Newcastle United 1–2 FC Barcelona
- Gordon 90'
- Rashford 58'
- Rashford 67'
18 September 2025
The match in data
FC Barcelona beat Newcastle United 2–1 on 18 September 2025, in the 2025-26 Champions League (League Stage 1).
Player of the match: Frenkie de Jong (FC Barcelona), rated 72, thanks above all to 16 final-third passes and 87 passes. de Jong produced 1.4 times as much as a midfielder typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
For Newcastle United, the highest-rated player was Anthony Gordon, with 57.
Marcus Rashford scored twice.
Frenkie de Jong
FC Barcelona · 90'
Produced 1.43× and cost 0.31× their position's average
- 16 final-third passes 2.8×
- 87 passes 2.0×
- 2 key passes 1.8×
- 5 duels lost 1.0×
- 1 time dribbled past 1.2×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: anyone who played under 20 minutes, and a goalkeeper who did not play the whole match.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 90 | 57 |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 28 | 54 |
| Kieran Trippier | Defender | 76 | 51 |
| Anthony Elanga | Forward | 63 | 51 |
| Joe Willock | Midfielder | 27 | 51 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 90 | 44 |
| Fabian Schär | Defender | 62 | 44 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 63 | 43 |
| Nick Pope | Goalkeeper | 90 | 40 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 28 | 39 |
| Bruno Guimarães | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Malick Thiaw | Defender | 27 | 35 |
| Tino Livramento | Defender | 90 | 31 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 62 | 31 |
| Dan Burn | Defender | 90 | 26 |
| Sven Botman | Defender | 14 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frenkie de Jong ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 72 |
| Joan García | Goalkeeper | 90 | 68 |
| Pau Cubarsí | Defender | 69 | 62 |
| Pedri | Midfielder | 90 | 58 |
| Raphinha | Forward | 90 | 53 |
| Jules Koundé | Defender | 90 | 52 |
| Gerard Martín | Defender | 81 | 52 |
| Andreas Christensen | Defender | 21 | 52 |
| Marcus Rashford | Forward | 82 | 51 |
| Robert Lewandowski | Forward | 70 | 44 |
| Ronald Araujo | Defender | 90 | 38 |
| Ferran Torres | Forward | 20 | 35 |
| Fermín López | Midfielder | 90 | 24 |
| Eric García | Defender | 9 | no rating |
| Dani Olmo | Midfielder | 8 | no rating |
| Marc Casadó | Midfielder | 1 | no rating |
Did you know?
La Lente trivia questions about this match. Tap one to see the answer.
Which Newcastle United player made the most tackles?
Kieran Trippier, with 5 tackles. Next: Bruno Guimarães 2, Fabian Schär 1.
Kieran Trippier led Newcastle United's defensive efforts in the 1–2 defeat to FC Barcelona, winning 5 tackles. Bruno Guimarães followed with 2, while Fabian Schär recorded 1.
Which FC Barcelona player played the most passes leading to a shot?
Raphinha, with 4 key passes. Next: Marcus Rashford 2, Frenkie de Jong 2.
Raphinha was FC Barcelona's most creative player in the 1–2 win at Newcastle United, delivering 4 key passes. Marcus Rashford and Frenkie de Jong each recorded 2.
How is the rating calculated?
The rating measures a single match: what the player produced against what they cost, compared with the average for their position in that league and season, and adjusted by position (a 70 for a forward is as hard to get as a 70 for a defender). A normal match is around 50, 70 is already very good and only one in a hundred goes above 80. It is not the NVP, which ranks the whole season.
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