Newcastle United 4–3 Leeds United
- Barnes 36'
- Joelinton 54'
- Guimarães 90+1' (pen.)
- Barnes 90+12'
- Aaronson 32'
- Calvert-Lewin 45+5' (pen.)
- Aaronson 79'
7 January 2026
The match in data
Newcastle United beat Leeds United 4–3 on 7 January 2026, on matchday 21 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Newcastle United came from behind: they were trailing 0–1 at 32'.
Player of the match: Ilia Gruev (Leeds United), rated 66, thanks above all to 2 completed dribbles and 7 recoveries. Gruev produced 1.1 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
For Newcastle United, the highest-rated player was Nick Woltemade, with 64.
Brenden Aaronson scored twice.
Harvey Barnes scored twice.
Ilia Gruev
Leeds United · 90'
Produced 1.12× and cost 0.34× their position's average
- 2 completed dribbles 2.8×
- 7 recoveries 1.5×
- 2 key passes 1.8×
- 4 misplaced passes 0.6×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.2×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 75 | 64 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Lewis Miley | Midfielder | 90 | 54 |
| Fabian Schär | Defender | 76 | 51 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 46 | 51 |
| Sven Botman | Defender | 44 | 51 |
| Tino Livramento | Defender | 44 | 51 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 90 | 48 |
| Lewis Hall | Defender | 90 | 46 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 90 | 43 |
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 81 | 42 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | 34 |
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 46 | 28 |
| Yoane Wissa | Forward | 15 | no rating |
| Jacob Ramsey | Midfielder | 14 | no rating |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 9 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ilia Gruev ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 66 |
| Anton Stach | Midfielder | 80 | 61 |
| Jaka Bijol | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Joe Rodon | Defender | 90 | 53 |
| Brenden Aaronson | Midfielder | 90 | 47 |
| Ethan Ampadu | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Lucas Perri | Goalkeeper | 90 | 41 |
| Pascal Struijk | Defender | 90 | 39 |
| James Justin | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Gabriel Gudmundsson | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Dominic Calvert-Lewin | Forward | 87 | 31 |
| Noah Okafor | Forward | 10 | no rating |
| Lukas Nmecha | Forward | 3 | no rating |
| Ao Tanaka | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| Sebastiaan Bornauw | Defender | 1 | no rating |
| Wilfried Gnonto | Forward | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Newcastle United player recovered the most balls?
Joelinton, with 10 recoveries. Next: Lewis Hall 3, Harvey Barnes 3.
In a frantic 4–3 victory over Leeds United, Joelinton commanded Newcastle United's defense with 10 ball recoveries. Joelinton more than tripled Lewis Hall and Harvey Barnes, who tallied 3 each.
Which Leeds United player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Anton Stach, with 4 key passes. Next: Ilia Gruev 2, Gabriel Gudmundsson 1.
In Leeds United's 4–3 defeat at Newcastle United, Anton Stach led the team with 4 key passes. Stach created more than Ilia Gruev on 2 and Gabriel Gudmundsson on 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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