What a Boxing Day we have in store for you
Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn, Bruno, Longstaff, Miley, Almiron, Isak, Gordon
Nottm Forest XI: Turner; Aina, Murillo, Niakhaté, Montiel; Danilo, Sangaré; Hudson-Odoi, Gibbs-White, Elanga; Wood.
Goal for Newcastle!
Alexander Isak puts Newcastle ahead from the spot - He has now scored in 4 of his 6 home league starts this season
Goal for Nottingham Forest!
Chris Wood bags his 5th league goal of the season on the stroke of half time against his former employers
Anthony Elanga in the Premier League so far this season:
◎ 19 games
◉ 4 goals
◉ 4 assists
He’s provided more assists than any Man Utd player.
Seven players have scored a Premier League hat-trick on Boxing Day:
◎ Thierry Henry (2000)
◎ Kevin Phillips (2000)
◎ Robbie Fowler (2001)
◎ Dimitar Berbatov (2011)
◎ Gareth Bale (2012)
◎ Harry Kane (2017)
◉ Chris Wood (2023)
The five-year wait is over.
4 - Chris Wood is the fourth player to score a Premier League hat-trick against a side he has previously played for in the competition:
Andy Cole v Newcastle, Aug 1999
Marcus Bent v Blackburn, Dec 2007
Josh King v Everton, Oct 2021
Chris Wood v Newcastle, Dec 2023
Statement.
Players to score a hat-trick in a Premier League match this season:
Son Heung-Min
Ollie Watkins
Nicolas Jackson
Evan Ferguson
Erling Haaland
Eddie Nketiah
Dominic Solanke
𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝
Newcastle suffered only their second Premier League home defeat of the season, as Nottingham Forest pulled off a Boxing Day upset (3–1) thanks to Chris Wood:
36 touches
3 goals
3 shots (2.12 xG)
13/20 accurate passes
2/2 successful dribbles
5/8 duels won
4 clearances
9.5 Sofascore Rating
47 - Newcastle have lost the most matches on Boxing Day of any side in English league history (47). Tradition.
Seven players have scored Premier League hat tricks on Boxing Day:
2000—Kevin Phillips (Sunderland)
2000—Thierry Henry (Arsenal)
2001—Robbie Fowler (Leeds)
2011—Dimitar Berbatov (Man Utd)
2012—Gareth Bale (Spurs)
2017—Harry Kane (Spurs)
𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑—𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐨𝐨𝐝 (𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚𝐦 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭)
A reminder that Manchester United sold Anthony Elanga for £15 million.
He currently leads Nottingham Forrest in both assists (5) and goal contributions (9) in the Premier League this season
Full time in the 3pm Premier League matches
Bournemouth 3-0 Fulham
Sheffield United 2-3 Luton