Match Centre: Newcastle United vs Benfica
Player of the match Harvey Barnes 8.6
GolVolt rating 3.3GolVolt rating
Worth watching: Highlights will doSpoiler-free mode: the score and how the match went are hidden.
Key stats
Why this rating
Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.
Plenty of chances.
- Dramaweight 50% Settled by 70′.Some excitement, but no big twists. Drama: 3.5 out of 10
- Heroesweight 20% Solid performances, no single big hero. Heroes: 3.5 out of 10
- Stakesweight 15% It mattered for the table but settled nothing. Stakes: 3.4 out of 10
- Quality of playweight 15% Plenty of chances. Quality of play: 6.8 out of 10
Match ECG
A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.
GolVolt rating 3.3more watchable than 33% of Champions League matches
The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).
Similar matches
A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.
How the match went
3 goals2 cards
Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.
Timeline
- 17' Malick Thiawyellow card
- 32' Goal: Anthony Gordonassist: Murphy1:0
- 45' Dodi Lukébakioyellow card
- Half-time · 1:0
- 63' 2 substitutionsBarnes for MurphyJoelinton for Ramsey
- 63' SubstitutionIvanović for Dedić
- 70' Goal: Harvey Barnesassist: Pope2:0
- 83' Goal: Harvey Barnesassist: Gordon3:0
- 85' 2 substitutionsElanga for GordonOsula for Woltemade
- 90' SubstitutionWillock for Guimarães
- Full-time · 3:0
Match stats
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Lineups and ratings
The highlighted rating is the player of the match.
Starting XIs · provider ratings
Newcastle United
Benfica
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Midfielders
Forwards
Came on
Bench
Newcastle United
- 31 Max Thompson GK —
- 32 Aaron Ramsdale GK —
- 5 Fabian Schär DEF —
- 17 Emil Krafth DEF —
- 37 Alex Murphy DEF —
- 7 Joelinton MID on
- 8 Sandro Tonali MID —
- 11 Harvey Barnes MID on
- 28 Joe Willock MID on
- 18 William Osula ATT on
- 20 Anthony Elanga ATT on
Benfica
- 24 Samuel Soares GK —
- 3 Rafa Obrador DEF —
- 26 Samuel Dahl DEF —
- 66 Joshua Wynder DEF —
- 18 Leandro Barreiro MID —
- 68 João Veloso MID —
- 84 João Rego MID —
- 86 Diogo Prioste MID —
- 9 Franjo Ivanović ATT on
- 21 Andreas Schjelderup ATT —
- 39 Henrique Araújo ATT —
- 90 Ivan Lima ATT —
Match sheet
- Stadium
- St. James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
Player ratings
Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.
- Player of the match · Newcastle United Harvey Barnes
- 2. place · Newcastle United Anthony Gordon
- 3. place · Newcastle United Kieran Trippier
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