Which Newcastle United stars were contenders for a Champions League team of the League phase this season?
United playing eight games this season in the Swiss League phase.
The NUFC team picking up four wins, two draws and two defeats in their eight matches.
The wins against Union S-G, Benfica, Athletic Club Bilbao and PSV Eindhoven, as well as draws away at Bayer Leverkusen and PSG, meant Newcastle United finished 12th of 36 Champions League clubs.
That means Eddie Howe and his players now have a home and away play-off tie against Qarabag to decide whether they will progress to the last 16.
Whoscored have now included two Newcastle United players in their Champions League team of the League phase top eleven.
‘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.’
The Whoscored Champions League team of the League phase, the players who got the highest average ratings in each position across the eight rounds of matches:
Haikan (Bodo/Glimt) – 7.50 Rating
Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United) – 7.39 Rating
Dan Burn (Newcastle United) – 7.32 Rating
Gvardiol (Man City) – 7.42 Rating
Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen) – 7.56 Rating
Dominik Szoboszlai (Liverpool) – 7.89 Rating
Vitinha (PSG) – 7.56 Rating
Michael Olise (Bayern Munich) – 7.72 Rating
Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) – 8.01 Rating
Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid) – 8.83 Rating
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich) – 7.98 Rating
Dan Burn started seven of the eight Champions League matches, whilst Kieran Trippier started five.
Following the eighth game, the UEFA Technical Observer Group explaining why Dan Burn has been named the Player of the Match after the 1-1 draw away at PSG last week: “Dan Burn showed real leadership and strength against a Paris side that were constantly trying to find spaces to exploit. He was strong in duels and also a threat on attacking set pieces, culminating in his assist for Newcastle’s goal. A real captain’s performance.”