This will be the 10th European meeting between sides from Azerbaijan and England (all involving Qarabag), with the English side unbeaten and winning on eight occasions (D1).
Qarabag are winless in four home games against English sides in Europe, losing and failing to score in three of those. They did avoid defeat in the most recent one, however, drawing 2-2 with Chelsea on MD4 in the UEFA Champions League this season.
Newcastle United's journey of 2,529 miles to Qarabag will be the longest ever distance travelled by an English team for a UEFA Champions League away match.
Qarabag won their opening two games in the UEFA Champions League this season (3-2 v Benfica and 2-0 v Copenhagen), but have since only won of their last six (D1 L4).
This will be the first knockout stage games for both Qarabag and Newcastle in the UEFA Champions League; the only one of this year’s eight play-off round ties with both teams playing their first in the competition.
Qarabag have conceded 2+ goals in each of their last six UEFA Champions League games, while only Kairat (22) – who finished bottom of the table – have conceded more goals than the Azerbaijani side (21) in this edition.
Newcastle have won four UEFA Champions League games in 2025-26; if they win here, Eddie Howe will have the joint-most victories by an English manager in a single edition, along with five by Bobby Robson in 2002-03 (with Newcastle) and Graham Potter in 2022-23 (with Chelsea).
76% of Newcastle’s goals in the UEFA Champions League this season have featured one of Anthony Gordon or Harvey Barnes as the scorer and/or assister (13/17). Gordon has six goals and two assists, while Barnes has five goals and one assist (they combined for one goal v Benfica, netted by Barnes/assisted by Gordon).
Qarabag’s Camilo Durán has netted four goals in the UEFA Champions League this season; the only Colombian players to score more in a single edition are Jackson Martínez (7 in 2014-15 for Porto) and Radamel Falcao (5 in 2016-17 for Monaco).
Bruno Guimarães has made 13 defensive line-breaking passes in the UEFA Champions League this season, at least twice as many as any other Newcastle player (6 by Sandro Tonali and Kieran Trippier). Overall, Joshua Kimmich (16) and Joey Veerman (15) were the only players who made more than the Brazilian in this season’s league phase.