Newcastle United 2–1 Fulham
- Murphy 18'
- Guimarães 90'
- Lukić 56'
25 October 2025
The match in data
Newcastle United beat Fulham 2–1 on 25 October 2025, on matchday 9 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Malick Thiaw (Newcastle United), rated 73, thanks above all to 8 duels won and 6 final-third passes. Thiaw produced 1.3 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
It is their 2nd time as player of the match this season.
For Fulham, the highest-rated player was Saša Lukić, with 68.
Malick Thiaw
Newcastle United · 90'
Produced 1.29× and cost 0.29× their position's average
- 8 duels won 1.7×
- 6 final-third passes 1.1×
- 5 aerials won 2.5×
- 6 misplaced passes 0.9×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fabian Schär | Defender | 29 | 81 |
| Malick Thiaw ★ | Defender | 90 | 73 |
| Kieran Trippier | Defender | 90 | 69 |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 61 | 67 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 90 | 60 |
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 76 | 57 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Sven Botman | Defender | 61 | 49 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 29 | 49 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 29 | 46 |
| Lewis Miley | Midfielder | 61 | 44 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 86 | 37 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 90 | 27 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Anthony Elanga | Forward | 14 | no rating |
| William Osula | Forward | 4 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sander Berge | Midfielder | 90 | 68 |
| Saša Lukić | Midfielder | 84 | 68 |
| Kevin | Forward | 44 | 57 |
| Issa Diop | Defender | 90 | 49 |
| Calvin Bassey | Defender | 90 | 48 |
| Adama Traoré | Forward | 76 | 46 |
| Raúl Jiménez | Forward | 90 | 42 |
| Emile Smith Rowe | Midfielder | 46 | 42 |
| Alex Iwobi | Forward | 90 | 40 |
| Ryan Sessegnon | Defender | 90 | 30 |
| Kenny Tete | Defender | 90 | 26 |
| Bernd Leno | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Josh King | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Tom Cairney | Midfielder | 6 | no rating |
| Jonah Kusi-Asare | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Timothy Castagne | Defender | 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.