Newcastle United 3–1 Brighton & Hove Albion
- Osula 12'
- Burn 24'
- Barnes 90+5'
- Hinshelwood 61'
2 May 2026
The match in data
Newcastle United beat Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 on 2 May 2026, on matchday 35 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Jacob Murphy (Newcastle United), rated 73, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 3 key passes. Murphy produced 1.2 times as much as a forward typically does, at 0.1 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Brighton & Hove Albion, the highest-rated player was Kaoru Mitoma, with 61.
Jacob Murphy
Newcastle United · 68'
Produced 1.21× and cost 0.08× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 3 key passes 3.3×
- 1 completed dribble 1.1×
- 1 time dribbled past 2.2×
- 1 duel lost 0.2×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Murphy ★ | Forward | 68 | 73 |
| Sven Botman | Defender | 90 | 66 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| William Osula | Forward | 68 | 59 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 22 | 58 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 90 | 54 |
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Lewis Hall | Defender | 22 | 51 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 90 | 45 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | 45 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Lewis Miley | Midfielder | 90 | 32 |
| Joe Willock | Midfielder | 68 | 29 |
| Yoane Wissa | Forward | 22 | 28 |
| Jacob Ramsey | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaoru Mitoma | Forward | 90 | 61 |
| Danny Welbeck | Forward | 80 | 61 |
| Yankuba Minteh | Forward | 90 | 53 |
| Jan Paul van Hecke | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Olivier Boscagli | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Jack Hinshelwood | Midfielder | 88 | 47 |
| Carlos Baleba | Midfielder | 80 | 46 |
| Bart Verbruggen | Goalkeeper | 90 | 43 |
| Ferdi Kadıoğlu | Defender | 90 | 40 |
| Joël Veltman | Defender | 63 | 39 |
| Pascal Groß | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Mats Wieffer | Defender | 18 | no rating |
| Charalampos Kostoulas | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Georginio Rutter | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Maxim De Cuyper | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Lewis Dunk | Defender | 2 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Newcastle United player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Jacob Murphy, with 3 key passes. Next: Sandro Tonali 2, Sven Botman 1.
In Newcastle United's 3–1 win over Brighton & Hove Albion, Jacob Murphy led chance creation with 3 key passes, ahead of Sandro Tonali with 2 and Sven Botman with 1.
Which Brighton & Hove Albion player won the most aerial duels?
Jan Paul van Hecke, with 6 aerial duels won. Next: Carlos Baleba 3, Kaoru Mitoma 1.
Despite Brighton & Hove Albion's 3–1 defeat at Newcastle United, Jan Paul van Hecke commanded the air with 6 aerial duels won, ahead of Carlos Baleba with 3 and Kaoru Mitoma with 1.
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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