At 03:00 on Wednesday, October 22, in the third round of the UEFA Champions League, Newcastle United faced Benfica at home. The two sides have announced the starting lineup for this game.

[Lineup of both sides]

Newcastle starting: 1-Pope, 4-Botman, 12-Jiafu, 33-Dan Byrne, 39-Guimarães, 2-Tripier, 41-Jacob Ramsey, 67-Merry, 10-Gordon, 23-Jacob Murphy, 27-Waltermade

Newcastle substitute: 31-Mark Thompson, 32-Ramsdale, 5-Schar, 17-Craft, 37-Alex Murphy, 7-Jollinton, 8-Tonali, 28-Willock, 11-Barnes, 18-Osula, 20-Ilanga

Benfica starting: 1-Trubin, 4-Antonio Silva, 30-Otamendi, 44-Tomas Araujo , 5-Barenechea, 8-Osers, 10-Sudakov, 14-Pavlidis, 17-Detic, 20-Rios, 11-Lukebakio

Benfica substitutes: 24-Soares, 3-Rafael Obrador, 9-Ivanovic, 18-Valero, 21-Schjeldrup, 26-Samuel Dahl, 66- Wende, 68-Joao Veloso, 84-Joao Rego, 86-Priost, 90-Lima

[Recent record and confrontation history]

Newcastle started the Champions League with 1 win and 1 loss in the first 2 rounds (1-2 Barcelona, ​​4-0 San Giros), and Benfica suffered 2 consecutive losses (2-3 Karabakh, 0-1 Chelsea)!