Newcastle United dominate the WhoScored? Team of the Week with four players selected
Where Alan Shearer's Team of the Week is picked based on his personal opinion, the WhoScored? Team of the Week is purely stats-based and is filled out with the highest scoring player for each position in a given game week.
While it's always great to see our players recognised by pundits for their achievements over the latest round of fixtures, it is also very affirming to see the stats backing up what we viewed as a solid performance.
After Newcastle United's 4-1 demolition of Everton on Saturday, the Stats Bods at WhoScored? saw fit to install four of Eddie Howe's boys in their Team of the Week.
Unsurprisingly, Malick Thiaw made the cut after scoring two goals, but joining him in the team are Lewis Hall, Lewis Miley and Nick Woltemade.
We can see how each player ended up on WhoScored?'s Team of the Week
Where Dan Burn was selected by Alan Shearer in his Team of the Week, there's no place for him in the WhoScored? team.
If a centre-back gets on the scoresheet twice as Thiaw did, you'd expect them to end up in the WhoScored? Team of the Week, as goals always boost a centre-back's ratings.
Lewis Hall never stopped running down that left flank and even had a shot deflected onto the bar. Lewis Miley scored a goal and assisted another, while Nick Woltemade was involved in so much of Newcastle's attacking play, feeding Anthony Elanga for the first-minute shot that led to Thiaw's opener, and of course, scoring his own delightfully lobbed goal.
Can Newcastle United do it again on Tuesday night?
Tino Livramento can probably consider himself unlucky not to be selected too, as he was to Newcastle's right flank what Lewis Hall was to the left, and he kept Jack Grealish quiet for 90 minutes.
The big question for us now is whether the lads can back it up with an equally accomplished performance on Tuesday night when Tottenham Hotspur come to St James' Park.
We expect Eddie Howe might tweak things ever so slightly, as we don't see him keeping Sandro Tonali on the bench for two games in a row, but we'll just have to wait and see.
