# Brighton & Hove Albion 2–1 Newcastle United · Ratings and player of the match · 2025-26 Premier League | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in Brighton & Hove Albion v Newcastle United (2–1), matchday 8, 2025-26 Premier League. Player of the match: Danny Welbeck (72). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/brighton-hove-albion-newcastle-united-2025-10-18/ Datos al: 2026-10-15 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 8 ## [Brighton & Hove Albion](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/brighton-hove-albion-78/2025-26/) 2 – 1 [Newcastle United](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/newcastle-united-20/2025-26/) - 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. 72 Player of the match ### [Danny Welbeck](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/danny-welbeck-627/) Brighton & Hove Albion · 90' Produced **1.54×** and cost **0.21×** their position's average Added - 2 goals 4.0× - 2 shots on target 2.6× - 3 key passes 2.5× Took away - 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. **Brighton & Hove Albion** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Danny Welbeck](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/danny-welbeck-627/) ★ | Forward | 90 | 72 | | [Georginio Rutter](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/georginio-rutter-21782390/) | Forward | 71 | 64 | | [Jan Paul van Hecke](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jan-paul-van-hecke-24818803/) | Defender | 90 | 62 | | [Lewis Dunk](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/lewis-dunk-2461/) | Defender | 90 | 58 | | [Ferdi Kadıoğlu](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ferdi-kadoglu-25738/) | Defender | 90 | 49 | | [Bart Verbruggen](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/bart-verbruggen-37257596/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 42 | | [Diego Gómez](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/diego-gomez-37563876/) | Midfielder | 36 | 41 | | [Yasin Ayari](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/yasin-ayari-37526157/) | Midfielder | 90 | 40 | | [Yankuba Minteh](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/yankuba-minteh-37655226/) | Forward | 89 | 39 | | [Carlos Baleba](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/carlos-baleba-37588823/) | Midfielder | 71 | 37 | | [Maxim De Cuyper](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/maxim-de-cuyper-23269659/) | Defender | 54 | 37 | | [Mats Wieffer](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/mats-wieffer-24082563/) | Defender | 90 | 29 | | [James Milner](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/james-milner-197/) | Midfielder | 19 | no rating | | [Stefanos Tzimas](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/stefanos-tzimas-37601748/) | Forward | 19 | no rating | | [Charalampos Kostoulas](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/charalampos-kostoulas-37664293/) | Forward | 8 | no rating | | [Diego Coppola](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/diego-coppola-37590697/) | Defender | 1 | no rating | **Newcastle United** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Lewis Miley](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/lewis-miley-37581796/) | Midfielder | 44 | 77 | | [Jacob Murphy](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jacob-murphy-3071/) | Forward | 44 | 57 | | [Sandro Tonali](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sandro-tonali-2823228/) | Midfielder | 70 | 56 | | [Nick Woltemade](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nick-woltemade-32777430/) | Forward | 90 | 54 | | [Harvey Barnes](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/harvey-barnes-10601/) | Forward | 20 | 54 | | [Joelinton](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/joelinton-33645/) | Midfielder | 46 | 47 | | [Anthony Gordon](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/anthony-gordon-9611543/) | Forward | 70 | 42 | | [Malick Thiaw](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/malick-thiaw-21762216/) | Defender | 90 | 41 | | [Kieran Trippier](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kieran-trippier-1016/) | Defender | 90 | 38 | | [Nick Pope](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nick-pope-2763/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 35 | | [Sven Botman](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sven-botman-5270468/) | Defender | 90 | 35 | | [Bruno Guimarães](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/bruno-guimaraes-459145/) | Midfielder | 86 | 33 | | [Anthony Elanga](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/anthony-elanga-28912805/) | Forward | 46 | 33 | | [Jacob Ramsey](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jacob-ramsey-11705406/) | Midfielder | 20 | 32 | | [Dan Burn](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dan-burn-2815/) | Defender | 90 | 25 | | [William Osula](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/william-osula-37559767/) | 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. [See the full question →](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/trivia/brighton-hove-albion-newcastle-united-2025-10-18/) **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. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19427525)