Newcastle 2 Nottingham Forest 0 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players | OneFootball

It ended Union Newcastle 2 Nottingham Forest 0.

A hard fought first half, Joelinton coming close to scoring twice but Sels making good saves.

Then it was Captain Bruno taking a grip on the second half.

Great work from Dan Burn setting up Bruno for a cracking finish from outside the box.

Then determined to finish them off after Sels and the woodwork had kept it at 1-0, Bruno made a lung bursting run to close Forest down and ended up fouled with a spot-kick to finish it off late on.

Gordon had been subbed so Big Nick got the chance and buried his penalty in the top corner.

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 Newcastle 2 Nottingham Forest match:

As you can see, ten players received a rating of 7.0 or more, nine of them playing for United.

Bruno (8.5) the best player on the pitch and rightly getting the top MOTM rating.

Malick Thiaw (7.7) had a really good game and was second highest, then Big Nick Woltemade (7.4).

Newcastle 2 Nottingham Forest 0 – Sunday 5 October 2025 2pm

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Bruno 58 Woltemade 84 pen

Forest:

Possession was Newcastle 57% Forest 43%

Total shots were Newcastle 13 Forest 17

Shots on target were Newcastle 6 Forest 6

Corners were Newcastle 5 Forest 7

Touches in the box Newcastle 24 Forest 15

Newcastle team v Forest:

Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Bruno, Joelinton (Miley 92), Tonali, Gordon (Barnes 70), Woltemade (Osula 92), Elanga (Murphy 70)

Unused subs:

Ramsdale, Krafth, Willock, Lascelles, Schar

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Newcastle United fixtures (All of the Champions League matches will also be available to watch on TV in the UK):

Saturday 18 October – Brighton v Newcastle (3pm)

Tuesday 21st October: Newcastle United vs Benfica (8pm)

Saturday 25 October – Newcastle v Fulham (3pm)

Wednesday 29 October – Newcastle v Spurs (8pm) ITV and Sky Sports

Sunday 2 November – West Ham v Newcastle (2pm) Sky Sports

Wednesday 5th November: Newcastle United vs Athletic Club (8pm)

Sunday 9 November – Brentford v Newcastle (2pm) Sky Sports

Saturday 22 November – Newcastle v Man City (5.30pm) Sky Sports