Arsenal and Newcastle United are both in the top eight of the Champions League going into the eighth and final round of the Swiss league.
The Gunners have already secured a place in the last sixteen after a perfect seven wins from seven.
Arsenal are at the bottom of the Champions League on Wednesday, Kairat Almaty, and only need a point to guarantee that they finish top after the last round of matches.
Newcastle United has already secured a place in the play-offs, while knowing that PSG will automatically qualify for the last sixteen if they win away.
Eddie Howe’s team are currently seventh in the Champions League and will hopefully stay ahead of PSG if/when they win in Paris.
Here are Newcastle United’s seven Champions League games so far this season:
Newcastle1 Barcelona2
Union SG 0 Newcastle 4
Newcastle3Benfica0
Newcastle 2 Athletic Club Bilbao 0
Marseille2 Newcastle1
Bayer Leverkusen2 Newcastle2
Newcastle3PSV0
Arsenal have rightly received a lot of praise in the Champions League this season.
However, I haven’t seen Newcastle United get the praise they deserve when it comes to one particular statistic, with only Arsenal having outperformed all Champions League clubs.
Goals conceded in the Champions League in the first seven rounds:
2 Arsenal
6 Newcastle United
7 Bayern Munich, Spurs, Inter Milan
8 Real Madrid, Liverpool, Chelsea
9 Sporting Lisbon, Barcelona, Atalanta
10PSG, Juventus
13 Manchester City, Atletico Madrid
15 Borussia Dortmund
The above players are currently the top sixteen in the Champions League. All other twenty clubs have also conceded more goals than Eddie Howe’s team.
The Newcastle United team has generally performed excellently when it comes to defending in the league so far.
Aaron Ramsdale conceded two at Bayer Leverkusen.
While Nick Pope has kept an impressive four clean sheets and conceded a total of four goals in his six Champions League appearances so far.
A fifth clean sheet for Nick Pope and his Newcastle United defense on Wednesday night in Paris, after which every chance United will celebrate automatic progression to the last 16.
What the Champions League rankings will look like on Saturday, January 24, 2026, prior to Wednesday’s final round:
The last 18 Round of 16 matches start on Wednesday, January 28 at 8:00 PM (GMT).
Ajax vs Olympiacos
Arsenal vs Kairat Almaty
Athletic Club Bilbao vs Sporting Lisbon
Atletico Madrid vs Bodo/Glimt
Barcelona vs Copenhagen
Bayer Leverkusen in Villarreal
Benfica at Real Madrid
Borussia Dortmund and Inter Milan
Club Brugge-Marseille
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Spurs
Liverpool vs Qarabag
Man City vs Galatasaray
Monaco-Juventus
Napoli at Chelsea
PSV against Bayern Munich
Paphos vs Slavia Prague
PSG vs Newcastle United
Union SG vs Atalanta
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