Sheffield United vs Newcastle

5 December 2019 · Premier League · 2019/20 · Referee Stuart Attwell

Full time 0 – 2

Half-time: 0–1

  • Allan Saint-Maximin 15’
  • Jonjo Shelvey 70’

Match summary

Newcastle won 2-0 away at Sheffield United. Newcastle led 1-0 at half-time.

Allan Saint-Maximin put Newcastle ahead with a header in the 15th minute, set up by Javier Manquillo and Jonjo Shelvey made it 0-2 in the 70th minute, set up by Andy Carroll.

Sheffield United can feel hard done by, creating 1.09 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Newcastle's 0.53 from 6.

Match stats

Sheffield United Newcastle
13 Shots 6
6 Shots on Target 4
8 Corners 1
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1.09 xG 0.53
1.09 Non-penalty xG 0.53
13 Deep Completions 3

Key events

Sheffield United Newcastle
Kick-off
15’
Allan Saint-Maximin
Assist: Javier Manquillo0-1 (Newcastle)
Half-time0-1
70’
Jonjo Shelvey
Assist: Andy Carroll0-2 (Newcastle)
Full-time0-2

Bookings

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

Sheffield United
  • Billy Sharp
  • Luke Freeman

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 1.09 0.53 15’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), 0-1 15’ 70’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), 0-2 70’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.09 0.53 15’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), 0-1 Saint-Maximin 15’ 70’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), 0-2 Shelvey 70’
Sheffield United 1.09 xGNewcastle 0.53 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Newcastle attacking Sheffield United attacking 
19’ Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 70’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 47’ Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, saved 28’ Billy Sharp (Sheffield United), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 53’ Jack O'Connell (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 80’ David McGoldrick (Sheffield United), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 15’ Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 15’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 89’ Christian Atsu (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 55’ John Fleck (Sheffield United), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 15’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 85’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Lys Mousset (Sheffield United), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 5’ John Lundstram (Sheffield United), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 5’ Enda Stevens (Sheffield United), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 68’ John Egan (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ John Egan (Sheffield United), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 19’ Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 70’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 47’ Oliver Norwood (Sheffield United), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, saved 53’ Jack O'Connell (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 28’ Billy Sharp (Sheffield United), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 80’ David McGoldrick (Sheffield United), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 15’ Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 15’ Allan Saint-Maximin (Newcastle), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 89’ Christian Atsu (Newcastle), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 55’ John Fleck (Sheffield United), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 5’ John Lundstram (Sheffield United), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 15’ Isaac Hayden (Newcastle), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 83’ Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle), direct free kick, 0.03 xG, saved 85’ Miguel Almirón (Newcastle), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Lys Mousset (Sheffield United), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Oliver McBurnie (Sheffield United), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 5’ Enda Stevens (Sheffield United), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 68’ John Egan (Sheffield United), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 31’ John Egan (Sheffield United), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Dean Henderson GK900 0.000.000
John Egan DEF902 0.040.000
Jack O'Connell DEF901 0.110.000
Chris Basham DEF770 0.000.371
George Baldock MID900 0.000.062
Enda Stevens MID901 0.030.142
John Lundstram MID901 0.030.000
John Fleck MID901 0.040.021
Oliver Norwood MID741 0.170.000
Oliver McBurnie FWD903 0.460.000
Billy Sharp FWD651 0.100.133
Lys Mousset Sub251 0.040.000
David McGoldrick Sub161 0.080.000
Luke Freeman Sub130 0.000.081

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sheffield United win 54% Avg odds 1.80
Draw 27% Avg odds 3.54
Newcastle win 19% Avg odds 4.96

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

Form going into the game

Sheffield United DWDDD
Newcastle DWWLD

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Newcastle 3-0 Sheffield United, 21 Jun 20  All Sheffield United vs Newcastle 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.