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 72, 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.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Newcastle United, the highest-rated player was Lewis Miley, with 77.
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: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Welbeck ★ | Forward | 90 | 72 |
| Georginio Rutter | Forward | 71 | 64 |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 90 | 58 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 42 |
| Diego Gómez | Midfielder | 36 | 41 |
| Yasin Ayari | Midfielder | 90 | 40 |
| Yankuba Minteh | Forward | 89 | 39 |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 71 | 37 |
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 54 | 37 |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| 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 | 77 |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 44 | 57 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 70 | 56 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 90 | 54 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 20 | 54 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 46 | 47 |
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 70 | 42 |
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Kieran Trippier | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | 35 |
| Sven Botman | Defender | 90 | 35 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 86 | 33 |
| Anthony Elanga | Forward | 46 | 33 |
| Jacob Ramsey | Midfielder | 20 | 32 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 90 | 25 |
| William Osula | Forward | 4 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
A 2025-26 Premier League match. With these numbers, how did it end?
Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Newcastle United. The side that created more danger did not win.
Newcastle United generated 1.92 xG and 16 shots, yet Brighton & Hove Albion took the 2–1 win with just 0.77 xG. Creating superior chances does not guarantee points.
Which Newcastle United player won the most duels?
Anthony Gordon, with 7 duels won. Next: Joelinton 5, Malick Thiaw 5.
Despite Newcastle United's 2–1 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion, Anthony Gordon competed hard across the pitch, winning 7 duels. Joelinton and Malick Thiaw followed with 5 each.
Which Brighton & Hove Albion player made the most tackles?
Yankuba Minteh, with 5 tackles. Next: Jan Paul van Hecke 3, Mats Wieffer 3.
Yankuba Minteh led Brighton's defensive work with 5 tackles. That put Minteh ahead of Jan Paul van Hecke and Mats Wieffer, who recorded 3 tackles each.
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.
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