NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE. Newcastle United and Luton Town played an incredible match before drawing 4-4.

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 Thomas Bramall with the assistance of Matthew Wilkes and Mark Scholes. The 4th official was Oliver Langford. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.08 degrees Celsius or 48.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

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 54% of the time vs. Luton Town that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Newcastle United was more pushing with 60 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Newcastle United to win the match​.

Newcastle United shot 19 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Luton Town shot 11 times, 8 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards (Jacob Murphy and Dan Burn). On the opposite side, Luton Town received 2 yellow cards (Gabriel Osho and Albert Sambi Lokonga).

Standings

After this contest, Newcastle United has 33 points to hold in the 9th place. On the opposite side, Luton Town will has 20 points like Nottingham Forest to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Newcastle United will play away against Nottingham Forest on the 10th of February with a 4-4 head to head.

Luton Town will host Sheffield United on the 10th of February with a 2-2 head to head.

Newcastle United – Formation

Newcastle United started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Eddie Howe decided to play with the following team: Martin Dúbravka (7.0), Kieran Trippier (8.4), Fabian Schär (6.4), Sven Botman (6.3), Dan Burn (5.4), Sean Longstaff (8.4), Bruno Guimarães (7.9), Lewis Miley (7.1), Jacob Murphy (7.0), Anthony Gordon (7.0) and Miguel Almirón (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Paul Dummett, Callum Wilson (7.0), Matt Ritchie, Harvey Barnes (7.5), Emil Krafth , Loris Karius, Lewis Hall, Valentino Livramento (6.8) and Joe White.

Newcastle United could not rely on the presence of Callum Wilson (injured).

Substitutions

Newcastle United made 3 changes: Anthony Gordon for Callum Wilson (46′), Dan Burn for Valentino Livramento (64′) and Miguel Almirón for Harvey Barnes (63′).

Player of the match: Kieran Trippier​

The player that probably impressed the most for Newcastle United was Kieran Trippier.

His rating is 8.4 with 1 goal, 57 passes (68% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 13 crosses.

Luton Town – Formation

Luton Town started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Rob Edwards played with: Thomas Kaminski (6.4), Teden Mengi (6.4), Gabriel Osho (7.1), Amari’i Bell (6.3), Chiedozie Ogbene (7.5), Albert Sambi Lokonga (7.5), Ross Barkley (9.4), Alfie Doughty (6.6), Jordan Clark (6.4), Carlton Morris (8.4) and Elijah Adebayo (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Luke Berry, Cauley Woodrow (6.4), Issa Kaboré, Tahith Chong, Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (6.7), Jacob Brown (6.7), Tim Krul, Andros Townsend  and Reece Burke (6.8).

Substitutions

Luton Town made 4 changes: Carlton Morris for Jacob Brown (79′), Alfie Doughty for Reece Burke (79′), Jordan Clark for Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (68′) and Elijah Adebayo for Cauley Woodrow (88′).

Player of the match: Ross Barkley​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Luton Town was Ross Barkley.

His rating is 9.4 with 1 goal, 55 passes (93% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Sheffield United – Aston Villa – 0-5
• Newcastle United – Luton Town – 4-4
• Everton – Tottenham Hotspur – 2-2
• Burnley – Fulham – 2-2
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Crystal Palace – 4-1