Newcastle’s victory in the first leg means English sides have won nine of 10 games against Qarabag in major European competition (D1). The aggregate score across those nine victories is 33-2.

Qarabag have played five previous matches away to English sides, losing all five by an aggregate score of 1-19, and failing to score in each of the last four trips.

Newcastle currently hold a five-goal advantage in this tie versus Qarabag – they last won a two-legged knockout stage tie in major European competition by 5+ goals in 2004-05 in the UEFA Cup (7-1 v Olympiakos in the last 16), while their biggest ever aggregate win is 8 goals, achieved against Royal Antwerp in the UEFA Cup in 1994-95 (10-2 in a first round tie).

No team in major European competition history has lost the first leg of a two-legged knockout stage tie by 5+ goals and gone on to progress – this will be the 301st time a team have gone into a second leg after a 5+ goal defeat in the first leg.

Qarabag have conceded six goals in each of their last two UEFA Champions League games (v Liverpool and Newcastle). They’re one of only three sides this century to concede 6+ goals in consecutive games in the same edition, after Maccabi Haifa in 2022-23 and Dinamo Zagreb in 2011-12.

Newcastle have won five of their nine games in the UEFA Champions League this season (D2 L2) – if they win here, it will be the most victories they’ve achieved in a single edition (6), overtaking their five from 12 games in 2002-03.

Newcastle have scored in each of their last 11 matches in the UEFA Champions League (25 goals scored); only Bayern Munich (15) are currently on a longer streak of consecutive games scored in.

Qarabag have conceded 27 goals in nine matches in the UEFA Champions League this season, already just one shy of the most conceded by a team in a single edition (since 1992-93): 28 by Bayer Leverkusen in 2001-02 (17 games played).

Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon has netted 10 goals in 15 appearances in the UEFA Champions League; the second quickest an English player has reached double figures for goals in the competition, only behind Harry Kane (12 appearances).

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