The Newcastle United team selections have been under close scrutiny all season.Many fans and journalists increasingly questioning what Eddie Howe decides for any particular match.The critics accusing the manager of having been inflexible, too much loyalty to his favourites, same old tactics, same ol
Expected Goals is widely agreed to be the best way of measuring how well Premier League clubs play in any particular game.To get a better look at how sides are doing, the Expected Goals (xG) metric allows you to get a better picture of just how teams are performing.Expected goals (xG) is a statistic
Saturday’s match ended Newcastle 3 Brighton 1.Ahead of each game we ask one of our writers to come up with three positives and three negatives following the game.Plenty to talk about after this Brighton one…A match that saw Newcastle United lead 2-0 inside 25 minutes but then a nervous final half ho
Nick Pope was in the spotlight on Saturday.A huge match against Brighton at St James’ ParkEddie Howe and Newcastle United looking to avoid a sixth defeat in a row (all competitions) and tensions high.The fact that Brighton had the best form of any Premier League team in recent times didn’t exactly h
Brighton pundit and former player Warren Aspinall had plenty to say ahead of the Newcastle United match on Saturday.The Seagulls were the Premier League form team with six wins and a draw, just one defeat, in their last eight matches.The Magpies having lost their last four Premier League matches, th
Here we go again then.After six consecutive weekends being spoiled at St James Park reaching back to January, it was difficult to really understand what this was.Last weekend saw clubs beneath us gain points and initiated murmurings of relegation, exacerbated by a TV graphic predicting Newcastle in
Many Newcastle United fans were disappointed when Lewis Hall didn’t return to the starting eleven and Dan Burn named as left-back against Brighton.After the 3-1 win over Brighton, Eddie Howe then explaining his reasoning for the team selection: “I went with players I can really trust and who I know
We asked Mark Jankowski to give us his match ratings and player comments after Newcastle United 3 Brighton 1.Pope 7A bit of a mixed bag from our number 1 today.He made a handful of excellent saves throughout the game but also caused concern with some of his kicking.Brighton were quick to close him d
Interesting to read through these BBC Sport ‘neutrals’ comments, following on from Newcastle United winning against Brighton.United going 2-0 inside 25 minutes through Osula and Burn, only for Brighton to make it nervous when pulling one back with half an hour to go.Substitute Harvey Barnes calming
A lot of pressure on Eddie Howe ahead of Newcastle United facing Brighton.United having lost five games in a row, including four in the Premier League.Newcastle United running out eventual 3-1 winners though on Saturday, with Osula, Burn and Barnes getting the goals.Eddie Howe admitting after the fi
