Newcastle United 2–1 Burnley
- Guimarães 31'
- Gordon 45+8' (pen.)
- Pires 43'
- Flemming 90+4' (pen.)
6 December 2025
The match in data
Newcastle United got the better of Burnley, 2–1, on 6 December 2025, on matchday 15 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Malick Thiaw (Newcastle United), rated 73, thanks above all to 5 aerials won and 68 passes. Thiaw 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.
It is their 3rd time as player of the match this season.
For Burnley, the highest-rated player was Lucas Pires, with 69.
Lucas Pires was sent off at 43'.
Malick Thiaw
Newcastle United · 90'
Produced 1.09× and cost 0.22× their position's average
- 5 aerials won 2.5×
- 68 passes 1.4×
- 5 final-third passes 0.9×
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hall | Defender | 27 | 85 |
| Malick Thiaw ★ | Defender | 90 | 73 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Tino Livramento | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Jacob Ramsey | Midfielder | 90 | 61 |
| Lewis Miley | Midfielder | 27 | 61 |
| Fabian Schär | Defender | 90 | 59 |
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 74 | 57 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 63 | 55 |
| Joe Willock | Midfielder | 63 | 52 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 74 | 35 |
| Anthony Elanga | Forward | 90 | 27 |
| Aaron Ramsdale | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 16 | no rating |
| Yoane Wissa | Forward | 16 | no rating |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Pires | Defender | 43 | 69 |
| Josh Cullen | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Joe Worrall | Defender | 44 | 53 |
| Maxime Estève | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Jacob Bruun Larsen | Forward | 86 | 47 |
| Lyle Foster | Forward | 46 | 44 |
| Lesley Ugochukwu | Midfielder | 90 | 36 |
| Armando Broja | Forward | 86 | 30 |
| Josh Laurent | Midfielder | 25 | 29 |
| Florentino | Midfielder | 65 | 27 |
| Hjalmar Ekdal | Defender | 90 | 26 |
| Kyle Walker | Defender | 90 | 22 |
| Martin Dúbravka | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Jaidon Anthony | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Zian Flemming | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Marcus Edwards | Forward | 1 | 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.