There were plenty of contenders for Champions League team of the round after this midweek action.
When it comes to games that might have produced these contenders, did St James’ Park serve up any contenders…?
Newcastle United with a 2-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao.
Well, Whoscored have included two Newcastle United stars from Wednesday night’s match.
A result that leaves Eddie Howe’s side sixth in the Champions League table on Thursday morning, now that the fourth round of games has been completed.
The whoscored ratings use data from every single Premier League match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted according to their influence within the game.
Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on ratings weighted in relation to its area on the pitch and its outcome.
Now whoscored have published their latest Champions League team of the round with Nick Pope and Dan Burn included, the full eleven shown below:
(The Whoscored Champions League team of the round showing the highest rated players in each position)
Whoscored Champions League team of the round 6 November 2025
If you were wondering how all the Newcastle United players were rated by Whoscored on Wednesday night, here you go:
Whoscored Newcastle 2 Athletic Bilbao 0
(The Whoscored display can only show four subs at once, Elanga was rated 6.2)
Newcastle 2 Athletic Bilbao 0 – Wednesday 5 November 2025 8pm
Match Stats
Goals:
Newcastle United :
Burn 11, Joelinton 49
Bilbao:
Possession was Newcastle 58% Bilbao 42%
Total shots were Newcastle 8 Bilbao 12
Shots on target were Newcastle 4 Bilbao 5
Corners were Newcastle 2 Bilbao 5
Touches in the opposition box Newcastle 20 Bilbao 16
Newcastle team v Athletic Bilbao:
Pope, Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn (Hall 65), Bruno (Miley 66), Joelinton, Tonali, Gordon (Jacob Murphy 41), Woltemade (Ramsey 83), Barnes (Elanga 66)
Unused subs:
Thompson, Ramsdale, Schar, Krafth, Willock, Alex Murphy