Newcastle vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 10th March 2026

Barcelona travel to St James' Park to face Newcastle on Tuesday for the first of two meetings in of 16 round of qualifying for the Champions League.

Newcastle arrive at this match following two wins and a 9-3 aggregate score against Qarabag FK in the round of 1/16.

Odds are stacked against Barcelona who require a minor miracle to see the next round. Losing 2-0 in the first leg is never good. Losing 2-0 at your own ground makes for a massive task away from home. It has the look of a final stop for the visitors this season in the Champions League.

There are no shortage of goals, when The Magpies enter the pitch, as they pulled off a stunning average of 2.6 goals per game in this tournament. An excellent total of 26 goals scored, while allowing ten goals against. The latter makes an average of one conceded per game. During this run, they fought their way to a clean sheet four times.

Barcelona average 2.8 goals per game, scoring 28 times, while conceding 21. That makes an average of 2.1 per game, with a clean sheet zero as well in their previous ten matches in this tournament.

Newcastle vs Barcelona Prediction

Newcastle Form

Newcastle are currently performing inconsistently, as they lost against Everton by a 2-3 score, before winning 2-1 against Manchester United. They lost again in their most recent match, this time 1-3 against Manchester City. Newcastle won four of their past six matches on home soil in the Champions League, where they also lost twice but drew none. They scored ten goals and conceded six times.

Barcelona Form

Barcelona are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. Villarreal got left behind in a 4-1 win, before Atletico Madrid got hammered in a 3-0 victory. Athletic Club was the most recent victim in a 0-1 win for Barcelona. In their last six away matches in the Champions League, Barcelona won twice, while also recording one draw. They endured three defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying 16 goals conceded and 13 scored.

Both Newcastle and Barcelona have been firing on all cylinders, while also conceding frequently. We should be in for a very entertaining match with goals aplenty.

Newcastle vs Barcelona Team News

At the time of writing, Newcastle have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Barcelona this coming Tuesday. Newcastle have to alter their line-up, as both Anthony Gordon and Malick Thiaw get a day in the shade.

Sidelined with an injury, Newcastle can't field Sven Botman this coming Tuesday against Barcelona.

Apparently, Barcelona have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Tuesday. Ronald Araujo and Raphinha racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Barcelona travelling party for their next match.

Newcastle vs Barcelona H2H

Barcelona beat The Magpies twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed win by 2-1 and 2-0, respectively. Trying to pick a winner from their h2h is a bit of a challenge as neither side were able to fully dominate their coming opponent. Barcelona won three of the previous three encounters, whereas Newcastle claimed a win in zero of these three matches. A history which does offer up the draw as a tasty value bet.

Both teams found the back of the net in two of the last three matches between Newcastle and Barcelona.

Newcastle vs Barcelona Results

Newcastle vs Barcelona Betting Tips

Anthony Gordon has six strikes in six Champions League matches for The Magpies, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with Barcelona. The visitors are looking to Fermin Lopez, who has provided his team with five Champions League goals.

Newcastle claimed a win four times in their last 10 home matches across all tournaments, while also drawing one along the way. They endured defeat in five of the games in this run. Barcelona won seven of their last 10 games away, while drawing zero and losing three in this series of matches. Newcastle managed to open the scoring no less than six of their previous 10 league games on home soil. The visitors from Barcelona performed a similar feat as they scored the opener in eight of their last 10 away games.

Over 2.5 goals happened two times in the past three encounters between Newcastle and Barcelona, with Newcastle scoring 0.66 goals on average per game. Barcelona averaged 2.34 goals, while both teams scored two times. Over 2.5 goals happened in ten of Newcastle’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 2.3 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of the last ten games for Barcelona, who managed to hit the net 2.4 times on average in these games.