Newcastle United 3–2 Qarabağ
- Tonali 4'
- Joelinton 6'
- Botman 52'
- Durán 50'
- Cafarquliyev 57'
24 February 2026
The match in data
Newcastle United got the better of Qarabağ, 3–2, on 24 February 2026, in the 2025-26 Champions League (Knockout Round Play-offs).
Player of the match: Dan Burn (Newcastle United), rated 70, thanks above all to 12 final-third passes and 89 passes. Burn produced 1.0 times as much as a defender typically does, at 0.3 times the cost.
It was also their best match of the season.
For Qarabağ, the highest-rated player was Kady Borges, with 73.
Marko Jankovic missed a penalty at 57'.
Dan Burn
Newcastle United · 90'
Produced 1.02× and cost 0.26× their position's average
- 12 final-third passes 2.1×
- 89 passes 1.9×
- 7 recoveries 1.8×
- 5 misplaced passes 0.7×
- 1 duel lost 0.3×
Match ratings
Everyone who played, sorted by rating. No rating: goalkeepers and anyone who played under 20 minutes.
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kieran Trippier | Defender | 54 | 76 |
| Dan Burn ★ | Defender | 90 | 70 |
| Sandro Tonali | Midfielder | 90 | 65 |
| Harvey Barnes | Forward | 90 | 62 |
| Anthony Gordon | Forward | 36 | 60 |
| Sven Botman | Defender | 54 | 58 |
| Joelinton | Midfielder | 54 | 54 |
| Alex Murphy | Defender | 90 | 47 |
| Nick Woltemade | Forward | 90 | 46 |
| Lewis Hall | Defender | 36 | 43 |
| Jacob Murphy | Forward | 87 | 42 |
| Joe Willock | Midfielder | 36 | 39 |
| William Osula | Forward | 73 | 35 |
| Aaron Ramsdale | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Yoane Wissa | Forward | 17 | no rating |
| Leo Shahar | Defender | 3 | no rating |
| Player | Position | Min | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kady Borges | Midfielder | 28 | 73 |
| Camilo Durán | Forward | 69 | 70 |
| Marko Jankovic | Midfielder | 79 | 60 |
| Badavi Hüseynov | Defender | 90 | 57 |
| Joni Montiel | Forward | 62 | 54 |
| Kevin Medina | Defender | 90 | 45 |
| Abdellah Zoubir | Forward | 79 | 43 |
| Elvin Cafarquliyev | Midfielder | 79 | 38 |
| Pedro Bicalho | Midfielder | 90 | 35 |
| Dani Bolt | Midfielder | 90 | 34 |
| Matheus Silva | Defender | 90 | 34 |
| Oleksiy Kashchuk | Midfielder | 21 | 19 |
| Mateusz Kochalski | Goalkeeper | 90 | no rating |
| Emmanuel Addai | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Musa Qurbanly | Forward | 11 | no rating |
| Toral Bayramov | Defender | 11 | no rating |
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.