LONDON. West Ham United and Newcastle United draw 1-1. C. Dawson scored the first goal (32′) for West Ham United. J. Willock equalized (45′).

The match was played at the London Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Chris Kavanagh with the collaboration of Constantine Hatzidakis and James Mainwaring. The 4th official was Graham Scott. The weather was rainy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.8 degrees Celsius or 44.22 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. West Ham United was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Newcastle United that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Newcastle United was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 3 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Newcastle United to win the match​.

West Ham United shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Newcastle United shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

West Ham United received 3 yellow cards (R. Fredericks, P. Fornals and J. Bowen). On the opposite side, Newcastle United received 3 yellow cards (E. Krafth, R. Fraser and D. Burn).

Standings

After this match, West Ham United will have 42 points like Arsenal to sit in the 5th place. Regarding the opposition, Newcastle United will have 22 points like Everton to hold in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, West Ham United will host Wolverhampton Wanderers on the 27th of February with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Wolverhampton Wanderers (1 draw).

Newcastle United will play away agasint Brentford on the 26th of February with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Newcastle United (1 draw).

West Ham United – Formation

West Ham United started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager David Moyes decided to play with the following team: Łukasz Fabiański (6.7), Ryan Fredericks (6.3), Craig Dawson (7.7), Kurt Zouma (7.1), Aaron Cresswell (7.5), Tomáš Souček (6.7), Declan Rice (7.1), Jarrod Bowen (6.6), Saïd Benrahma (6.8), Pablo Fornals (6.6) and Michail Antonio (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Ajibola-Joshua Alese, Alphonse Aréola, Nikola Vlašić (6.7), Issa Diop, Alex Král, Mark Noble, Andriy Yarmolenko, Ben Johnson (7.0) and Dan Chesters.

Substitutions

West Ham United made 2 changes: R. Fredericks for B. Johnson (46′) and S. Benrahma for N. Vlasic (73′).

Best player: Craig Dawson​

The player that probably impressed the most for West Ham United was Craig Dawson.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 34 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 5.

Newcastle United – Formation

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

Eddie Howe played with: Martin Dúbravka (7.1), Emil Krafth (6.6), Fabian Schär (7.1), Dan Burn (7.3), Matt Targett (7.2), Joe Willock (7.8), Jonjo Shelvey (7.1), Joelinton (6.8), Ryan Fraser (6.5), Chris Wood (6.8) and Jacob Murphy (7.0).

They had on the bench: Jamaal Lascelles, Federico Fernández, Dwight Gayle, Miguel Almirón (6.2), Paul Dummett, Bruno Guimarães (6.6), Lucas De Bolle, Karl Darlow and Sean Longstaff.

Newcastle United could not rely on the presence of M. Almiron (injured).

Substitutions

Newcastle United made 2 changes: R. Fraser for M. Almiron (79′) and J. Willock for B. Guimaraes (88′).

Best player: Joe Willock​

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

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 24 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

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