NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. Newcastle United and Brentford played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3.

The match was played at the St. James’ Park stadium in Newcastle upon Tyne on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. In front of 52,131 spectators.​ The referee was Robert Jones with the support of Edward Smart and Simon Beck. The 4th official was Jeremy Simpson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.58 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 83%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Newcastle United was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Brentford that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Newcastle United was has a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 9 were on target. However, that was not enough Newcastle United to win the match​.

Newcastle United shot 23 times, 9 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Brentford shot 10 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards (A. Saint-Maximin and C. Wilson). Talking about the opposition, Brentford received 2 yellow cards (C. Norgaard and S. Ghoddos).

Standings

After this encounter, Newcastle United will have 6 points to remain in the 20th place. Talking about the opposition, Brentford will have 13 points like Aston Villa and Watford to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Newcastle United will play away with Arsenal on the 27th of November with a 21-3 head to head in favor of Arsenal (6 draws).

Brentford will host Everton on the 28th of November with a 0-0 head to head statistic.

Newcastle United – Formation

Newcastle United adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Eddie Howe decided to play with the following team: Karl Darlow (5.4), Fabian Schär (6.9), Jamaal Lascelles (6.9), Ciaran Clark (6.4), Jacob Murphy (7.3), Joe Willock (6.8), Jonjo Shelvey (7.2), Matt Ritchie (7.1), Joelinton (8.3), Callum Wilson (6.2) and Allan Saint-Maximin (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Isaac Hayden, Javier Manquillo, Emil Krafth, Jamal Lewis, Martin Dúbravka, Sean Longstaff (6.2), Miguel Almirón, Ryan Fraser (7.2) and Dwight Gayle.

Substitutions

Newcastle United made 2 changes: F. Schar for R. Fraser (71′) and J. Willock for S. Longstaff (71′).

Best player: Joelinton​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Newcastle United was Joelinton.

His rating is (8.3) with 1 goal, 37 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.

Brentford – Formation

Also Brentford adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Thomas Frank played with: Álvaro Fernández (7.3), Mads Roerslev Rasmussen (6.3), Pontus Jansson (6.6), Ethan Pinnock (6.9), Sergi Canós (7.6), Vitaly Janelt (7.0), Christian Nørgaard (6.8), Rico Henry (6.8), Bryan Mbeumo (6.8), Ivan Toney (7.4) and Saman Ghoddos (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Dominic Thompson, Shandon Baptiste, Maxwell Haygarth, Frank Onyeka (6.3), Edmond-Paris Maghoma, Mads Bidstrup, Matthew Cox, Charlie Goode (6.8) and Marcus Forss.

Substitutions

Brentford made 3 changes: S. Ghoddos for F. Onyeka (59′), M. Roerslev Rasmussen for C. Goode (80′) and V. Janelt for S. Baptiste (88′).

Best player: Sergi Canós​

The player that probably impressed the most for Brentford was Sergi Canós.

His rating is (7.6) with 27 passes (59% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Aston Villa – Brighton & Hove Albion – 2-0
• Burnley – Crystal Palace – 3-3
• Leicester City – Chelsea – 0-3
• Liverpool – Arsenal – 4-0
• Newcastle United – Brentford – 3-3
• Norwich City – Southampton – 2-1
• Watford – Manchester United – 4-1
• Wolverhampton Wanderers – West Ham United – 1-0