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Newcastle United vs Benfica – Champions League
Match Intelligence Center
Champions League
FULL TIME
3:0
HT 1–0
3W · 0D · 5L
Stadium
St. James' Park
Capacity
52,409
Pitch
Grass
xG
2.340.31
Shots
197
Possession
52%48%
Corners
128
Cards
11
Fouls
167
Form Intelligence
medium dataNewcastle United
51
Intel score
Benfica form edge
Benfica rate higher on weighted, opponent-adjusted form (73 vs 51).
65% confBenfica
73
Intel score
Benfica carry the stronger recent form once weighted and opponent-adjusted.
- Newcastle United: 1.25 weighted PPG (stable), opponent read proven.
- Benfica: 2.07 weighted PPG (stable), opponent read proven.
- Goals shape leans over 2.5 (65% of recent matches went over 2.5.).
- Thin underlying output: Winning despite only 5.5 shots/game.
True Form (weighted)
Newcastle United→ stable
1.25weighted PPG
raw 1.00 · vol high
Venue-adj 1.80
67% conf · n=10Benfica→ stable
2.07weighted PPG
raw 2.10 · vol medium
Opponent-adj 3.00Venue-adj 2.00
65% conf · n=10Surface & Venue
Newcastle United
grass pitch · per-surface metrics unavailable