Top Players Man Utd vs Newcastle Stats Key Goal and Assist Leaders

Starting Point and Data Collection

I kicked off by searching for that Man Utd vs Newcastle game’s stats across different places. Pulled up the official league site first, but their interface felt slower than my grandma dialing a fax. Then jumped to a sports analytics platform – their free version only showed basic stuff like shots and possession. Total headache when I needed specific player contributions.

Tool Struggles and Manual Work

Grabbed my laptop and fired up spreadsheet software thinking it’d be smooth. Big mistake. The CSV files I downloaded had messy columns – goals and assists data got tangled with injury reports and yellow cards. Spent forty minutes just cleaning up that garbage. Had to manually cross-check every player’s name because some sources used abbreviations like “B. Fernandes” while others wrote “Bruno”. Nearly threw my coffee mug when Rashford’s stats showed up under “Marcus Rashfood” in one dataset.

Crunching Key Numbers

After wrestling with filters, I finally got to the meat. Sorted goals first – Newcastle’s striker Wilson had two bangers while Rasmus squeezed in one header for United. But the assists? Bloody hell. Bruno gave two perfect passes that should’ve counted, but official stats only credited him for one. Meanwhile Dan Burn’s long throw assist for Newcastle got recorded as a “key pass” rather than an assist. Had to re-categorize that nonsense myself.

Final Insights and Formatting

Compiled everything into simple tables showing top performers:

• Goals: Wilson (2), Hojlund (1), Rashford (1)
• Assists: Trippier (2), Fernandes (1), Gordon (1)

Added heatmaps from the league site that proved Trippier owned that right flank all game. Wrapped it up by comparing these numbers to their season averages – Bruno’s creative output tanked while Trippier’s crossing went bonkers. Honestly felt like I’d fought a war just to prove Newcastle’s set pieces murdered us that day.