Newcastle vs Benfica

Liga de Campeones · 21 oct 2025 · 19:00

Final score: Newcastle 3–0 Benfica

Standings

• Newcastle: #12 · 14 Pts · 8 P (4W 2D 2L)
• Benfica: #24 · 9 Pts · 8 P (3W 0D 5L)

Recent form

Newcastle

• L 18 oct 2025: Brighton 2–1 Newcastle
• W 5 oct 2025: Newcastle 2–0 Nottingham Forest
• W 1 oct 2025: Union St. Gilloise 0–4 Newcastle
• L 28 sept 2025: Newcastle 1–2 Arsenal
• D 21 sept 2025: Bournemouth 0–0 Newcastle

Benfica

• W 17 oct 2025: Chaves 0–2 Benfica
• D 5 oct 2025: Oporto 0–0 Benfica
• L 30 sept 2025: Chelsea 1–0 Benfica
• W 26 sept 2025: Benfica 2–1 GIL Vicente
• D 23 sept 2025: Benfica 1–1 Rio Ave

Head-to-head

• 2025-10-21T19:00:00+00:00: Newcastle 3–0 Benfica
• 2022-07-26T19:00:00+00:00: Benfica 3–2 Newcastle

Match events

• 17' Card Yellow Card — Malick Thiaw (Newcastle)
• 32' Goal Normal Goal — A. Gordon (Newcastle) (assists: J. Murphy)
• 45' Card Yellow Card — Dodi Lukebakio (Benfica)
• 63' subst Substitution 1 — J. Ramsey (Newcastle) (assists: Joelinton)
• 63' subst Substitution 2 — J. Murphy (Newcastle) (assists: H. Barnes)
• 63' subst Substitution 1 — A. Dedic (Benfica) (assists: F. Ivanovic)
• 70' Goal Normal Goal — H. Barnes (Newcastle) (assists: N. Pope)
• 83' Goal Normal Goal — H. Barnes (Newcastle) (assists: A. Gordon)
• 85' subst Substitution 3 — N. Woltemade (Newcastle) (assists: W. Osula)
• 85' subst Substitution 4 — A. Gordon (Newcastle) (assists: A. Elanga)
• 90' subst Substitution 5 — Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle) (assists: J. Willock)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 10 — 2
• Shots off Goal: 4 — 3
• Total Shots: 19 — 7
• Blocked Shots: 5 — 2
• Shots insidebox: 13 — 2
• Shots outsidebox: 6 — 5
• Fouls: 16 — 7
• Corner Kicks: 12 — 8
• Offsides: 2 — 1
• Ball Possession: 52% — 48%
• Yellow Cards: 1 — 1
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 2 — 7
• Total passes: 417 — 388
• Passes accurate: 352 — 315
• Passes %: 84% — 81%
• expected_goals: 2.63 — 0.33
• goals_prevented: 0.16 — 0.16

Injuries

Newcastle

• H. Ashby — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• M. Gillespie — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• L. Hall — Thigh Injury (Missing Fixture)
• J. Lascelles — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• V. Livramento — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• J. Ruddy — Inactive (Missing Fixture)
• Y. Wissa — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)

Benfica

• A. Bah — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• Bruma — Achilles Tendon Injury (Missing Fixture)
• N. Felix — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• Manu — Knee Injury (Missing Fixture)
• G. Prestianni — Inactive (Missing Fixture)