Newcastle vs Qarabag

ResultUEFA Champions League3-2

UEFA Champions League
Full Time
Newcastle
Newcastle
3
Qarabag
Qarabag
2
📍 St James' Park

Newcastle 3-2 Qarabag — Match Report

Newcastle secured a home victory with a 3-2 scoreline against Qarabag in the UEFA Champions League. The match was played at St James' Park on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.

Goals were scored by S. Tonali (4', assisted by W. Osula), Joelinton (6', assisted by H. Barnes), C. Duran (51', assisted by J. Montiel), S. Botman (52', assisted by K. Trippier), M. Jankovic (57', assisted by M. Jankovic) and E. Cafarquliyev (57', assisted by M. Jankovic).

Newcastle controlled 66% of possession compared to Qarabag's 34%. The hosts had 19 shots (8 on target) while the visitors managed 13 shots (6 on target). Corner kicks were 9-6 in favour of Newcastle.

Prediction accuracy: Betora's AI predicted a Newcastle win with probabilities of 80% home, 15% draw, 5% away and a most likely score of 2-1. The prediction was correct ✓ — the actual result was 3-2.

Match Events

4'
⚽ GoalS. TonaliAssist: W. Osula
6'
⚽ GoalJoelintonAssist: H. Barnes
51'
⚽ GoalC. DuranAssist: J. Montiel
52'
⚽ GoalS. BotmanAssist: K. Trippier
53'
🔄 SubstitutionK. TrippierAssist: L. HallOut: L. Hall
53'
🔄 SubstitutionS. BotmanAssist: J. WillockOut: J. Willock
54'
🔄 SubstitutionJoelintonAssist: A. GordonOut: A. Gordon
57'
⚽ GoalM. JankovicAssist: M. Jankovic
57'
⚽ GoalE. CafarquliyevAssist: M. Jankovic
62'
🔄 SubstitutionJ. MontielAssist: Kady BorgesOut: Kady Borges
69'
🔄 SubstitutionC. DuranAssist: O. KashchukOut: O. Kashchuk
73'
🔄 SubstitutionW. OsulaAssist: Y. WissaOut: Y. Wissa
79'
🔄 SubstitutionM. JankovicAssist: M. QurbanlyOut: M. Qurbanly
79'
🔄 SubstitutionA. ZoubirAssist: E. AddaiOut: E. Addai
79'
🔄 SubstitutionE. CafarquliyevAssist: T. BayramovOut: T. Bayramov
80'
🟨 Yellow CardPedro Bicalho
87'
🔄 SubstitutionJ. MurphyAssist: L. ShaharOut: L. Shahar

Lineups

Newcastle4-3-3

32Aaron RamsdaleG
2Kieran TrippierD
4Sven BotmanD
33Dan BurnD
37Alex MurphyD
7JoelintonM
8Sandro TonaliM
27Nick WoltemadeM
23Jacob MurphyF
18William OsulaF
11Harvey BarnesF

Qarabag3-4-2-1

99Mateusz KochalskiG
2Matheus SilvaD
55Bədavi HüseynovD
81Kevin MedinaD
18Dani BoltM
35Pedro BicalhoM
8Marko JankovićM
44Elvin JafarguliyevM
9Joni MontielF
10Abdellah ZoubirF
17Camilo DuránF

Match Statistics

Newcastle
Qarabag
Possession
66%34%
🎯Total Shots
1913
🥅Shots on Goal
86
📦Shots Inside Box
148
🚩Corners
96
⚠️Fouls
104
🟨Yellow Cards
01
🏳️Offsides
02
🧤GK Saves
45
📊Pass Accuracy
89%80%
🛡️Blocked Shots
72

Top Performers

Newcastle

Sandro Tonali
⚽ 1 🔑 3 key passes
8.7
Harvey Barnes
🅰️ 1 🔑 3 key passes
8.0
Anthony Gordon
🔑 4 key passes
7.7
Sven Botman
⚽ 1
7.5
Joelinton
⚽ 1
7.3

Qarabag

Elvin Jafarguliyev
⚽ 1
7.9
Camilo Durán
⚽ 1
7.9
Kevin Medina
7.6
Abdellah Zoubir
6.9
Kady Borges
🔑 2 key passes
6.7