Benfica defeated Newcastle 3-2 in Friendlies Clubs. The fixture is part of the Club Friendlies 3 stage in the 2022 season. The full-time result capped a Benfica vs Newcastle meeting in Friendlies Clubs with detailed post-match statistics available on Sportra. This match centre covers lineups, live events, player ratings, team statistics, xG, head-to-head history, and related news for Benfica and Newcastle. On Sportra you can view xG, lineups, match statistics, events, player ratings, predictions, head-to-head history, and related news for this fixture.
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Newcastle NEWRecorded meetings: 0 (available previous meetings, not necessarily all-time).
Hearts have found out their potential opponents in both the Europa League and Conference League play-offs, depending on the result of their tie with Benfica. Wouter Vrancken's men face the Portuguese giants in a Europa League third qualifying round double header over the next two weeks. If the Jambos were to pull off a huge upset and beat Benfica over two legs, they would face either a trip to Denmark to battle AGF Aarhus, or Azerbaijan to play FC Sabah.
Premier League champions have £70m offer turned downBrazil midfielder has arrived at Newcastle training campArsenal have stepped up their attempt to sign Bruno Guimarães by finally beginning formal transfer negotiations and making an opening offer, which Newcastle have rejected.Guimarães met Newcastle’s incoming manager, Matthias Jaissle, for the first time on Monday at the team’s pre-season training camp at La Manga after a post-World Cup holiday in Brazil. Continue reading...
Leaky Newcastle kept just eight clean sheets in the Premier League last season and conceded 55 goals, 15th overall with only relegated Burnley, West Ham and Wolves plus Leeds and Tottenham below them. Newcastle's outfield players clearly did not offer enough protection, but goalkeeper Nick Pope made a handful of significant errors leading to goals while Aaron Ramsdale never fully convinced during his loan spell and has since returned to Southampton. A new number one was therefore a priority and Newcastle have once again looked to the continent.
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