Newcastle 2-0 Athletic Club: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Newcastle

D. Burn 11'

Joelinton 49'

Athletic Club

UEFA Champions League 2025/2026

League Stage - 4

November 5, 2025 8:00pm

St. James' Park, Newcastle

Key stats

Ball Possession

59%

41%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Newcastle 4-3-3

Athletic Club 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

N. Pope

7.6

Unai Simón

5.6

Defenders

D. Burn

8.2

A. Boiro

6.5

S. Botman

7.2

Aitor Paredes

6.3

M. Thiaw

8.2

Dani Vivian

6.9

K. Trippier

6.9

Jesús Areso

6.5

Midfielders

Joelinton

7.6

Mikel Jauregizar

6.0

S. Tonali

7.3

Alejandro Rego

6.7

Bruno Guimarães

6.9

Álex Berenguer

6.3

Mikel Vesga

6.0

Robert Navarro

6.3

Forwards

A. Gordon

6.3

Unai Gómez

6.2

N. Woltemade

6.5

H. Barnes

7.0

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Highest rating

8.2

M. Thiaw

7.0

Nico Serrano

Match Summary

On November 05, 2025 during the 2025/2026 UEFA Champions League match, Newcastle faced off against Athletic Club at St. James' Park, Newcastle. The game concluded with Newcastle securing a victory. With 59% possession, Newcastle versus Athletic Club's 41% and shots on goal at 4 to 5. Newcastle had 82% successful passes (of 500 passes) over Athletic Club which had 73% successful passes (of 346 passes). The outstanding efforts by M. Thiaw and Nico Serrano played a key role.

Lineup

4-3-3

4-2-3-1

Pope

7.6

Played:
91Min

Saves:
4 of 4

Accurate passes:
28/33

Won duels:
1/1

Trippier

6.9

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
4

Accurate passes:
31/47

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/9

Dribbles:
0/1

Thiaw

8.2

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
2

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
66/74

Won duels:
10/12

Dribbles:
1/1

Botman

7.2

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
68/73

Won duels:
4/5

Burn

8.2

Played:
65Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
39/49

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/8

Guimarães

6.9

Played:
66Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
31/33

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/6

Dribbles:
1/1

Tonali

7.3

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
49/60

Won duels:
7/10

Joelinton

7.6

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
3

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
31/39

Won duels:
4/9

Barnes

7.0

Played:
66Min

Accurate passes:
12/16

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
1/2

Woltemade

6.5

Played:
83Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
9/12

Won duels:
6/13

Dribbles:
2/3

Gordon

6.3

Played:
41Min

Accurate passes:
5/9

Won duels:
0/6

Dribbles:
0/3

Gómez

6.2

Played:
78Min

Accurate passes:
5/6

Won duels:
0/7

Berenguer

6.3

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
24/29

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/17

Dribbles:
3/9

Vesga

6.0

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
19/31

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
3/11

Dribbles:
0/2

Navarro

6.3

Played:
69Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
8/14

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
0/1

Jauregizar

6.0

Played:
69Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
14/21

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/9

Dribbles:
0/2

Rego

6.7

Played:
80Min

Tackles:
5

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
14/23

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/9

Dribbles:
0/1

Boiro

6.5

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
24/26

Won duels:
4/4

Dribbles:
1/1

Paredes

6.3

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
36/45

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/7

Vivian

6.9

Played:
91Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
34/40

Won duels:
3/4

Dribbles:
1/1

Areso

6.5

Played:
78Min

Tackles:
7

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
11/16

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
8/13

Simón

5.6

Played:
91Min

Saves:
2 of 4

Accurate passes:
13/35

Won duels:
1/2

Substitutes

Coach

Eddie Howe

Murphy

7.0

Played:
50Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
6/13

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/6

Hall

6.3

Played:
26Min

Accurate passes:
13/15

Won duels:
1/2

Dribbles:
1/1

Elanga

6.2

Played:
25Min

Accurate passes:
8/11

Won duels:
1/2

Miley

6.7

Played:
25Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
10/12

Won duels:
1/3

Thompson

Ramsdale

Schär

Murphy

Krafth

Willock

Ramsey

6.7

Played:
8Min

Tackles:
1

Won duels:
1/1

Coach

Ernesto Valverde

Serrano

7.0

Played:
22Min

Accurate passes:
3/4

Key passes:
1

Sanchez

6.5

Played:
22Min

Accurate passes:
6/7

Won duels:
1/3

Dribbles:
0/1

Santos

Padilla

Gorosabel

6.7

Played:
13Min

Accurate passes:
5/5

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
0/1

Laporte

Lekue

Izagirre

Galarreta

6.6

Played:
11Min

Accurate passes:
7/10

Sánchez

Hierro

6.3

Played:
13Min

Accurate passes:
2/4

Won duels:
0/1

Stats

Ball Possession

Newcastle: 59%

Athletic Club: 41%

Total Shots

Newcastle: 8

Athletic Club: 12

Shots on Goal

Newcastle: 4

Athletic Club: 5

Corner Kicks

Newcastle: 2

Athletic Club: 5

Offsides

Newcastle: 3

Athletic Club: 0

Fouls

Newcastle: 11

Athletic Club: 12

Yellow Cards

Newcastle: 0

Athletic Club: 2

Red Cards

Newcastle: 0

Athletic Club: 0

Total Passes

Newcastle: 500

Athletic Club: 346

Goals Prevented

Newcastle: -1

Athletic Club: -1

Passes Accuracy

Newcastle: 408 (82%)

Athletic Club: 252 (73%)

Newcastle vs Athletic Club

Key stats

Lineup

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Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

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