Newcastle United 3:0 Benfica: Match Result

UEFA Champions League

Newcastle United DDWWDW

3:0

Finished

Kick-off was 21 Oct, 20:00

Benfica WWWWWW

Venue: St James' Park City: Newcastle

Key numbers

Possession, % 52 – 48

Shots on target 10 – 2

Shots off target 4 – 3

Expected goals 2.81 – 0.33

🟨 17' M. Thiaw — Yellow card ⚽ 32' A. Gordon — Goal 🟨 45' D. Lukebakio — Yellow card ⇄ 63' J. Murphy — Substitution ⇄ 63' J. Ramsey — Substitution ⇄ 63' A. Dedic — Substitution ⚽ 71' H. Barnes — Goal ⚽ 83' H. Barnes — Goal ⇄ 85' N. Woltemade — Substitution ⇄ 85' A. Gordon — Substitution ⇄ 90' Bruno Guimaraes — Substitution

Match events

17' 0:0 Newcastle United Yellow card M. Thiaw
32' 1:0 Newcastle United Goal A. Gordon assist: J. Murphy
45' 1:0 Benfica Yellow card D. Lukebakio
63' 1:0 Newcastle United Substitution J. Murphy off: H. Barnes
63' 1:0 Newcastle United Substitution J. Ramsey off: Joelinton
63' 1:0 Benfica Substitution A. Dedic off: F. Ivanovic
71' 2:0 Newcastle United Goal H. Barnes assist: N. Pope
83' 3:0 Newcastle United Goal H. Barnes assist: A. Gordon
85' 3:0 Newcastle United Substitution N. Woltemade off: W. Osula
85' 3:0 Newcastle United Substitution A. Gordon off: A. Elanga
90' 3:0 Newcastle United Substitution Bruno Guimaraes off: J. Willock

Statistics

52 Possession, % 48

10 Shots on target 2

4 Shots off target 3

2.81 Expected goals 0.33

5 Big chances 1

12 Corners 8

16 Fouls 7

7 Free kicks 16

2 Offsides 1

1 Yellow cards 1

7 Goal kicks 9

14 Throw-ins 18

All statistics

27 Aerial duels 27

46 Backward passes 68

5 Blocked shots 2

24 Clearances 18

20 Crosses 15

10 Dribbles 12

1.75 Expected assists 0.19

65 Failed passes 72

2 Goalkeeper saves 7

10 Interceptions 11

16 Key passes 6

37 Long passes 54

79 Passes into the final third 44

250 Passes in the opposition half 170

185 Passes in own half 233

0.53 Shot accuracy 0.29

6 Shots from outside the box 5

13 Shots inside the box 2

16 Aerial duels won 11

7 Successful crosses 1

7 Successful dribbles 5

21 Successful long passes 20

8 Successful tackles 11

350 Successful passes 316

13 Tackles 17

415 Total passes 388

Line-ups

Newcastle United

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Nicholas David Pope	1
2	Kieran John Trippier	2
4	Sven Adriaan Botman	4
12	Malick Laye Thiaw	12
33	Dan Burn	33
39	Bruno Guimarães	39
41	Jacob Matthew Ramsey	41
67	Lewis Miley	67
10	Anthony Michael Gordon	10
23	Jacob Kai Murphy	23
27	Nick Woltemade	27

Substitutes
#	Player	number
31	Max Thompson	31
32	Aaron Ramsdale	32
5	Fabian Lukas Schär	5
17	Emil Krafth	17
37	Alex Murphy	37
7	Joelinton	7
8	Sandro Tonali	8
11	Harvey Lewis Barnes	11
28	Joseph George Willock	28
18	William Idamudia Daugaard Osula	18
20	Anthony David Junior Elanga	20

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Benfica

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Anatoliy Trubin	1
4	António João Pereira de Albuquerque Tavares	4
17	Amar Dedić	17
30	Nicolás Otamendi	30
44	Tomás Lemos Araújo	44
5	Enzo Barrenechea	5
8	Fredrik Aursnes	8
20	Richard Ríos	20
10	Heorhii Sudakov	10
11	Dodi Lukebakio	11
14	Vangelis Pavlidis	14

Substitutes
#	Player	number
24	Samuel Soares	24
3	Rafael Obrador Burguera	3
26	Samuel Dahl	26
66	Joshua Liam Wynder	66
18	Leandro Barreiro Martins	18
68	João Miguel Fins Veloso	68
84	João Pedro Seno Luís Rêgo	84
86	Diogo Prioste	86
9	Franjo Ivanović	9
21	Andreas Schjelderup	21
39	Henrique Pereira Araújo	39
90	Ivan Correia Posser Lima	90