)
82’
Full-time2-1

Bookings

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

Newcastle
  • Jamal Lewis
  • Callum Wilson
West Brom
  • Branislav Ivanovic
  • Semi Ajayi
  • Darnell Furlong

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.90 0.57 1’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), 1-0 1’ 50’ Darnell Furlong (West Brom), 1-1 50’ 82’ Dwight Gayle (Newcastle), 2-1 82’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.90 0.57 1’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), 1-0 Almirón 1’ 50’ Darnell Furlong (West Brom), 1-1 Furlong 50’ 82’ Dwight Gayle (Newcastle), 2-1 Gayle 82’
Newcastle 0.90 xGWest Brom 0.57 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 West Brom attacking Newcastle attacking 
1’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 82’ Dwight Gayle (Newcastle), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 21’ Semi Ajayi (West Brom), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 79’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 43’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 50’ Darnell Furlong (West Brom), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 73’ Dwight Gayle (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 16’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 32’ Joelinton (Newcastle), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 57’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 59’ Charlie Austin (West Brom), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 31’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 45’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 75’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Filip Krovinovic (West Brom), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Karlan Grant (West Brom), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 39’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 71’ Dwight Gayle (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 26’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Matt Phillips (West Brom), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 38’ Matt Phillips (West Brom), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 81’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 31’ Joelinton (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 62’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 7’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 1’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.36 xG, goal 82’ Dwight Gayle (Newcastle), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 21’ Semi Ajayi (West Brom), from a corner, 0.10 xG, blocked 79’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 73’ Dwight Gayle (Newcastle), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 43’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 50’ Darnell Furlong (West Brom), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 16’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 32’ Joelinton (Newcastle), set piece, 0.06 xG, saved 57’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 31’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 59’ Charlie Austin (West Brom), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 45’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 75’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 17’ Filip Krovinovic (West Brom), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 20’ Karlan Grant (West Brom), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, blocked 71’ Dwight Gayle (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 39’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 26’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Matt Phillips (West Brom), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 81’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Matt Phillips (West Brom), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 31’ Joelinton (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 62’ Sean Longstaff (Newcastle), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 7’ Conor Gallagher (West Brom), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Karl Darlow GK900 0.000.000
Emil Krafth DEF810 0.000.000
Ciaran Clark DEF900 0.000.051
Isaac Hayden DEF901 0.050.000
Jamal Lewis DEF700 0.000.000
Miguel Almirón MID8714 0.530.000
Jonjo Shelvey MID901 0.020.032
Sean Longstaff MID901 0.010.000
Matt Ritchie MID900 0.000.153
Joelinton FWD9012 0.080.361
Callum Wilson FWD900 0.000.081
Dwight Gayle Sub2013 0.220.021
Jacob Murphy Sub910 0.000.121
DeAndre Yedlin Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Newcastle win 39% Avg odds 2.45
Draw 30% Avg odds 3.22
West Brom win 31% Avg odds 3.08

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

Form going into the game

Newcastle DWLLW
West Brom LLLWL

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Previous and next meeting

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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.