Newcastle 3 Benfica 0 – Interesting independent ratings on Newcastle United players | OneFootball

It ended Newcastle 3 Benfica 0.

Anthony Gordon opening the scoring when finishing off a sweeping team move.

A goal to the good at the break, Newcastle were dominant the second forty-five.

The second goal finally arrived when a superb Nick Pope throw into the opposition half released Harvey Barnes and his run and finish ended up with a shot in off the post.

Man of the match Anthony Gordon then with a devastating run that opened Benfica up and then unselfishly played in Barnes for his second.

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 3 Benfica 0 match:

(The Whoscored display can only show four subs at any one time, Joelinton rated 7.0)

As you can see, eleven players received a rating of 7.0 or more, ten of them playing for United (including two NUFC subs).

It sums it up that the only Benfica player to get a rating of 7.0 or higher was their keeper Trubin (7.8), who made a number of quality saves to prevent the scoreline potentially doubling.

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

Nobody had a bad game but supersub Harvey Barnes (8.4) was rated second highest after two cool finishes, with Dan Burn (8.2) third highest.

An automated ratings system is never going to be perfect and not quite sure how the excellent and hard working Nick Woltemade was rated only 6.9.

Newcastle 3 Benfica 0 – Tuesday 21 October 2025 8pm

Newcastle United:

Gordon 32, Barnes 70,83

Benfica:

Possession was Newcastle 52% Benfica 48%

Total shots were Newcastle 19 Benfica 7

Shots on target were Newcastle 10 Benfica 2

Corners were Newcastle 12 Benfica 8

Touches in the box Newcastle 38 Benfica 12

Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn, Bruno (Willock 90), Ramsey (Joelinton 63), Miley, Gordon (Elanga 85), Woltemade (Osula 85), Jacob Murphy (Barnes 63)

Unused subs:

Thompson, Ramsdale, Schar, Tonali, Krafth, Alex Murphy