Barcelona vs Newcastle Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 18th March 2026

The scoreline read 1-1 after the first leg and now decision time is here for visitors Newcastle and Barcelona. Their second leg meeting in the Champions League takes place at the Spotify Camp Nou this coming Wednesday.

Having each put one goal on the board in a first leg draw, Newcastle and Barcelona are more or less starting from scratch. A single goal is enough to qualify and one suspects a cautious encounter is on the cards.

Before their upcoming Champions League match, Barcelona are performing great numbers when it comes to goals scored. In the past ten outings in this tournament, they achieved an average of 2.6 goals per game or a fine total of 26 goals in all. They let 19 slip in, which creates an average of 1.9 goals conceded per game. During this run, they fought their way to zero clean sheets.

Newcastle scored 26 goals, conceded nine and managed a clean sheet four times in their previous ten matches in this tournament.

Barcelona vs Newcastle Prediction

Barcelona Form

Barcelona look good before their upcoming match, in which they seek to remain unbeaten. In their last three matches, they first beat Athletic Club by 0-1, before drawing 1-1 with Newcastle. They were back as winners last time out, when they took out Sevilla 5-2. Barcelona won four of their previous six Champions League games at the Spotify Camp Nou. They both drew and lost once, as they conceded eight and scored 20 goals.

Newcastle Form

Newcastle have a single win and a draw to show from their past three matches. First, they went down 1-3 against Manchester City, before picking up a 1-1 draw against Barcelona. Their latest match brought a 0-1 win in their encounter with Chelsea. Newcastle won twice, while also recording three draws, and one defeat in their last six away matches in the Champions League. The scoreline from these matches says seven goals conceded and 15 scored.

Anything but a home win would be a stunning result, and we back Barcelona not to be stunned, just like we back numerous goals to be scored when they face Newcastle.

Barcelona vs Newcastle Team News

Barcelona seem to only have two players missing from the squad ahead of their upcoming assignment this coming Wednesday. Ronald Araujo and Raphinha can't be called up by the Barcelona-manager, with both serving a ban.

Newcastle are juggling with three absent players on on Wednesday when travelling to Barcelona. Anthony Gordon and Malick Thiaw racked up too many penalty points and won't be in the Newcastle travelling party for their next match.

Sven Botman is too injured to face Newcastle.

Barcelona vs Newcastle H2H

Betting on the draw would have earned you a sound profit the last time Barcelona played Newcastle. The pair split the points in a 1-1 match, where no one managed to get the upper hand. Examining the past four encounters games between them, Newcastle only earned victory in zero of them. In contrast, Barcelona have a slight advantage over their opposition, earning a win three times.

Both teams found the back of the net in three of the last four matches between Barcelona and Newcastle.

Barcelona vs Newcastle Results

Barcelona vs Newcastle Betting Tips

Lamine Yamal look like value in the goal scoring market with three strikes to his name in six Champions League matches. The visitors are crossing their fingers Anthony Gordon adds to his six Champions League goals come on Wednesday.

Barcelona have been absolutely immaculate at the Spotify Camp Nou, simply claiming ten wins from 10 games possible across all tournaments. In contrast, Newcastle can brag about five wins in their last 10 matches away. They also drew two and lost three of their last 10 away games. Barcelona probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Wednesday, as Newcastle managed only six clean sheets in the previous 10 matches away. The hosts claimed two clean sheets in their last 10 matches on home soil.

Over 2.5 goals happened two times in the past four encounters between Barcelona and Newcastle, with Barcelona scoring two goals on average per game. Newcastle averaged 0.75 goals, while both teams scored three times. Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Barcelona, who scored an average of 2.3 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals were scored in eight of the ten most recent games across all tournaments for Newcastle. They performed an average of 2.2 goals in these.