Newcastle United4–3Nottingham Forest

Half-time goals: Newcastle United 4, Nottingham Forest 1. The score at the break.

xG: Newcastle United 3.46, Nottingham Forest 2.39. Chances created, each weighted by how often a shot like it is scored.

Non-penalty xG: Newcastle United 2.70, Nottingham Forest 2.39. The same with penalties taken out — open-play threat only.

Shots: Newcastle United 13, Nottingham Forest 17. Attempts at goal, on target or not.

On target: Newcastle United 5, Nottingham Forest 5. Goals plus saved shots. A shot against the post is not on target.

Big chances: Newcastle United 4, Nottingham Forest 3. Shots worth 0.3 expected goals or more — the ones that should be scored.

Corners: Newcastle United 7, Nottingham Forest 6. Corners won.

Shots from corners: Newcastle United 1, Nottingham Forest 6. How many of those corners actually produced a shot.

Headed shots: Newcastle United 2, Nottingham Forest 4. Attempts with the head, a proxy for how much arrives from crosses.

Penalties: Newcastle United 1, Nottingham Forest 0. Penalties awarded and taken.

Passes in their third: Newcastle United 263, Nottingham Forest 135. Passes completed in the opposition’s defensive third. NOT total passes — no source here publishes those.

Deep completions: Newcastle United 5, Nottingham Forest 7. Passes completed within 20 yards of goal.

Fouls: Newcastle United 11, Nottingham Forest 13. Fouls conceded.

Yellow cards: Newcastle United 1, Nottingham Forest 4. Summed from the players.

PPDA: Newcastle United 6.8, Nottingham Forest 11.0. Passes the opposition completes per defensive action. A LOW number means pressing high and often; a high one means sitting off.

Expected points: Newcastle United 2.11, Nottingham Forest 0.69. Points these chances were worth on average — 3 for a win, 1 for a draw — whatever the scoreline actually said.