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"Newcastle" has become only the second team in Champions League history to win the first half of a play-off match by a 5-goal difference. Sport24.az reports that Eddie Howe's team defeated our representative "Qarabagh" 5:1 away.
The second half of the match is currently being played.
Prior to this, only "Bavaria" managed to score 5 goals more than their opponent by half-time in 2015. At that time, "Bavaria" also finished the first half with a score of 5:0 in the game against "Porto".
In addition, "Newcastle" set a Champions League record by creating 4.5 expected goals (xG) in the first 45 minutes. Such an indicator had not been recorded in the period when statistical data were collected.
