Newcastle United 3-0 Benfica: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 21 October 2025
Result
Newcastle United 3-0 Benfica
Champions League · Tuesday 21 October 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Newcastle United 3-0 Benfica: match report
Newcastle United won against Benfica 3-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 21 October 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Anthony Gordon opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Newcastle United's goals came from Anthony Gordon (32'), Harvey Barnes (70') and Harvey Barnes (83'). Benfica did not score.
Discipline: Newcastle United received 1 yellow card; Benfica received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Newcastle United were 37th on 3 points from 2 and Benfica 9th on 10 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Newcastle United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Benfica in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Harvey Barnes of Newcastle United (8.6), ahead of Anthony Gordon (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Newcastle United wins, 1 draw and 1 for Benfica.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Malick Thiaw
- 32'Goal · Anthony Gordon
- 45'Yellow card · Dodi Lukébakio
- 70'Goal · Harvey Barnes
- 83'Goal · Harvey Barnes
Head-to-head
Team news
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Newcastle United line-up (4-3-3)
Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Bruno Guimarães, Lewis Miley, Jacob Ramsey, Jacob Murphy, Nick Woltemade, Anthony Gordon
Benfica line-up (4-4-1-1)
Anatoliy Trubin, Amar Dedic, António Silva, Nicolás Otamendi, Tomás Araújo, Dodi Lukébakio, Richard Ríos, Enzo Barrenechea, Fredrik Aursnes, Georgiy Sudakov, Vangelis Pavlidis