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Newcastle v Liverpool

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Sunday, 23 August 2026, 15:30 · Gameweek 1 · 2026/27
Newcastle United1.59 xG
22
Liverpool3.13 xG

How it went

0.00.51.01.52.02.53.03.545′90′
Newcastle 1.64Liverpool 3.14A filled mark is a goal
  1. 4′Anthony Elanga0.26 xG chance
  2. 54′Cody Gakpo0.01 xG chance
  3. 56′Joe Willock0.07 xG chance
  4. 98′Dominik Szoboszlai0.76 xG chance

The shots

Every shotBy zone

Newcastle United 13 shots

8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot15% of shots, 2 shots8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot15% of shots, 2 shots8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8% of shots, 1 shot8%8%8%15%8%8%8%15%8%8%8%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Newcastle United, Newcastle United v Liverpool, final 35m.

Liverpool 27 shots

7% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 2 shots11% of shots, 3 shots7% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot11% of shots, 3 shots4% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 2 shots4% of shots, 1 shot4% of shots, 1 shot7% of shots, 2 shots7%7%11%7%11%7%7%Opponent goalLeftRight
Share of shots<1%1–2%2–4%4–6%6%+

Liverpool, Newcastle United v Liverpool, final 35m.

The chances that got away

  • 0.79Alexander Isak, 46' for Liverpool
  • 0.63Yoane Wissa, 66' for Newcastle, set up by Lewis Hall
  • 0.50Alexander Isak, 46' for Liverpool

Where they stood

HornícekBotmanThiawSteurDedicMileyHallBarnesWissaOsulaElanga
Newcastle held a line 44m deep, from 24m to 67m. The dot grows with touches.
AlissonDijkJacquetFrimpongKerkezGravenberchSzoboszlaiWirtzIsakGakpoNgumoha
Liverpool held a line 36m deep, from 40m to 76m. The dot grows with touches.

Each starter at the average of every touch they took. An average is the one thing a single match gives reliably, so this is a shape rather than a heat map: it shows a full-back who spent the match as a winger, not how much ground anybody covered.

The match, in figures

NewcastleMeasureLiverpool
2Goals2
1.59Expected goals3.13
1.59Non-penalty xG2.37
0.44Expected pointswhat those chances are worth, out of three2.41
1Half time0
13Shots27
4On target7
2Corners6
8.8Passes allowed per defensive actionlower is a higher press5.7
3Deep entriespasses completed within 20 metres of goal4
16Fouls15
5YCards3Y

Before kickoff the bookmakers’ closing prices made it 3.66 Newcastle, 3.82 the draw, 1.92 Liverpool, which is a 27, 26 and 52 percent chance each way before the margin. Referee: S Attwell.