Premier League · 2023Sat, 2 Dec 2023, 20:00 UTCFull timeFull-time recap

Newcastle United

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Manchester United

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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Newcastle United	Manchester United
Shots	22 shots/match▲	8 shots/match
Shots on target	4 shots/match▲	1 shots/match
Expected goals	2.5 xG/match▲	0.48 xG/match
Possession	58%●	42%
Corners	7 corners/match●	3 corners/match
Fouls	6 fouls/match	14 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Newcastle United: 22 shots, 4 on target, 2.48 xG. Manchester United: 8 shots, 1 on target, 0.50 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Newcastle United 2.48 xG · Manchester United 0.50 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Newcastle United's last-five goals scored average is below their season average. No second pattern clears the sample and coverage gates. Limitation: The fixture is outside the configured active season.

Newcastle United's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Newcastle United's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

1.6 goals/match▲Goals forLast 5 · Season2.29 goals/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	1.6 goals/match	2.29 goals/match	1.46 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams — history, not a forecast.

1Newcastle United

2Draws

1Manchester United

2 Apr 2023Newcastle United — Manchester United · Premier League2–0

16 Oct 2022Manchester United — Newcastle United · Premier League0–0

27 Dec 2021Newcastle United — Manchester United · Premier League1–1

11 Sept 2021Manchester United — Newcastle United · Premier League4–1

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Newcastle United favored in 10 of 13 directional metrics · Manchester United in 0 · 3 too close

2.29 goals/match▲Goals scoredseason · 14/141.14 goals/match

1 goals/match▲Goals allowedseason · 14/141.21 goals/match

2.03 xG/match▲Expected goalsseason · 14/141.45 xG/match

1.03 xG/match▲Expected goals allowedseason · 14/141.72 xG/match

13.8 shots/matchShotsseason · 14/1413.9 shots/match

11.6 shots/match▲Shots allowedseason · 14/1415.3 shots/match

5.71 shots/match▲Shots on targetseason · 14/144.43 shots/match

3.79 shots/match▲Shots on target allowedseason · 14/145.07 shots/match

53.7%●Possessionseason · 14/1453%

4.5 corners/matchCornersseason · 14/14●6.57 corners/match

5.14 corners/match▲Corners allowedseason · 14/146.29 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

11.1 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 14/1410.6 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

43%▲Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 14/1436%

86%▲Scoring frequencyseason · 14/1471%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Newcastle United67.5

Manchester United62.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Newcastle United72.5

Manchester United46.7

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Newcastle United80

Manchester United45.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Newcastle United37.5

Manchester United42.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Newcastle United42.5

Manchester United17.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Newcastle United17.5

Manchester United82.5

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Newcastle United47.5

Manchester United50

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Newcastle United14 matchesManchester United14 matches

2.29 goals/match▲Goals scored14/141.14 goals/match

1 goals/match▲Goals allowed14/141.21 goals/match

2.03 xG/match▲Expected goals14/141.45 xG/match

13.8 shots/matchShots14/1413.9 shots/match

5.71 shots/match▲Shots on target14/144.43 shots/match

53.7%●Possession14/1453%

4.5 corners/matchCorners14/14●6.57 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

11.1 fouls/matchFouls14/1410.6 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Newcastle United8 matchesManchester United7 matches

2.38 goals/match▲Goals scored8/71.14 goals/match

0.5 goals/match▲Goals allowed8/71 goals/match

2.29 xG/match▲Expected goals8/71.21 xG/match

15.5 shots/match▲Shots8/712.3 shots/match

6.13 shots/match▲Shots on target8/73.86 shots/match

54.4%●Possession8/747.9%

5.13 corners/match●Corners8/74.29 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

10.4 fouls/matchFouls8/710.6 fouls/match

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

7.21 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.15 days

1 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/11 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidencelimited

Season samples14 / 14home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

The fixture is outside the configured active season.
Recent samples and important metric coverage meet the strong evidence threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Sun, 3 Dec 2023, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4