You suspect wasteful Newcastle United would not have equalised against Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday night if half an hour of stoppage time was added on. Alexander Isak, Jacob Murphy, Elliot Anderson and Chris Wood all had opportunities to find the back of the net in the FA Cup third-round tie over the course of 90 minutes. Yet, somehow, the Magpies only scored once, through substitute Bruno Guimaraes, in a shock 2-1 defeat at Hillsborough on Saturday.
It was another frustrating night in front of goal for Eddie Howe's side and Newcastle have now scored just five goals in their five games since the World Cup break. In other words, Newcastle have converted little more than a fifth of their 23 shots on target in that time.
Of the 75 efforts Newcastle have had, a whopping 52 shots were off target. Perhaps, then, it is not a coincidence that Newcastle have won just two of those matches although it is important to stress one result during this run was an impressive goalless draw at league leaders Arsenal.
