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It ended Union Saint-Gilloise 0 Newcastle 4.

United taking a first half lead through Nick Woltemade on 17 minutes and never looking back.

Newcastle United by far the better time and whilst Union S-G never gave up, Eddie Howe’s side in command.

Anthony Gordon with a converted penalty in each half, Harvey Barnes off the bench to complete the scoring.

Looking at the individuals in black and white, interesting to get an independent perspective on how this played out.

‘Whoscored ratings use data from every single Premier League match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted according to their influence within the game.

Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on ratings weighted in relation to its area on the pitch and its outcome.’

Now whoscored have published their automated player ratings for this Union Saint-Gilloise 0 Newcastle 4 match:

(The Whoscored display can only show four subs at once, Osula was rated 6.8)

As you can see, ten players received a rating of 7.0 or more, with all ten of them playing for United. Joelinton (6.4) the only NUFC starter...