Expected goals is generally agreed to be the best way to measure how well Premier League clubs play in a certain game.
To look better at how the parties are doing, with the expected goals (XG) metric you can get a better picture of how teams perform.
Expected goals (XG) is a statistics that are used to work out how many goals must be scored in a match.
With any shot that has assigned an XG value on the basis of the difficulty of the attempt, with factors such as a goal, type of shot and the number of defenders present that influences the value.
The higher the XG of a certain shot, the greater the chance that a goal must be scored from that shot.
The XG value of each recording in a game is then used to calculate the expected goals in a certain game.
So instead of just the usual basic statistics of how many shots each team has, expected goals where shots were made and how good a chance was and whether defenders in the way etc.
After Sunday’s game at the Vitality Stadium, these are the expected target statistics of the Bournemouth 0 Newcastle 0 match, via Understat:
Bournemouth 0.55 V Newcastle United 0.15
It says everything.
All 20 Premier League clubs played this weekend and Newcastle United United easily the lowest of all twenty with an expected goals of 0.15.
While the Bournemouth Stat was hardly better, only 0.55 when it came to expected goals.
Newcastle United today defended very well as a team, which means that the home team limits to virtually no clear scoring options. On the other hand, however, United was very lacking as an attacking threat, the entire NUFC team.
Bournemouth 0 Newcastle 0 – Sunday, September 21, 2025 2 p.m.
(Statistics via BBC Sport))
Goals:
Newcastle United:
Bournemouth:
Possess Was Newcastle 44% Bournemouth 56%
Total number of shots were Newcastle 4 Bournemouth 11
Shots on goal were Newcastle 1 Bournemouth 2
Corner were Newcastle 2 Bournemouth 5
Touches in the box Newcastle 18 Bournemouth 16
Newcastle team against Bournemouth:
Pope, Livramento, Thiaw (Lascelles 84), Botman, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Miley, Willock (Barnes 62), Woltemade (Osula 84), Murphy (Eandga 62)
Unused Subs:
Ramsdale, Trippier, Joelinton, Krafth, Bruno
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Newcastle United arms have absolutely confirmed dates and times (all Champions League matches will also be available to watch TV in the UK):
Wednesday 24 September – Newcastle V Bradford (7.45 pm) Sky Sports+
Sunday 28 September– Newcastle against Arsenal (4.30 pm) Sky Sports
Wednesday 1 October: Union SG vs Newcastle United (5.45 pm)
Sunday 5 October– Newcastle V Forest (2 p.m.) Sky Sports
Saturday, October 18 – Brighton V Newcastle (3 p.m.)
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