Newcastle United 2-2 Espanyol — Result, Statistics & Match Review — Friendlies, 8 Aug 2025

📅08/08/2025 · 🕒00:00 Istanbul · GMT+3
Top 2 Score Predictions
1st Score 2-1 2nd Score 2-2
MODEL iddaakolik · Our Predictions
Probability per market · Global + League + Team blend
⏱ Odds and predictions are pre-match — updates freeze from ~20 minutes before kick-off.
Match Result
Home
47%
1.66
Draw
24%
3.72
Away
29%
4.15
Under/Over 2.5
Under 2.5
47%
2.18
Over 2.5
53%
1.62
Both Teams to Score
Yes
55%
1.63
No
45%
2.13
Total Goals
0-1 Goal
28%
4.18
2-3 Goals
37%
1.85
4-5 Goals
26%
2.9
6+ Goals
9%
8.57
Half Time / Full Time
1/1
17%
2.13
1/2
7%
35.0
1/X
8%
13.35
X/1
15%
4.45
X/2
10%
9.92
X/X
10%
5.65
2/1 EV+ ✗
15%
21.2
2/2
12%
7.34
2/X
6%
14.85
Value flag · 2/1 at 21.2 — our 15% vs market 2.5%. Did not land — edges play out over many matches, not one.
PRO iddaakolik · Analysis Engine
Model vs Market · Probabilities · Discipline
Model vs Market — where we differ
iddaakolik Market EU Bookmakers
47%
Home Win
56%
-8.4pp
24%
Draw
23%
+0.3pp
29%
Away Win
21%
+8.1pp
47%
Under 2.5
42%
+4.9pp
53%
Over 2.5
58%
-4.9pp
55%
BTTS Yes
57%
-1.9pp
45%
BTTS No
43%
+1.9pp
gold — our model green — our served pick grey — EU market (margin removed: each group sums to 100%)
Edge (pp): green = we see more probability than the market · gold = essentially even (±0.5pp) · red = we see less. The Decision above outranks any single row: the engine backs well-supported edges, not merely big ones.
PREVIEW Match Preview Engine
iddaakolik Team Elo · Form · Goals signals
HOME Newcastle United EU Bookmakers 60%
Head to Head
AWAY Espanyol EU Bookmakers 24%
+31% / +31% Team Performance vs MarketAll History / Recent Form · above/below bookmaker expectations +29% / +29%
2.71/0.29 Expected GoalsScored / Conceded 1.00/0.76
+49% / +150% Attack / Defense(vs League Avg.) -14% / +128%
51% Ball Possession 49%
14 Total Shots 9
6 Shots on Target 4
6 Corners 4
397 · 82% PassesSuccessful · Accuracy 378 · 81%
Box TouchesOpposition Penalty Area
Crosses
Yellow Cards 1.5
RESULT Match Result
Real recorded figures from this match
HOME Newcastle United
2-2
AWAY Espanyol
61% Ball Possession 39%
8 Total Shots 5
6 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 2
POST-MATCH Newcastle United vs Espanyol
iddaakolik Post-Match Analysis — what we said & what happened

Newcastle United and Espanyol shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Half-time: 1-1.

Our pre-match lean was Newcastle United at 47%, but a lead that slim is closer to a coin-flip than a call — and it fell the other way. We had also flagged both teams to score (55%), and that read landed as well.

On the day, Newcastle United had 61% of the ball to Espanyol's 39%, shots finished 8-5.

What was the final score of Newcastle United vs Espanyol?

Newcastle United 2-2 Espanyol in the Friendlies on 08/08/2025. The analysis above shows what our model predicted before kick-off next to what actually happened.

What did the model predict for Newcastle United vs Espanyol?

Before kick-off our model rated a Newcastle United win the most likely single outcome at about 47%, with the full match-result split Newcastle United 47%, draw 24%, Espanyol 29%. The final score 2-2 confirmed our model's pre-match leads on Over 2.5, BTTS Yes — while Match Result (Newcastle United) went the other way.

✗ Match Result (Newcastle United) ✓ Over 2.5 ✓ BTTS Yes
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