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- It's the UEFA Champions League of the 2025-2026 UEFA Champions League as Newcastle United and Benfica lock horns at St. James' Park on 2025-10-21 at 20:00 GMT.
- José Mourinho versus E. Howe across 8 meetings, record stands at 5-1 with 2 draws.
- Newcastle United are 11th in the standings with 3 points, followed by Benfica in 33th on 0 points.
- Newcastle United have 7 players sidelined: H. Ashby (Inactive), M. Gillespie (Inactive), L. Hall (Thigh Injury), J. Lascelles (Inactive), V. Livramento (Knee Injury), J. Ruddy (Inactive), Y. Wissa (Knee Injury) while Benfica face 5 absences: A. Bah (Knee Injury), Bruma (Achilles Tendon Injury), N. Felix (Knee Injury), Manu (Knee Injury), G. Prestianni (International duty).
- Projected to use a four-defender base in 4-3-3, Newcastle United should be met by Benfica's expected 4-3-3.
- In their last outing, Newcastle United's highest-rated performer was Joelinton (9.9), while Benfica's standout was V. Pavlidis (8.3).
- Both teams are coming from different results: Newcastle United fell 1-2 against Brighton & Hove Albion, while Benfica prevailed 2-0 over Chaves.
- Newcastle United (3-0-2) and Benfica (2-2-1) head into this in winning moods from their past 5 matches.
- Benfica lead this rivalry - 2 wins from 3 matches versus Newcastle United (who've won just 0 games), alongside 1 draw.
- TheyScored users favour 1-2 (17.5%) over all other scorelines - 2-1 sits second at 12.5%.
- With both sides enjoying similar home/away returns (0-0-1 vs 1-1-1) and scoring roughly 1.00-1.67 goals, a 2-2 draw seems on the cards.
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Most Guessed Score
2
1
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Newcastle
Benfica
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| 17' | M. Thiaw | ||
| 32' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 45' | D. Lukebakio | ||
HT 1 - 0 | |||
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| 70' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 83' | 3 - 0 | ||
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Newcastle is going head to head with Benfica on 21/10/2025 19:00 GMT at St. James' Park for the Eurocups UEFA Champions League. Our users most predicted score for this game is 2 - 1. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Newcastle v Benfica H2H statistics!