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The Double Pivot: Soccer analysis, analytics, and commentary

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New Castle Are a 50 50 Possession Team and They Are Not Going to Take a Lot of Risks to Break You Down and Score a Goal.

Newcastle are like you know pretty close to a 50 50 possession team. When they are out of possession they don't allow shots and that's what makes them so good. I think teams are somewhat smarter about not worrying about opponents having possession for possessions sake because we're in an era now where the best teams are assumed to have the ball by very many other teams. New castles attackers aren't good enough to turn that into really really good attack but can turn it into high volume attack.

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