Newcastle 3-2 Qarabag
Key numbers
- Possession 65% – 35%
- Shots 19 (8 on target) – 13 (6)
- Decisive moment: 4' Sandro Tonali, FN xPts +0.5
Sandro Tonali 4'
Joelinton 6'
Sven Botman 52'
Joelinton 6'
Sven Botman 52'
HT 2:0
Camilo Durán 51'
Elvin Jafarguliyev 57'
Elvin Jafarguliyev 57'
Newcastle won on the scoreboard and on xG (2.66–1.3).
Player of the matchSandro TonaliDecisive moment4' Sandro Tonali+0.5
Player of the match
Sandro Tonali Dominant
Highest FN Score on the pitch: 8.5 (Dominant)
Game state
Newcastle ahead 86 min · level 4 min · Qarabag ahead 0 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.
4'
Sandro Tonali
Goal · scorer +0.3 · assist William Osula +0.2
+0.5
6'
Joelinton
Goal · assist Harvey Barnes
+0.2
51'
Camilo Durán
Goal · assist Joni Montiel
+0.2
52'
Sven Botman
Goal · scorer +0.2 · assist Kieran Trippier +0.1
+0.3
57'
Elvin Jafarguliyev
Goal · assist Marko Janković
+0.2
Knockout ties have no league points, so moments are weighed on a win-3/draw-1 scale only.
Pre-match expectation for Qarabag is an estimate: no top-five-league record, so it uses the published starting values.
How FN Score and FN xPts work →Match stats
NewcastleQarabag
65%Possession35%
2.66Expected goals (xG)1.3
0.14xG per shot0.1
19Shots13
8Shots on target6
42%Shots on target %46%
14Shots in box8
604Passes327
89%Pass accuracy80%
9Corners6
4Saves5
10Fouls4
0Yellow cards1
0Offsides2
Compared with usual
Newcastle
43 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 1.7 | |
| Conceded | 2 | 1.3 | |
| xG | 2.66 | 1.6 | |
| xG against | 1.3 | 1.1 | |
| Shots | 19 | 13.7 | |
| On target | 8 | 5.2 | |
| Shots faced | 13 | 12.1 | |
| xG per shot | 0.14 | 0.11 | |
| Possession | 65% | 52.5% | |
| Passes | 604 | 456.3 | |
| Pass accuracy | 89% | 82.8% | |
| Corners | 9 | 6.3 | |
| Fouls | 10 | 9.3 |
Qarabag
9 matches this season, all competitions baseline
| This match | Avg | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 1.6 | |
| Conceded | 3 | 3 | |
| xG | 1.3 | 1.1 | |
| xG against | 2.66 | 2.8 | |
| Shots | 13 | 10 | |
| On target | 6 | 3.9 | |
| Shots faced | 19 | 18.7 | |
| xG per shot | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
| Possession | 35% | 45.7% | low |
| Passes | 327 | 401.9 | |
| Pass accuracy | 80% | 81.1% | |
| Corners | 6 | 4 | |
| Fouls | 4 | 6.7 |
Timeline
- 4' Goal Sandro Tonali competition goal #1 assist William Osula
- 6' Goal Joelinton competition goal #2 assist Harvey Barnes
- 51' Goal Camilo Durán assist Joni Montiel
- 52' Goal Sven Botman competition goal #1 assist Kieran Trippier
- 53' Sub Kieran Trippier → Lewis Hall
- 53' Sub Sven Botman → Joe Willock
- 54' Sub Joelinton → Anthony Gordon
- 57' Goal Elvin Jafarguliyev assist Marko Janković
- 62' Sub Joni Montiel → Kady Borges
- 69' Sub Camilo Durán → Oleksiy Kashchuk
- 73' Sub William Osula → Yoane Wissa
- 79' Sub Richard Almeida → Emmanuel Addai
- 79' Sub Marko Janković → Musa Qurbanlı
- 79' Sub Elvin Jafarguliyev → Toral Bayramov
- 80' Yellow Pedro Bicalho
- 87' Sub Jacob Murphy → Leo Shahar
Category leaders
- Key passesAnthony Gordon4
- Duels wonKevin Medina9/15
- DribblesJacob Murphy3/3
- Defensive actionsKevin Medina9
- Fouls wonKevin Medina5
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.