Newcastle United sink Paris Saint-Germain in UEFA Champions League: Stats
Newcastle United continued their impressive run of form under Eddie Howe, picking up one of their most famous wins in club history. Newcastle sank French champions Paris Saint-Germain 4-1 on matchday 2 of the UEFA Champions League 2023-24 season. Howe's men went 2-0 ahead in the first half and then controlled the show in the second as well, despite a PSG goal in between.
Contrasting records for PSG and Newcastle
As per Opta, PSG have lost six of their last eight Champions League games against English opponents. After winning their second group stage game in each of the last 10 seasons, PSG suffered a maiden defeat. In Dan Burn and Sean Longstaff, Newcastle have had two different English goalscorers in a single UCL game for a second time, after December 1997 versus Dynamo Kyiv.
More records for the magnificent Magpies
As per Squawka, Newcastle have won a Champions League game for the first time since February 26, 2003. Alan Shearer had scored a hat-trick versus Bayer Leverkusen in a 3-1 win at St James' Park. Newcastle's 4-1 win is their biggest ever winning margin in a UCL match. Meanwhile, it's the heaviest group-stage defeat for PSG since a 0-3 loss to Chelsea (September 2004).
Newcastle humble sorry PSG
Miguel Almiron scored the opener after a mistake from Marquinhos allowed Alexander Isak take a shot before the former scored. Dan Burn's header led to the second as a check for off side took time. In the second half, Kieran trippier provided a beautiful ball for Sean Longstaff, who added the third. Lucas Hernandez pulled one back for PSG but Fabian Schar scored.
Here are the match stats
Eight out of 12 shots for Newcastle was on target compared to just two out of 11 for PSG. Newcastle, who pressed and played sleek football, managed just 26% ball possession. PSG clocked 664 passes and had an 87% pass accuracy.
Newcastle top Group F
With this majestic win, Newcastle are top of Group F with four points from two matches. Newcastle had earlier drawn 0-0 against AC Milan away. PSG are second with three points, having beaten Borussia Dortmund on matchday one. In the other game tonight, Dortmund and Milan played out a 0-0 draw in Germany. Milan are third and have kept two clean sheets.
