Newcastle player ratings after Hull as Barnes and Hall stand out

Newcastle were 2-1 up after seven minutes against Hull City, and the match still ended up feeling far less comfortable than that start suggested. Harvey Barnes supplied both assists, Lewis Hall scored the second, and Joe Willock opened the scoring before Yoane Wissa missed a first-half stoppage-time penalty. Sean Steur’s 86% pass completion was the clearest sign that Newcastle had control when he was on the pitch.

Barnes and Hall set the tone

Barnes was the standout, with two assists and the best Newcastle rating in the report at 8.22. He was the direct route through Hull’s shape in the opening burst, and both goals came from that early pressure.

Hall’s goal made it 2-0 after seven minutes, and his 7.22 rating fits the tone of a sharp first half from Newcastle’s left side. Willock’s opener mattered too, because it gave the home side the fast start they needed before Hull had settled.

Why the afternoon still turned nervous

The comfort did not last. Wissa’s missed penalty in first-half stoppage time kept Hull alive, and Mohamed-Ali Cho’s 67th-minute goal made the closing stages uncomfortable.

Steur sat in the middle of Newcastle’s better spell. The ChronicleLive report said he enjoyed an 86% pass completion rate and that “the moment he went off there were gaps”, while the verified rating attached to him was 6.72 rather than the 8/10 some readers would have taken from the match write-up. That split is fair enough: he was not Newcastle’s flashiest player, but he did help them stay organised before the game loosened.

Newcastle vs Hull City ended as a 2-1 win, and the big takeaway is simple. Barnes and Hall decided the opening spell, but Steur’s control and Wissa’s miss explain why Newcastle were still hanging on at the end.