Birmingham 2-3 Newcastle
Key numbers
- Possession 37% – 63%
- Shots 11 (6 on target) – 16 (9)
- Decisive moment: 82' Joe Willock, FN xPts +1.1
Ethan Laird 1'
Tomoki Iwata 40'
Tomoki Iwata 40'
HT 2:2
Joe Willock 21'
Callum Wilson 26'
Joe Willock 82'
Callum Wilson 26'
Joe Willock 82'
Newcastle beat Birmingham 3-2.
Player of the matchWilliam OsulaDecisive moment82' Joe Willock+1.1
Player of the match
William Osula Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.6 (Dominant)
Game state
Birmingham ahead 20 min · level 48 min · Newcastle ahead 22 min
FN xPts — what each moment was worth
How much each moment changed that team's expected points (win 3, draw 1). A goal's value is credited 70% to the scorer and 30% to the assist.
1'
Ethan Laird
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist Keshi Anderson +0.2
+0.5
21'
Joe Willock
Goal · scorer +0.4 · assist William Osula +0.2
+0.6
26'
Callum Wilson
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist William Osula +0.1
+0.4
40'
Tomoki Iwata
Goal
+0.4
82'
Joe Willock
Goal · scorer +0.8 · assist Sean Longstaff +0.3
+1.1
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Birmingham is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
BirminghamNewcastle
37%Possession63%
11Shots16
6Shots on target9
55%Shots on target %56%
7Shots in box10
271Passes461
74%Pass accuracy83%
3Corners3
4Saves4
12Fouls11
4Yellow cards3
2Offsides1
The data provider has no xG (expected goals) for this match.
Compared with usual
Newcastle
31 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.8 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1 | |
| Shots | 16 | 14.1 | |
| On target | 9 | 4.6 | |
| Shots faced | 11 | 12.7 | |
| Possession | 63% | 51.2% | |
| Passes | 461 | 459.6 | |
| Pass accuracy | 83% | 81.8% | |
| Corners | 3 | 5.5 | |
| Fouls | 11 | 10.2 |
Timeline
- 1' Goal Ethan Laird assist Keshi Anderson
- 14' Yellow Dan Burn
- 21' Goal Joe Willock competition goal #1 assist William Osula
- 26' Goal Callum Wilson competition goal #1 assist William Osula
- 40' Goal Tomoki Iwata
- 45+3' Yellow Keshi Anderson
- 45+3' Yellow William Osula
- 46' Sub Bruno Guimarães → Sandro Tonali
- 55' Sub Callum Wilson → Jacob Murphy
- 55' Sub Dan Burn → Fabian Schär
- 62' Sub Marc Leonard → Willum Thor Willumsson
- 66' Yellow Jay Stansfield
- 68' Yellow Joe Willock
- 71' Yellow Christoph Klarer
- 75' Yellow Willum Thor Willumsson
- 76' Sub Keshi Anderson → Alfie May
- 77' Sub Jay Stansfield → Lyndon Dykes
- 77' Sub Scott Wright → Krystian Bielik
- 82' Goal Joe Willock competition goal #2 assist Sean Longstaff
- 84' Sub Tomoki Iwata → Grant Hanley
- 90+14' Sub William Osula → Alexander Isak
Category leaders
- Key passesKeshi Anderson3
- Duels wonWilliam Osula14/24
- DribblesJoe Willock4/6
- Defensive actionsChristoph Klarer7
- ShotsWilliam Osula3 (on target 2)
- Fouls wonWilliam Osula6
Past-season matches are summarised from match data (API-Football) without a written review. FN Score and FN xPts are calculated by Fulltime Note using a published formula.