Newcastle vs Barcelona Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th September 2025
The match between Newcastle and Barcelona will kick off on Thursday at St James' Park. This is a match in round one of the Champions League group stage this season.
Newcastle go into their next Champions League match, averaging a fairly humble 1.4 per game in their last ten matches in this tournament. They scored 14 goals, while conceding 13. That amounts to an average of 1.3 conceded per game, where they kept their opponents from scoring one times.
Barcelona average 2.8 goals per game, scoring 28 times, while conceding 19. That makes an average of 1.9 per game, with a clean sheet three as well in their previous ten matches in this tournament.
Newcastle vs Barcelona Prediction
Newcastle Form
In their last three matches, Newcastle lost 2-3 against Liverpool, drew 0-0 against Leeds, before winning 1-0 against Wolverhampton. Newcastle only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Champions League matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored nine and conceded 11 goals.
Barcelona Form
In their last three matches, Barcelona beat Levante 2-3, drew 1-1 with Rayo Vallecano and beat Valencia by 6-0. Barcelona claimed a remarkable four wins from six away matches in the Champions League, as well as no draw but two defeats. They also banged in 18 goals, whilst conceding 15.
With the results that Barcelona have picked up lately, we favour them to grab another win, when going up against Newcastle at St James' Park.
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Newcastle vs Barcelona Stats
- In 6 of the last 7 Newcastle matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Newcastle matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Newcastle matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 5 of the last 7 Newcastle home matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Newcastle have lost 3 of the last 4 matches in the Champions League while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 18 of the last 20 Barcelona matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Barcelona have won 7 of the last 8 matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
- In 11 of the last 13 Barcelona matches in the Champions League, the sum of goals was over 3.5
- In 13 of the last 15 Barcelona matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Barcelona have won 6 of the last 7 away matches while scoring more than 2.5 goals
Newcastle vs Barcelona Team News
Newcastle might be looking at four missing players for their upcoming assignment against Barcelona. Anthony Gordon and Malick Thiaw can't be called up by the Newcastle-manager, with both serving a ban.
Jamaal Lascelles and Sven Botman nurses various injuries and won't take part for Newcastle against Barcelona at St James' Park.
Apparently, Barcelona have just two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match on Thursday. Ronald Araujo and Raphinha sit this one out for Barcelona, serving a suspension instead of travelling to meet Newcastle.
Newcastle vs Barcelona H2H
Barcelona beat Newcastle twice in their most recent meetings, as they claimed win by 2-0 and 3-1, respectively. As Newcastle enter the match against Barcelona at St James' Park, they do so with a 0-0-2 h2h record in their previous two encounters.
Both teams found the back of the net in one of the last two matches between Newcastle and Barcelona.
Newcastle vs Barcelona Results
Newcastle vs Barcelona Betting Tips
Having scored just once lately in the Champions League, Daniel Burn will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Barcelona hope Raphinha can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of five Champions League goals in his last six Champions League games.
Newcastle were able to win six of their previous 10 home games across all tournaments, while drawing one of the games. They suffered defeat in three of these outings. Barcelona won eight of their last 10 games away, drew one and suffered defeat in one of them. Of the previous 10 outings at St James' Park, Newcastle scored the opening goal six times, whereas their visitors were first on target in seven of their last 10 games away from home.
Over 2.5 goals came out one time in the last two encounters between these two teams. Newcastle managed an average of 0.5 goals, with Barcelona averaging 2.5 goals in these games. Both teams to score was a winning bet one time in this run of matches. Newcastle saw over 2.5 goals in four of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.8 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of the last ten games for Barcelona, who managed to hit the net 3.8 times on average in these games.