Olympique de Marseille 2–1 Newcastle United — UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2025Tue, 25 Nov 2025, 20:00 UTCOrange Velodrome

Olympique de Marseille

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2–1Historical match

Newcastle United

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A completed match from a finished season. This page is the record of what happened.

Match at a glance

Olympique de Marseille won 2–1.

Shots: 1820
Shots on target: 79
Expected goals: 21.46
Possession: 58%42%

Full time

What the match recorded

Marseille beat Newcastle United 2–1. Recorded in this match (Marseille – Newcastle United): shots 18–20, shots on target 7–9, expected goals 2–1.46, possession 58%–42%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

Pre-match record

What the data showed before kick-off. Kept for reference; it did not know the result.

Newcastle United show a distinct attacking-volume record

weak

Newcastle United's shot volume and the opposing shot-allowance context sit above their competition baselines.

13.4 shots/match ▲ShotsMarseille · Newcastle United14 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Team shot volume is paired with the opponent's recorded shot allowance.

Window: season

Metric	Marseille	Newcastle United	Baseline
Shots	13.4 shots/match	14 shots/match	13.4 shots/match
Shots against	16.6 shots/match	14.6 shots/match	13.3 shots/match

Caveat: Shot volume describes activity; it does not establish finishing quality or a match outcome.

This match

Match statistics

Shots18 shots20 shotsOlympique de Marseille 18 shots, Newcastle United 20 shots
Shots on target7 shots9 shotsOlympique de Marseille 7 shots, Newcastle United 9 shots
Expected goals2 xG1.46 xGOlympique de Marseille 2 xG, Newcastle United 1.46 xG
Possession58%42%Olympique de Marseille 58%, Newcastle United 42%
Corners11 corners5 cornersOlympique de Marseille 11 corners, Newcastle United 5 corners
Fouls18 fouls0 foulsOlympique de Marseille 18 fouls, Newcastle United 0 fouls

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
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size = xG

Marseille: 18 shots, 7 on target, 2.08 xG. Newcastle United: 20 shots, 9 on target, 1.48 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Marseille 2.08 xG · Newcastle United 1.48 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Olympique de Marseille favored in 1 of 11 directional metrics · Newcastle United in 9 · 1 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Olympique de Marseille5 matchesNewcastle United5 matches

1.6 goals/matchGoals scored5/5▲ 2.2 goals/match

1.2 goals/matchGoals allowed5/5▲ 0.8 goals/match

1.05 xG/matchExpected goals5/5▲ 1.94 xG/match

13.4 shots/matchShots5/514 shots/match

5 shots/matchShots on target5/5▲ 7 shots/match

52.6% ●Possession5/549.2%

4.4 corners/matchCorners5/5● 6 corners/match

15.8 fouls/matchFouls5/59.2 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples5 / 5home / away teams

Recent samples5 / 5last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

Evidence is usable but does not meet the strongest completeness threshold.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The fixture season differs from the competition's configured active season.

Analysis cutoff: Wed, 26 Nov 2025, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4