NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. Newcastle United overcomes Burnley 1-0 after C. Wilson scored just 1 goal (40′).

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. The referee was Paul Tierney assisted by Constantine Hatzidakis and Peter James Kirkup. The 4th official was Michael Salisbury. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 4 degrees Celsius or 39.27 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Newcastle United was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Burnley that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Newcastle United was has a more offensive attitude with 36 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Newcastle United won the match​.

Newcastle United shot 18 times, 3 on target, 15 off target. Talking about the opposition, Burnley shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Newcastle United received 1 yellow card (J. Manquillo). Regarding the opposition, Burnley received 1 yellow card (N. Collins).

Standings

After this match, Newcastle United will have 10 points like Burnley and Norwich City to hold in the 19th place. Regarding the opposition, Burnley will stay with 10 points like Newcastle United and Norwich City to remain in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Newcastle United will play away with Leicester City on the 12th of December with a 9-5 head to head statistic in favor of Leicester City (1 draw).

Burnley will host West Ham United on the 12th of December with a 9-6 head to head record in favor of West Ham United (2 draws).

Newcastle United – Formation

Newcastle United adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Eddie Howe decided to play with the following team: Martin Dúbravka (7.1), Javier Manquillo (7.2), Fabian Schär (6.5), Jamaal Lascelles (7.3), Jamal Lewis (6.9), Miguel Almirón (6.9), Jonjo Shelvey (7.9), Joe Willock (6.4), Allan Saint-Maximin (6.0), Callum Wilson (7.8) and Joelinton (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Sean Longstaff, Federico Fernández (6.6), Jeff Hendrick, Karl Darlow, Dwight Gayle, Jacob Murphy, Emil Krafth, Matt Ritchie and Isaac Hayden.

Substitutions

Newcastle United made 2 changes: M. Almiron for F. Fernandez (85′) and A. Saint-Maximin for J. Murphy (90′).

Best player: Jonjo Shelvey​

The player that probably impressed the most for Newcastle United was Jonjo Shelvey even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.9) with 42 passes (80% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 12 crosses.

Burnley – Formation

Also Burnley adopted the conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Sean Dyche played with: Nick Pope (6.4), Matthew Lowton (6.7), Nathan Collins (7.0), James Tarkowski (7.9), Charlie Taylor (6.3), Jóhann Guðmundsson (7.2), Ashley Westwood (7.0), Josh Brownhill (6.9), Dwight McNeil (7.4), Chris Wood (6.9) and Maxwel Cornet (6.5).

These were the players on the bench: Aaron Lennon, Connor Roberts (7.0), Kevin Long, Jack Cork, Erik Pieters, Wayne Hennessey, Bobby Thomas, Matěj Vydra (6.8) and Jay Rodriguez (6.4).

Burnley could not rely on the presence of M. Vydra (injured).

Substitutions

Burnley made 3 changes: M. Cornet for M. Vydra (32′), M. Lowton for C. Roberts (75′) and J. Gudmundsson for J. Rodriguez (81′).

Best player: James Tarkowski​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Burnley was James Tarkowski.

His rating is (7.9) with 45 passes (68% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 23.

Results of the day

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

• Newcastle United – Burnley – 1-0
• Southampton – Brighton & Hove Albion – 1-1
• Watford – Manchester City – 1-3
• West Ham United – Chelsea – 3-2
• Wolverhampton Wanderers – Liverpool – 0-1