Union Saint-Gilloise 0 Newcastle 4 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players

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·1 October 2025

Union Saint-Gilloise 0 Newcastle 4 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players

It ended Union Saint-Gilloise 0 Newcastle 4.

United taking a first half lead through Nick Woltemade on 17 minutes and never looking back.

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Newcastle United by far the better time and whilst Union S-G never gave up, Eddie Howe’s side in command.

Anthony Gordon with a converted penalty in each half, Harvey Barnes off the bench to complete the scoring.

Looking at the individuals in black and white, interesting to get an independent perspective on how this played out.

‘Whoscored ratings use data from every single Premier League match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted according to their influence within the game.

Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on ratings weighted in relation to its area on the pitch and its outcome.’

Now whoscored have published their automated player ratings for this Union Saint-Gilloise 0 Newcastle 4 match:

(The Whoscored display can only show four subs at once, Osula was rated 6.8)

As you can see, ten players received a rating of 7.0 or more, with all ten of them playing for United. Joelinton (6.4) the only NUFC starter not to get that rating or higher.

Anthony Gordon (8.3) rated man of the match by the Whoscored ratings.

Nick Pope rated second highest (7.8) followed next by Kieran Trippier (7.7).

Union Saint-Gilloise 0 Newcastle 4 – Wednesday 1 October 2025 5.45pm

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Woltemade 17, Gordon 43 pen, 64 pen, Barnes 80

Union S-G:

Possession was Newcastle 57% Union S-G 43%

Total shots were Newcastle 13 Union S-G 17

Shots on target were Newcastle 6 Union S-G 6

Corners were Newcastle 5 Union S-G 7

Touches in the box Newcastle 24 Union S-G 15