Newcastle United 2–0 Athletic Club — UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2025Wed, 5 Nov 2025, 20:00 UTCSt James' Park

Newcastle United

LWW

2–0Historical match

Athletic Club

LLW

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

Match at a glance

Newcastle United won 2–0.

Shots: 812
Shots on target: 45
Expected goals: 1.20.58
Possession: 59%41%

Full time

What the match recorded

Newcastle United beat Athletic Club 2–0. Recorded in this match (Newcastle United – Athletic Club): shots 8–12, shots on target 4–5, expected goals 1.2–0.58, possession 59%–41%. 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 below their competition baselines.

12.5 shots/match ▲ShotsNewcastle United · Athletic Club12.5 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

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

Window: season

Metric	Newcastle United	Athletic Club	Baseline
Shots	12.5 shots/match	12.5 shots/match	13.5 shots/match
Shots against	13.8 shots/match	10.3 shots/match	13.4 shots/match

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

This match

Match statistics

Shots8 shots12 shotsNewcastle United 8 shots, Athletic Club 12 shots
Shots on target4 shots5 shotsNewcastle United 4 shots, Athletic Club 5 shots
Expected goals1.2 xG0.58 xGNewcastle United 1.2 xG, Athletic Club 0.58 xG
Possession59%41%Newcastle United 59%, Athletic Club 41%
Corners2 corners5 cornersNewcastle United 2 corners, Athletic Club 5 corners
Fouls11 fouls13 foulsNewcastle United 11 fouls, Athletic Club 13 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
penalty
size = xG

Newcastle United: 8 shots, 4 on target, 1.19 xG. Athletic Club: 12 shots, 5 on target, 0.57 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: Newcastle United 1.19 xG · Athletic Club 0.57 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.

Where the edge is

Season: Newcastle United favored in 0 of 11 directional metrics · Athletic Club in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Newcastle United4 matchesAthletic Club4 matches

2.5 goals/match ▲Goals scored4/41 goal/match

0.5 goals/match ▲Goals allowed4/42.25 goals/match

2.06 xG/match ▲Expected goals4/41.34 xG/match

12.5 shots/matchShots4/412.5 shots/match

6.5 shots/match ▲Shots on target4/43.75 shots/match

51% ●Possession4/446.8%

6.25 corners/match ●Corners4/43.75 corners/match

11.5 fouls/matchFouls4/415 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples4 / 4home / away teams

Recent samples4 / 4last-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: Thu, 6 Nov 2025, 00:00 UTC · analysis-v4