Newcastle United 3–0 Benfica — UEFA Champions League 2025/26 Match Stats

UEFA Champions League · 2025Tue, 21 Oct 2025, 19:00 UTCSt James' Park

Newcastle United

3–0Historical match

Benfica

WDWLL

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

Match at a glance

Newcastle United won 3–0.

Shots: 197
Shots on target: 102
Expected goals: 2.810.33
Possession: 52%48%

Full time

What the match recorded

Newcastle United beat Benfica 3–0. Recorded in this match (Newcastle United – Benfica): shots 19–7, shots on target 10–2, expected goals 2.81–0.33, possession 52%–48%. 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.

Benfica's recent record differs from the season

moderate

Benfica's last-five goals scored average is below their season average.

0.6 goals/match ▲Goals forLast 5 · Season1 goal/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: An unweighted last-five average is compared with the unweighted season average.

Window: last_5 versus season

Metric	Last 5	Season	Baseline
Goals for	0.6 goals/match	1 goal/match	1.5 goals/match

Caveat: Five matches are sensitive to opponent mix and isolated match states.

Benfica have a visible away split

weak

Benfica's away-only shot average is below their full-season average.

9.75 shots/match ▲ShotsAway only · Season12.7 shots/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Venue-only shot volume is compared with the same team's season record.

Window: away

Metric	Away only	Season	Baseline
Shots	9.75 shots/match	12.7 shots/match	13 shots/match

Caveat: Venue splits can reflect opponent mix and should be read with the listed sample.

Both teams have elevated corners records

weak

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

7.67 corners/match ●CornersNewcastle United · Benfica5.71 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Newcastle United	Benfica	Baseline
Corners	7.67 corners/match	5.71 corners/match	5 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

This match

Match statistics

Shots19 shots7 shotsNewcastle United 19 shots, Benfica 7 shots
Shots on target10 shots2 shotsNewcastle United 10 shots, Benfica 2 shots
Expected goals2.81 xG0.33 xGNewcastle United 2.81 xG, Benfica 0.33 xG
Possession52%48%Newcastle United 52%, Benfica 48%
Corners12 corners8 cornersNewcastle United 12 corners, Benfica 8 corners
Fouls16 fouls7 foulsNewcastle United 16 fouls, Benfica 7 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.

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Newcastle United: 19 shots, 10 on target, 2.85 xG. Benfica: 7 shots, 2 on target, 0.33 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 2.85 xG · Benfica 0.33 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 · Benfica in 0 · 11 too close

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Window

Season

Newcastle United3 matchesBenfica7 matches

2.67 goals/match ▲Goals scored3/71 goal/match

0.67 goals/match ▲Goals allowed3/71 goal/match

2.34 xG/match ▲Expected goals3/30.85 xG/match

14 shots/match ▲Shots3/712.7 shots/match

7.33 shots/match ▲Shots on target3/73.57 shots/match

48.3%Possession3/7● 50.7%

7.67 corners/match ●Corners3/75.71 corners/match

11.7 fouls/matchFouls3/712 fouls/match

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade B · Useful evidenceUseful evidence — limited

Season samples3 / 7home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 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: Tue, 21 Oct 2025, 23:00 UTC · analysis-v4