UEFA Champions League

FT Tuesday, February 24, 2026
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2nd Leg - Newcastle United advance 9-3 on aggregate · St. James' Park · 50,068 att. · CBSSN

Match Report

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Newcastle swat aside Qarabag to cruise into Champions League RO16

Eddie Howe guided Newcastle into the last 16 of the Champions League for the first time as they sealed their passage from the play-offs with an entertaining 3-2 home victory over Qarabag.

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Team Stats

4
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
4
34.6
Possession
65.4
13
SHOTS
19
6
ON GOAL
8
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
260
Accurate Passes
538
327
Passes
604
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
6
5
Crosses
23
0.4
Cross %
0.3
46
Long Balls
35
15
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
7
12
Effective Tackles
11
16
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.6
18
Interceptions
5
22
Effective Clearances
9
22
Clearances
9

Highlights

02:17 Why is Woltemade playing out of position for Newcastle? Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

NEW leads series 1-0

Lineups

NEW · 4-3-3

  1. 32Aaron RamsdaleG
  2. 33Dan BurnCD-L
  3. 4Sven BotmanCD-R
  4. 37Alex MurphyLB
  5. 2Kieran TrippierRB
  6. 8Sandro TonaliCM
  7. 27Nick WoltemadeLM
  8. 7JoelintonRM
  9. 18William OsulaF
  10. 11Harvey BarnesLF
  11. 23Jacob MurphyRF

QAR · 3-4-2-1

  1. 99Mateusz KochalskiG
  2. 55Badavi HüseynovCD
  3. 81Kevin MedinaCD-L
  4. 2Matheus SilvaCD-R
  5. 8Marko JankovićCM-L
  6. 35Pedro BicalhoCM-R
  7. 44Elvin CafarquliyevLM
  8. 18DanielRM
  9. 17Camilo DuránF
  10. 10Abdellah ZoubirCF-L
  11. 9Joni MontielCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Newcastle United 1, Qarabag 0. Sandro Tonali (Newcastle United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  2. 6' Goal! Newcastle United 2, Qarabag 0. Joelinton (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Harvey Barnes with a cross.
  3. 50' Goal! Newcastle United 2, Qarabag 1. Camilo Durán (Qarabag) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Joni Montiel.
  4. 52' Goal! Newcastle United 3, Qarabag 1. Sven Botman (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kieran Trippier with a cross following a corner.
  5. 54' Substitution, Newcastle United. Lewis Hall replaces Kieran Trippier.
  6. 54' Substitution, Newcastle United. Joe Willock replaces Sven Botman.
  7. 54' Substitution, Newcastle United. Anthony Gordon replaces Joelinton.
  8. 57' Penalty saved. Marko Jankovic (Qarabag) left footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Aaron Ramsdale (Newcastle United).
  9. 57' Goal! Newcastle United 3, Qarabag 2. Elvin Cafarquliyev (Qarabag) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  10. 62' Substitution, Qarabag. Kady Borges replaces Joni Montiel.
  11. 69' Substitution, Qarabag. Oleksii Kashchuk replaces Camilo Durán because of an injury.
  12. 73' Substitution, Newcastle United. Yoane Wissa replaces William Osula.
  13. 79' Substitution, Qarabag. Emmanuel Addai replaces Abdellah Zoubir.
  14. 79' Substitution, Qarabag. Musa Qurbanli replaces Marko Jankovic.
  15. 79' Substitution, Qarabag. Toral Bayramov replaces Elvin Cafarquliyev.
  16. 80' Pedro Bicalho (Qarabag) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 87' Substitution, Newcastle United. Leo Shahar replaces Jacob Murphy.

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