THIS WAS A GAME-AND-A-HALF LAST NIGHT, AND ONE WHICH DIDN’T TURN OUT QUITE AS EXPECTED, CONSIDERING NEWCASTLE HAD BEATEN QARABAG 6 – 1 IN THEIR PREVIOUS MATCH! QARABAG PUT ON AN EXTREMELY WELL-ORGANISED PERFORMANCE, MAKING 305 PASSES, WITH A 79% PASS ACCURACY, AND HAD 6 CORNERS, PLUS 11 SHOTS, WITH 7 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING CRACKING GOALS FROM CAMILO DURAN AT 50 MINS., AND ELVIN CAFARGULIYEV AT 57 MINS! NEWCASTLE MADE 587 PASSES, WITH A 90% PASS ACCURACY, HAD 9 CORNERS, (65% POSSESSION), AND 17 SHOTS WITH 8 ON-TARGET, INCLUDING STUNNERS FROM SANDRO TONALI AT 4 MINS., JOELINTON AT 6 MINS., AND SVEN BOTMAN (WITH A STUNNING HEADER) AT 52 MINS., SO WITH NO FURTHER GOALS, ALL THE EXCITEMENT ENDED IN A 3 – 2 WIN TO NEWCASTLE (9 – 3 ON AGGREGATE.)
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE PLAY-OFFS : NEWCASTLE UNITED VS QARABAG FK – 24/02/2026
