After this midweek action, there were plenty of contenders for the Champions League team of the round.
When it comes to games that might have produced these contenders, has St James’ Park had any contenders…?
Newcastle United with 2-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao.
Well, Whoscored has included two Newcastle United stars from Wednesday night’s match.
A result that puts Eddie Howe’s team sixth in the Champions League on Thursday morning, now that the fourth round has been completed.
The whoscored ratings use data from every single Premier League match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted by their influence within the game.
Each significant event is taken into account, with a positive or negative impact on ratings weighed in proportion to the area on the field and its outcome.
Now who scored have published their latest Champions League team of the round including Nick Pope and Dan Burn, the full eleven are below:
(The Whoscored Champions League team of the round, with the highest rated players in each position)
If you were wondering how all the Newcastle United players were rated Who scored on Wednesday evening, here it is:
(The Whoscored display can only show four subtitles at a time, Elanga was rated 6.2)
Newcastle 2 Athletic Bilbao 0 – Wednesday November 5, 2025 8:00 PM
Match statistics
Goals:
Newcastle United:
Fire 11, Joelinton 49
Bilbao:
Possess was Newcastle 58% Bilbao 42%
Total shots were Newcastle 8 Bilbao 12
Shots on target were Newcastle 4 Bilbao 5
Corners were Newcastle 2 Bilbao 5
Touches in the opposition box Newcastle 20 Bilbao 16
Newcastle team vs Athletic Bilbao:
Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn (Room 65), Bruno (Miley 66), Joelinton, Tonali, Gordon (Jacob Murphy 41), Woltemade (Ramsey 83), Barnes (Elanga 66)
Unused subs:
Thompson, Ramsdale, Schar, Krafth, Willock, Alex Murphy
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