Newcastle United 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2022
Result
Newcastle United 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Premier League · Saturday 5 March 2022, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Newcastle United · Brighton & Hove Albion · Premier League predictions
Newcastle United 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion: match report
Newcastle United defeated Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 5 March 2022. The half-time score was 2-0.
Ryan Fraser opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Ryan Fraser (12') and Fabian Schär (14'). Brighton & Hove Albion scored through Lewis Dunk (55').
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Brighton & Hove Albion received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 14th on 25 points from 25 and Brighton & Hove Albion 11th on 33 points from 26. Newcastle United went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Brighton & Hove Albion 9th with 51.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Brighton & Hove Albion in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Pascal Groß of Brighton & Hove Albion (8.1), ahead of Ryan Fraser (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newcastle United wins, 5 draws and 4 for Brighton & Hove Albion.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Ryan Fraser
- 14'Goal · Fabian Schär
- 55'Goal · Lewis Dunk
- 63'Yellow card · Shane Duffy
- 87'Yellow card · Joelinton
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Martin Dúbravka, Emil Krafth, Fabian Schär, Dan Burn, Matt Targett, Joe Willock, Jonjo Shelvey, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy, Chris Wood, Ryan Fraser
Brighton & Hove Albion line-up (4-3-1-2)
Robert Sánchez, Joël Veltman, Shane Duffy, Lewis Dunk, Marc Cucurella, Pascal Groß, Steven Alzate, Jakub Moder, Leandro Trossard, Danny Welbeck, Tariq Lamptey