Newcastle United 2–0 Nottingham Forest
- Guimarães 58'
- Woltemade 84' (pen.)
5 October 2025
The match in data
Newcastle United beat Nottingham Forest 2–0 on 5 October 2025, on matchday 7 of the 2025-26 Premier League.
Player of the match: Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest), rated 71, thanks above all to 1.69 goals prevented (9 shots on target worth 3.83; conceded 2) and 8 recoveries. Sels produced 4.1 times as much as a goalkeeper typically does, at no cost.
It was the highest rating of the matchday.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Newcastle United, the highest-rated player was Malick Thiaw, with 62.
Matz Sels
Nottingham Forest · 90'
Produced 4.07× and cost 0.00× their position's average
- 1.69 goals prevented (9 shots on target worth 3.83; conceded 2) 5.9×
- 8 recoveries 1.0×
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 90 | 62 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 90 | 58 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 90 | 56 |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 20 | 54 |
| Sven Botman | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 20 | 51 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | 50 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 90 | 46 |
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 70 | 38 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Anthony Elanga | Forward | 70 | 34 |
| Kieran Trippier | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 90 | 31 |
| Lewis Miley | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
| William Osula | Forward | 1 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matz Sels ★ | Goalkeeper | 90 | 71 |
| Morato | Defender | 77 | 59 |
| Dan Ndoye | Forward | 65 | 54 |
| Elliot Anderson | Midfielder | 90 | 53 |
| Jair Cunha | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Igor Jesus | Forward | 26 | 50 |
| Callum Hudson-Odoi | Forward | 26 | 49 |
| Neco Williams | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Nikola Milenković | Defender | 90 | 41 |
| Morgan Gibbs-White | Midfielder | 90 | 39 |
| Ryan Yates | Midfielder | 64 | 38 |
| Nicolò Savona | Defender | 90 | 32 |
| Chris Wood | Forward | 64 | 29 |
| Omari Hutchinson | Midfielder | 25 | 16 |
| Dilane Bakwa | Forward | 13 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Newcastle United player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Kieran Trippier, with 3 key passes. Next: Sandro Tonali 2, Anthony Elanga 2.
Trippier led Newcastle United's chance creation against Nottingham Forest with 3 key passes. Tonali and Elanga trailed with 2 each.
Which Nottingham Forest player made the most tackles?
Neco Williams, with 4 tackles. Next: Elliot Anderson 2, Jair Cunha 2.
Williams was Nottingham Forest's most active defender with 4 tackles against Newcastle United. That doubled the tallies of both Anderson and Cunha, who finished with 2 each.
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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