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Newcastle United 2–3 Everton · Premier League

2–3Historical match

Everton

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Everton won 2–3.

Shots
179
Shots on target
75
Possession
66%34%

Full time

What the match recorded

Everton beat Newcastle 3–2. Recorded in this match (Newcastle – Everton): shots 17–9, shots on target 7–5, possession 66%–34%, corners 7–2. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Everton's recent record differs from the season

weak

Everton's last-five goals scored average is above their season average.

1.4 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1.14 goals/match
Evidence and caveat

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

Window: last_5 versus season

MetricLast 5SeasonBaseline
Goals for1.4 goals/match1.14 goals/match1.36 goals/match

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

The teams have contrasting possession records

moderate

Newcastle have recorded the higher season possession share.

53.5% ●PossessionNewcastle · Everton43.7%
Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 9.8 percentage points.

Window: season

MetricNewcastleEvertonBaseline
Possession53.5%43.7%50.2%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

This match

Match statistics

  • Shots17 shots9 shotsNewcastle United 17 shots, Everton 9 shots
  • Shots on target7 shots5 shotsNewcastle United 7 shots, Everton 5 shots
  • Possession66%34%Newcastle United 66%, Everton 34%
  • Corners7 corners2 cornersNewcastle United 7 corners, Everton 2 corners
  • Fouls15 fouls7 foulsNewcastle United 15 fouls, Everton 7 fouls
  • Yellow cards2 cards3 cardsNewcastle United 2 cards, Everton 3 cards

History

Head-to-head

Recent meetings between these teams.

Last 5 meetings

1Newcastle United
2Draws
2Everton
Everton — Newcastle United · Premier League1–4
Newcastle United — Everton · Premier League0–1
Everton — Newcastle United · Premier League0–0
Newcastle United — Everton · Premier League1–1
Everton — Newcastle United · Premier League3–0

Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Newcastle United favored in 4 of 9 directional metrics · Everton in 2 · 3 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Newcastle United28 matchesEverton28 matches
1.43 goals/match ▲Goals scored28/281.14 goals/match
1.5 goals/matchGoals allowed28/28▲ 1.18 goals/match
13.4 shots/match ▲Shots28/2811 shots/match
4.71 shots/match ▲Shots on target28/283.36 shots/match
53.5% ●Possession28/2843.7%
6.86 corners/match ●Corners28/284.39 corners/match
1.75 cards/matchCards28/282.11 cards/match
9.71 fouls/matchFouls28/2810.6 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade A · Strong evidenceStrong evidence — ready
Season samples28 / 28home / away teams
Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows
FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match
  • Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

  • Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
  • Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: xg_for, xg_against.
Analysis cutoff: Sat, 28 Feb 2026, 19:00 UTC · analysis-v4

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