Newcastle United vs Benfica · Champions League
Newcastle United
2-0-1
3 – 0
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Benfica
0-0-3
St. James' Park · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · England
Newcastle United put 3 past Benfica, who managed 0 at St. James' Park (crowd 52,073). The goal that settled it came from Anthony Gordon at the 32-minute mark and Harvey Barnes added to the lead after 70 minutes; Harvey Barnes widened the gap at the 83-minute mark. Newcastle led the shot count 19-7 and held 52% possession. Newcastle hit the target 10 times from 19 attempts.
Overview
- Kicks off
- Event
- Champions League UEFA
- Campaign
- 2025-26 UEFA Champions League, League Phase
- Ground
- St. James' Park · Newcastle-upon-Tyne · England
- Crowd
- 52,073
- Referee
- Szymon Marciniak
- Newcastle form
- LWLLD
- Benfica form
- LWWWD
On TV
Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.
- USCBS Sports NetworkTV · National
- USParamount+Streaming
Each half
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Benfica | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Side by side
16Fouls7
1Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards0
2Offsides1
12Corner Kicks8
2Saves7
52.2%Possession47.8%
19Shots7
10On Goal2
50%On Target %30%
0Penalty Goals0
0Penalty Kicks Taken0
352Accurate Passes315
417Passes388
80%Pass Completion %80%
7Accurate Crosses1
20Crosses16
40%Cross %10%
39Long Balls53
22Accurate Long Balls20
60%Long Balls %40%
5Blocked Shots2
9Effective Tackles12
14Tackles16
60%Tackle %80%
10Interceptions10
24Effective Clearances18
24Clearances18
Timeline
Full time · 3-0
🔁Joe Willockreplacing Bruno Guimarães
90'
🔁William Osulareplacing Nick Woltemade
85'
🔁Anthony Elangareplacing Anthony Gordon
85'
⚽Harvey BarnesAssist: Anthony Gordon
83'3 - 0
⚽Harvey BarnesAssist: Nick Pope
70'2 - 0
63'
🔁Franjo Ivanovicreplacing Amar Dedic
🔁Joelintonreplacing Jacob Ramsey
63'
🔁Harvey Barnesreplacing Jacob Murphy
63'
Half-time · 1-0
45'
🟨Dodi Lukébakio
⚽Anthony GordonAssist: Jacob Murphy
32'1 - 0
🟨Malick Thiaw
17'
Kick-off
Teams
Newcastle United4-3-3
39↓Guimarães
23↓Murphy
27↓Woltemade
41↓Ramsey
10⚽↓Gordon
67Miley
33Burn
4Botman
2Trippier
12🟨Thiaw
1Pope
Bench
- 28Joe Willockon for Bruno Guimarães, 90'
- 32Aaron Ramsdale
- 11Harvey Barneson for Jacob Murphy, 63' ⚽⚽
- 37Alex Murphy
- 31Max Thompson
- 20Anthony Elangaon for Anthony Gordon, 85'
- 8Sandro Tonali
- 5Fabian Schär
- 17Emil Krafth
- 7Joelintonon for Jacob Ramsey, 63'
- 18William Osulaon for Nick Woltemade, 85'
Benfica4-4-1-1
14Pavlidis
10Sudakov
5Barrenechea
8Aursnes
20Ríos
11🟨Lukébakio
44Araújo
30Otamendi
17↓Dedic
4Silva
1Trubin
Bench
- 68João Veloso
- 18Leandro Barreiro
- 90Ivan Lima
- 86Diogo Prioste
- 26Samuel Dahl
- 9Franjo Ivanovicon for Amar Dedic, 63'
- 21Andreas Schjelderup
- 3Rafael Obrador
- 66Joshua Wynder
- 24Samuel Soares
- 39Henrique Araújo
- 84João Rêgo
Standings
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paris Saint-Germain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
| 2 |  Aston Villa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
| 3 |  Liverpool | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
| 4 |  Real Madrid | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +5 | 9 |
| 5 |  Real Betis | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 9 |
| 6 |  VfB Stuttgart | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +5 | 7 |
| 7 |  Arsenal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
| 8 |  Barcelona | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| 9 |  Como | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +5 | 6 |
| 10 |  Manchester City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| 11 |  Club Brugge | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| 12 |  Sporting CP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 6 |
| 13 |  Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 |
| 14 |  Bayern Munich | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +5 | 5 |
| 15 |  AS Roma | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 |
| 16 |  Atlético Madrid | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 17 |  Shakhtar Donetsk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 |
| 18 |  PSV Eindhoven | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 |  Villarreal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 |  Internazionale | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 21 |  Manchester United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 22 |  Napoli | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 3 |
| 23 |  Galatasaray | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 24 |  LASK Linz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 25 |  Sabah FK | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 26 |  Feyenoord Rotterdam | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 27 |  Lens | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 3 |
| 28 |  Bodo/Glimt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 29 |  AEK Athens | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 30 |  RB Leipzig | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 31 |  Fenerbahce | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -6 | 2 |
| 32 |  Slavia Prague | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 1 |
| 33 |  Viking FK | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 34 |  FC Porto | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 35 |  Lille | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
| 36 |  Slovan Bratislava | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -12 | 0 |
Meetings
0Newcastle wins
1Level
1Benfica wins
Last times they met
FT
Newcastle
1–1
Benfica · 2012/13 UEFA Europa League
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Benfica
3–1
Newcastle · 2012/13 UEFA Europa League
Form
Last games: Newcastle
W4-1L2-1W4-0W2-0L2-1
Last games: Benfica
D1-1W2-1L1-0D0-0W2-0
