Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Newcastle United
- Welbeck 41'
- Welbeck 84'
- Woltemade 76'
18 October 2025
The match in data
Brighton & Hove Albion got the better of Newcastle United, 2–1, on 18 October 2025, on matchday 8 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Danny Welbeck (Brighton & Hove Albion), rated 78, thanks above all to 2 goals and 2 shots on target. Welbeck produced 1.5 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.2 times the cost.
For Newcastle United, the highest-rated player was Lewis Miley, with 83.
Danny Welbeck scored twice.
Danny Welbeck
Brighton & Hove Albion · 90'
Produced 1.54× and cost 0.21× their position's average
- 2 goals 4.0×
- 2 shots on target 2.6×
- 3 key passes 2.5×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.9×
- 1 ball lost 0.7×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Welbeck ★ | Forward | 90 | 78 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 67 |
| Georginio Rutter | Forward | 71 | 67 |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 90 | 56 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 36 | 45 |
| Yasin Ayari | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 71 | 39 |
| Yankuba Minteh | Forward | 89 | 38 |
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 54 | 37 |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| James Milner | Midfielder | 19 | no rating |
| Stefanos Tzimas | Forward | 19 | no rating |
| Charalampos Kostoulas | Forward | 8 | no rating |
| Diego Coppola | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Miley | Midfielder | 44 | 83 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 90 | 65 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 70 | 60 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 20 | 55 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 46 | 52 |
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 44 | 47 |
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 70 | 44 |
| Anthony Elanga | Forward | 46 | 44 |
| Kieran Trippier | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Sven Botman | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 86 | 36 |
| Jacob Ramsey | Midfielder | 20 | 34 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 90 | 27 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| William Osula | Forward | 4 | no rating |
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.