UEFA Champions League Scores & Fixtures
Wednesday 5th November
UEFA Champions League Table
- Newcastle United, Position 8, Points 6
- Athletic Club, Position 23, Points 3
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
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| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 12 |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 9 |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 9 |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
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| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
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| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
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| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
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12 Sporting CP | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
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13 Qarabağ | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
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14 Galatasaray | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 6 |
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| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
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16 PSV | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -4 | 4 |
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| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 4 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 3 |
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22 Club Brugge | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 3 |
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| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -3 | 3 |
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24 Union Saint-Gilloise | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 3 |
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| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 2 |
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26 Bodø / Glimt | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 2 |
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| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 2 |
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28 Pafos | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 2 |
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| 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 2 |
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30 Slavia Prague | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 2 |
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| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 1 |
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32 Copenhagen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | 1 |
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33 Olympiakos | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 1 |
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34 Kairat | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 1 |
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35 Benfica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 0 |
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36 Ajax | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | -10 | 0 |
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Key
- Position 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 : 8th Finals
- Position 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 : Play-off
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Match Facts
Newcastle and Athletic Club have faced twice before in European competition, with the Basque side eliminating the Magpies from the last 32 of the UEFA Cup in 1994-95 (3-3 on aggregate over two legs, progressed on away goals).
Athletic Club’s previous away match at Newcastle came in a 3-2 defeat in the first leg of their last 32 UEFA Cup tie in October 1994. Overall, Athletic have only won one of their 10 matches away to English sides in Europe (D1 L8), with that victory coming at Manchester United in March 2012 under Marcelo Bielsa (3-2 in the UEFA Europa League – first leg of a last 16 tie).
Athletic Club have lost all three of their games against English teams in 2025, losing twice to Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League semi-finals last season and versus Arsenal in their UEFA Champions League opener this term. Only one Spanish side has previously lost four games against English sides in a single calendar year in major European competition: Atlético de Madrid in 2021 (L2 v Chelsea and Liverpool).
MD2 and MD3 saw Newcastle record first their biggest ever win (4-0 vs Union Saint-Gilloise) and then joint-biggest home win (3-0 vs Benfica) in the UEFA Champions League – the Magpies could now win three games in the row in major European competition for the first time since March 2007 in the UEFA Cup.
Athletic Club are winless in each of their five European away games in 2025 (D1 L4), losing three of those matches by the same 4-1 scoreline – no Spanish club has ever lost three consecutive major European games and conceded more than three times in each defeat.
Newcastle have already eclipsed their points tally from their previous UEFA Champions League season in 2023-24 (5, 6 this season) and a win in this match will see them pick up as many as nine points in a group stage campaign for only the second time, previously doing so in the 2002-03 first group phase (W3 L3).
Anthony Gordon has scored four goals in the UEFA Champions League this season, becoming the first Newcastle player to score in three consecutive outings in the competition in the process. Prior to 2025-26, he had played seven matches in major European competition without scoring once.
Gorka Guruzeta has scored three goals in three UEFA Champions League appearances this season, netting in each of his last two games. If he finds the net here, he would be the first Athletic Club player to score in three consecutive outings in the European Cup/Champions League.
Jacob Murphy has provided an assist in three of his five UEFA Champions League appearances, averaging an assist every 59 minutes in the competition – Bukayo Saka (4) and Aaron Lennon (3) are the only other English players to register at least three assists through their first five appearances in the competition.
Athletic Club’s Unai Simón has conceded seven goals in the UEFA Champions League this season, despite facing an expected goals on target total of 3.75. Excluding own goals, this was the biggest underperformance by a goalkeeper across the first three matchdays of the current edition (-3.25).