Newcastle United 5-1 Brentford: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 October 2022
Result
Newcastle United 5-1 Brentford
Premier League · Saturday 8 October 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Newcastle United 5-1 Brentford: match report
Newcastle United defeated Brentford 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 October 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.
Bruno Guimarães opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Bruno Guimarães (21'), Jacob Murphy (28'), Bruno Guimarães (56'), Miguel Almirón (82') and an own goal by Ethan Pinnock (90'). Brentford scored through Ivan Toney (54', penalty).
Discipline: Newcastle United received no yellow cards; Brentford received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 7th on 11 points from 8 and Brentford 10th on 10 points from 8. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 4th with 71 points, and Brentford 9th with 59.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brentford in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bruno Guimarães of Newcastle United (8.9), ahead of Miguel Almirón (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Brentford.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Bruno Guimarães
- 28'Goal · Jacob Murphy
- 45+1'Yellow card · Ivan Toney
- 54'Penalty goal · Ivan Toney
- 56'Goal · Bruno Guimarães
- 82'Goal · Miguel Almirón
- 90'Own goal · Ethan Pinnock
Head-to-head
Team news
Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schär, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimarães, Joe Willock, Miguel Almirón, Callum Wilson, Jacob Murphy
Brentford line-up (3-5-2)
David Raya, Kristoffer Ajer, Ben Mee, Ethan Pinnock, Aaron Hickey, Shandon Baptiste, Mathias Jensen, Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry, Bryan Mbeumo, Ivan Toney