Newcastle United 2–0 Crystal Palace
- Guimarães 71'
- Thiaw 78'
4 January 2026
The match in data
A 2–0 win for Newcastle United against Crystal Palace on 4 January 2026, on matchday 20 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Lewis Miley (Newcastle United), rated 74, thanks above all to 1 big chance created and 9 final-third passes. Miley produced 1.7 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.5 times the cost.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Crystal Palace, the highest-rated player was Yéremy Pino, with 66.
Lewis Miley
Newcastle United · 90'
Produced 1.70× and cost 0.53× their position's average
- 1 big chance created 4.0×
- 9 final-third passes 1.6×
- 5 completed dribbles 4.0×
- 1 ball lost 1.0×
- 1 failed dribble 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Miley ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 74 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 27 | 57 |
| Yoane Wissa | Forward | 78 | 54 |
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Fabian Schär | Defender | 90 | 51 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 90 | 50 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 90 | 49 |
| Tino Livramento | Defender | 27 | 45 |
| Lewis Hall | Defender | 63 | 43 |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 88 | 39 |
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 63 | 39 |
| Jacob Ramsey | Midfielder | 27 | 34 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 63 | 32 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 12 | no rating |
| Joe Willock | Midfielder | 2 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yéremy Pino | Forward | 87 | 66 |
| Adam Wharton | Midfielder | 87 | 54 |
| Maxence Lacroix | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Jaydee Canvot | Defender | 52 | 53 |
| Brennan Johnson | Forward | 72 | 50 |
| Marc Guéhi | Defender | 90 | 43 |
| Justin Devenny | Midfielder | 38 | 41 |
| Nathaniel Clyne | Defender | 52 | 39 |
| Jean-Philippe Mateta | Forward | 87 | 36 |
| Jefferson Lerma | Midfielder | 38 | 36 |
| Will Hughes | Midfielder | 90 | 33 |
| Tyrick Mitchell | Defender | 90 | 29 |
| Dean Henderson | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Christantus Uche | Forward | 18 | no rating |
| Joel Drakes-Thomas | Forward | 3 | no rating |
| Kaden Rodney | Midfielder | 3 | no rating |
| Romain Esse | Midfielder | 3 | 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.