Newcastle United 2–0 Athletic Club
- Burn 11'
- Joelinton 49'
5 November 2025
The match in data
Newcastle United beat Athletic Club 2–0 on 5 November 2025, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 4).
Player of the match: Dani Vivian (Athletic Club), rated 72, thanks above all to 9 final-third passes and 9 recoveries. Vivian produced 1.1 times as much as a defender 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 Bruno Guimarães, with 73.
Dani Vivian
Athletic Club · 90'
Produced 1.07× and cost 0.23× their position's average
- 9 final-third passes 1.6×
- 9 recoveries 2.4×
- 45 passes 1.0×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 66 | 73 |
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 90 | 67 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 65 | 66 |
| Lewis Hall | Defender | 25 | 56 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 66 | 54 |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 49 | 54 |
| Sven Botman | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Lewis Miley | Midfielder | 24 | 52 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Anthony Elanga | Forward | 24 | 42 |
| Kieran Trippier | Defender | 90 | 36 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 83 | 33 |
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 41 | 14 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jacob Ramsey | Midfielder | 7 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adama Boiro | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Dani Vivian ★ | Defender | 90 | 72 |
| Nico Serrano | Forward | 21 | 64 |
| Aitor Paredes | Defender | 90 | 60 |
| Álex Berenguer | Forward | 90 | 48 |
| Alejandro Rego | Midfielder | 80 | 48 |
| Mikel Vesga | Midfielder | 90 | 42 |
| Jesús Areso | Defender | 78 | 38 |
| Robert Navarro | Forward | 69 | 37 |
| Mikel Jauregizar | Midfielder | 69 | 34 |
| Selton Sánchez | Midfielder | 21 | 27 |
| Unai Gómez | Midfielder | 78 | 26 |
| Unai Simón | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Andoni Gorosabel | Defender | 12 | no rating |
| Asier Hierro | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta | Midfielder | 10 | 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.