27 duels lost and gave the ball away 45 times: Everton's three worst players vs Newcastle

Frank Lampard tasted his first defeat as Everton manager as they lost 3-1 away to Newcastle United in the Premier League on Tuesday night.

The Goodison Park faithful actually went in front thanks to an own goal from Jamaal Lascelles, but a Mason Holgate own goal levelled the playing field just a minute later, before Ryan Fraser and Kieran Trippier ensured the hosts went home with all three points.

With the games coming thick and fast, The Transfer Tavern have now used statistical experts SofaScore to analyse who the Blues’ three worst performers (to have played at least 45 minutes) were on the night – could these Toffees be looking over their shoulders if Lampard makes changes against Leeds?

Admittedly joint-third bottom of the list with both Andre Gomes and Jarrad Branthwaite in terms of rating (6.1), Townsend was totally ineffective across the 90 minutes.

In the unfamiliar left wing-back position, the former Magpie lost out on seven of his duels in total, and also failed to make any clearances or block any shots.

He was unsuccessful with all five of his crosses, and gave the ball away on no fewer than on 17 separate occasions in the match, the joint-second most out of any of his teammates.

Keane was ranked as the Toffees’ second-worst player on the night with a six overall rating.

The central defender lost a team-high total of 12 duels, and also didn’t block any shots at Jordan Pickford’s goal, while he recorded no interceptions and lost the ball 11 times.

With Yerry Mina now joining Ben Godfrey on the treatment table, Lampard may have no choice but to stick with Keane despite his perilous display.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Holgate was given the worst rating (5.5) after his own goal and what can only be described as some