# Newcastle United 4–3 Leeds United · Ratings and player of the match · 2025-26 Premier League | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in Newcastle United v Leeds United (4–3), matchday 21, 2025-26 Premier League. Player of the match: Ilia Gruev (66). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/newcastle-united-leeds-united-2026-01-07/ Datos al: 2026-10-15 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § Premier League · 2025-26 · Matchday 21 ## [Newcastle United](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/newcastle-united-20/2025-26/) 4 – 3 [Leeds United](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/leeds-united-71/2025-26/) - 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. 66 Player of the match ### [Ilia Gruev](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ilia-gruev-3861741/) Leeds United · 90' Produced **1.12×** and cost **0.34×** their position's average Added - 2 completed dribbles 2.8× - 7 recoveries 1.5× - 2 key passes 1.8× Took away - 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. **Newcastle United** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Nick Woltemade](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nick-woltemade-32777430/) | Forward | 75 | 64 | | [Harvey Barnes](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/harvey-barnes-10601/) | Forward | 90 | 62 | | [Lewis Miley](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/lewis-miley-37581796/) | Midfielder | 90 | 54 | | [Fabian Schär](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/fabian-schar-32372/) | Defender | 76 | 51 | | [Sandro Tonali](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sandro-tonali-2823228/) | Midfielder | 46 | 51 | | [Sven Botman](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sven-botman-5270468/) | Defender | 44 | 51 | | [Tino Livramento](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tino-livramento-24799911/) | Defender | 44 | 51 | | [Joelinton](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/joelinton-33645/) | Midfielder | 90 | 48 | | [Lewis Hall](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/lewis-hall-37459072/) | Defender | 90 | 46 | | [Bruno Guimarães](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/bruno-guimaraes-459145/) | Midfielder | 90 | 43 | | [Anthony Gordon](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/anthony-gordon-9611543/) | Forward | 81 | 42 | | [Nick Pope](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nick-pope-2763/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 34 | | [Malick Thiaw](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/malick-thiaw-21762216/) | Defender | 46 | 28 | | [Yoane Wissa](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/yoane-wissa-96928/) | Forward | 15 | no rating | | [Jacob Ramsey](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jacob-ramsey-11705406/) | Midfielder | 14 | no rating | | [Jacob Murphy](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jacob-murphy-3071/) | Forward | 9 | no rating | **Leeds United** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Ilia Gruev](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ilia-gruev-3861741/) ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 66 | | [Anton Stach](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/anton-stach-2178735/) | Midfielder | 80 | 61 | | [Jaka Bijol](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jaka-bijol-1548632/) | Defender | 90 | 53 | | [Joe Rodon](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/joe-rodon-339112/) | Defender | 90 | 53 | | [Brenden Aaronson](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/brenden-aaronson-4552689/) | Midfielder | 90 | 47 | | [Ethan Ampadu](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ethan-ampadu-12542/) | Midfielder | 90 | 46 | | [Lucas Perri](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/lucas-perri-460159/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 41 | | [Pascal Struijk](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pascal-struijk-29478/) | Defender | 90 | 39 | | [James Justin](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/james-justin-12514/) | Defender | 90 | 34 | | [Gabriel Gudmundsson](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/gabriel-gudmundsson-193196/) | Defender | 90 | 31 | | [Dominic Calvert-Lewin](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dominic-calvert-lewin-5141/) | Forward | 87 | 31 | | [Noah Okafor](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/noah-okafor-4536529/) | Forward | 10 | no rating | | [Lukas Nmecha](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/lukas-nmecha-537217/) | Forward | 3 | no rating | | [Ao Tanaka](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ao-tanaka-461027/) | Midfielder | 1 | no rating | | [Sebastiaan Bornauw](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sebastiaan-bornauw-4536574/) | Defender | 1 | no rating | | [Wilfried Gnonto](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/wilfried-gnonto-37316986/) | 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. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19427664)