# Newcastle United 1–2 FC Barcelona · Ratings and player of the match · 2025-26 Champions League | Sir Balone > Ratings for every player in Newcastle United v FC Barcelona (1–2), League Stage 1, 2025-26 Champions League. Player of the match: Frenkie de Jong (72). URL: https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/matches/newcastle-united-fc-barcelona-2025-09-18/ Datos al: 2026-10-15 Fuente de los datos: Sportmonks (https://www.sportmonks.com/). Métricas, notas y textos: La Lente, de Sir Balone, a cargo de Juan Carlos Vasquez (https://sirbalone.com/authors/juan-carlos-vasquez/). § Champions League · 2025-26 · League Stage 1 ## [Newcastle United](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/newcastle-united-20/2025-26/) 1 – 2 [FC Barcelona](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/teams/fc-barcelona-83/2025-26/) - 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. 72 Player of the match ### [Frenkie de Jong](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/frenkie-de-jong-26536/) FC Barcelona · 90' Produced **1.43×** and cost **0.31×** their position's average Added - 16 final-third passes 2.8× - 87 passes 2.0× - 2 key passes 1.8× Took away - 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. **Newcastle United** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Anthony Gordon](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/anthony-gordon-9611543/) | Forward | 90 | 57 | | [Jacob Murphy](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jacob-murphy-3071/) | Forward | 28 | 54 | | [Kieran Trippier](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/kieran-trippier-1016/) | Defender | 76 | 51 | | [Anthony Elanga](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/anthony-elanga-28912805/) | Forward | 63 | 51 | | [Joe Willock](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/joe-willock-1494447/) | Midfielder | 27 | 51 | | [Sandro Tonali](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sandro-tonali-2823228/) | Midfielder | 90 | 44 | | [Fabian Schär](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/fabian-schar-32372/) | Defender | 62 | 44 | | [Harvey Barnes](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/harvey-barnes-10601/) | Forward | 63 | 43 | | [Nick Pope](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nick-pope-2763/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 40 | | [Nick Woltemade](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/nick-woltemade-32777430/) | Forward | 28 | 39 | | [Bruno Guimarães](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/bruno-guimaraes-459145/) | Midfielder | 90 | 35 | | [Malick Thiaw](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/malick-thiaw-21762216/) | Defender | 27 | 35 | | [Tino Livramento](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/tino-livramento-24799911/) | Defender | 90 | 31 | | [Joelinton](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/joelinton-33645/) | Midfielder | 62 | 31 | | [Dan Burn](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dan-burn-2815/) | Defender | 90 | 26 | | [Sven Botman](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/sven-botman-5270468/) | Defender | 14 | no rating | **FC Barcelona** | Player | Position | Min | Rating | |---|---|---|---| | [Frenkie de Jong](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/frenkie-de-jong-26536/) ★ | Midfielder | 90 | 72 | | [Joan García](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/joan-garcia-16475841/) | Goalkeeper | 90 | 68 | | [Pau Cubarsí](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pau-cubarsi-37656790/) | Defender | 69 | 62 | | [Pedri](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/pedri-37288001/) | Midfielder | 90 | 58 | | [Raphinha](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/raphinha-160258/) | Forward | 90 | 53 | | [Jules Koundé](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/jules-kounde-337394/) | Defender | 90 | 52 | | [Gerard Martín](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/gerard-martin-37357510/) | Defender | 81 | 52 | | [Andreas Christensen](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/andreas-christensen-4460/) | Defender | 21 | 52 | | [Marcus Rashford](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/marcus-rashford-1878/) | Forward | 82 | 51 | | [Robert Lewandowski](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/robert-lewandowski-31000/) | Forward | 70 | 44 | | [Ronald Araujo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ronald-araujo-469717/) | Defender | 90 | 38 | | [Ferran Torres](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/ferran-torres-448389/) | Forward | 20 | 35 | | [Fermín López](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/fermin-lopez-37596363/) | Midfielder | 90 | 24 | | [Eric García](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/eric-garcia-4545389/) | Defender | 9 | no rating | | [Dani Olmo](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/dani-olmo-74060/) | Midfielder | 8 | no rating | | [Marc Casadó](https://sirbalone.com/en/la-lente/players/marc-casado-37584217/) | 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. ### Share this match [See the match in La Lente Line-ups on the pitch, what each player produced and cost, and the match line by line.](https://app.sirbalone.com/#partidos/19568550)