Brentford 1-2 Newcastle United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 April 2023
Result
Brentford 1-2 Newcastle United
Premier League · Saturday 8 April 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Brentford 1-2 Newcastle United: match report
Brentford were beaten by Newcastle United 1-2 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 April 2023. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Ivan Toney opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Brentford's goal came from Ivan Toney (45+1', penalty). Newcastle United scored through an own goal by David Raya (54') and Alexander Isak (61').
Discipline: Brentford received no yellow cards; Newcastle United received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Brentford were 9th on 43 points from 29 and Newcastle United 4th on 53 points from 28. Brentford went on to finish that season 9th with 59 points, and Newcastle United 4th with 71.
Brentford lined up in a 5-3-2 and Newcastle United in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Nick Pope of Newcastle United (7.9), ahead of Mathias Jensen (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Brentford win, 1 draw and 4 for Newcastle United.
Key events
- 28'Yellow card · Sven Botman
- 29'Missed penalty · Ivan Toney
- 45+1'Penalty goal · Ivan Toney
- 54'Own goal · David Raya
- 61'Goal · Alexander Isak
- 87'Yellow card · Alexander Isak
Head-to-head
Team news
Brentford line-up (5-3-2)
David Raya, Aaron Hickey, Pontus Jansson, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee, Rico Henry, Josh Dasilva, Christian Nørgaard, Mathias Jensen, Ivan Toney, Kevin Schade
Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schär, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimarães, Joe Willock, Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak, Joelinton