Leicester 0 Newcastle 3 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players | OneFootball

It ended Leicester 0 Newcastle 3.

Surely the easiest win of the season so far.

Jacob Murphy scoring inside two minutes in Newcastle’s first attack.

Murphy with his second on 11 minutes and game over.

United cruising the rest of the match and Harvey Barnes scoring what proved to be the third and final goal before the break.

United making it four victories (all competitions) in a row on Monday night.

Looking at the individuals in black and white, interesting to get an independent perspective on how this played out.

‘Whoscored ratings use data from every single Premier League match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted according to their influence within the game.

Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on ratings weighted in relation to its area on the pitch and its outcome.’

Now whoscored have published their automated player ratings for this Leicester 0 Newcastle 3 match:

The Whoscored ratings display can only show four subs at any one time, Will Osula rated a 6.4)

As you can see, ten players received a rating of 7.0 or more, with all ten of them playing for NUFC.

The odd one out…Alexander Isak (6.7) who didn’t look fully fit.

Jacob Murphy (8.3) man of the match with his two goals, Harvey Barnes (8.0) rated next best and scored the other goal.

Fabian Schar (7.9) and Tino Livramento (7.8) were third and fourth highest and each played a key role in one of the opening two goals.

Leicester 0 Newcastle 3 – Monday 7 April 8pm

Murphy 2, 11 Barnes 34

Leicester:

Possession was Newcastle 42% Leicester 58%

Total shots were Newcastle 16 Leicester 7

Shots on target were Newcastle 5 Leicester 2

Corners were Newcastle 2 Leicester 12

Touches in the box Newcastle 23 Leicester 16

Newcastle team v Leicester:

Pope, Trippier (Krafth 87), Schar, Burn, Livramento, Joelinton (Miley 65), Tonali, Bruno (Longstaff 65), Barnes, Isak (Wilson 72), Murphy (Osula 72)