Eddie Howe’s first 100 Newcastle games: A team and club revitalised – and ready to push on

There was no trepidation at Turf Moor, no yearning for full time at the end of Eddie Howe’s 100th Premier League match in charge of Newcastle United. Saturday’s rematch brought Howe’s 49th Premier League victory with the Tyneside club, a modern-era Newcastle top-flight win ratio bettered only by Kevin Keegan during his first spell as manager. Newcastle manager PL records Manager Games Wins Draws Losses Win percentage Kevin Keegan 143 78 30 35 54.5% Eddie Howe 100 49 24 27 49.0% Bobby Robson 188 83 51 54 44.1% Glenn Roeder 52 21 11 20 40.4% Alan Pardew 155 58 34 63 37.4% “I remember that first win vividly,” Howe tells The Athletic of a match where Callum Wilson got the only goal late in the first half. Howe's Newcastle Premier League stats Metric Howe Games 100 Wins 49 Draws 24 Losses 27 Goals for 178 Goals for per game 1.78 Goals against 127 Goals against per game 1.27 Goal difference 51 Points 171 Points per game 1.71 Win percentage 49% Loss percentage 27% There was only that one win against Burnley in Howe’s first nine league games. Premier League table, 08/01/21-10/05/24 Position Team Played Wins Draws Losses Goals for Goals against Goal difference Points 1 Manchester City 100 75 16 9 258 86 172 241 2 Arsenal 101 68 12 21 224 106 118 216 3 Liverpool 101 64 23 14 219 100 119 215 4 Tottenham Hotspur 100 53 16 31 199 145 54 175 5 Newcastle United 100 49 24 27 178 127 51 171 6 Manchester United 100 50 20 30 148 138 10 170 7 Aston Villa 101 48 19 34 162 133 29 163 8 Chelsea 100 39 29 32 157 135 22 146 9 Brighton & Hove Albion 100 38 29 33 155 142 13 143 10 Brentford 101 34 27 40 145 148 -3 129 Only Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester United have more victories, while only the first three of those five clubs have lost fewer matches than Newcastle’s 27 among the teams to have been ever-presents in the Howe era.