Newcastle United have faced Barcelona five times before in Europe, each coming in the UEFA Champions League. The Magpies’ only victory came in the first clash, 3-2 at home in the Group Stages in September 1997, with Barca winning each of the following four games.

Barcelona have faced English opposition 33 times in the knockout stages of the UEFA Champions League, winning 10 of their last 12 matches since 2014.

Newcastle have faced Spanish opposition in the UEFA Champions League on six occasions before, winning twice and losing four times. Both victories during that time have come at home though, 3-2 vs Barcelona in September 1997 and 2-0 vs Athletic Club back in November last year.

Barcelona have progressed from each of their last five UEFA Champions League Last 16 ties against English sides, most recently in February 2018 against Chelsea (4-1 on aggregate).

Newcastle are on their longest ever unbeaten run in the UEFA Champions League (5 games – W3 D2), and have only lost one of their last nine matches in the competition (W6 D2): 1-2 away to Marseille in November 2025.

In the previous meeting between Barcelona and Newcastle in the UEFA Champions League this season, the ball was in play for just 49.6% of the total match time. It was just one of seven matches in the 2025-26 edition to see a ball-in-play average lower than 50 percent.

Coming into the round of 16 ties, Newcastle have been in a winning game state for longer than any other team in the UEFA Champions League this season (565:36). In fact, this is the longest any team has been in any of the three possible game states (WDL) in the current tournament.

Marcus Rashford has the joint-most goal involvements (8) and goals (5) for Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League this season (level with Fermín López in both). Rashford has also been directly involved in six goals in seven career matches against Newcastle at St. James’ Park (4 goals, 2 assists), including a brace there earlier this season in the league phase.

Anthony Gordon has scored 10 goals for Newcastle in the UEFA Champions League this season – the only players to net more times for an English side in a single edition of the European Cup/Champions League are Erling Haaland (12 for Manchester City in 2022-23) and Ruud van Nistelrooy (12 for Manchester United in 2002-03).

Barcelona midfielder Pedri has averaged 9.9 line-breaking passes in the final third per 90 in the UEFA Champions League this season; the most of any player (min. 300 minutes played).