At St James' Park in the first leg, Newcastle seemed to have an advantage when Harvey Barnes pierced Barcelona's net in the 86th minute. However, in injury time, young talent Lamine Yamal successfully converted a penalty, keeping hope for the Catalan representative.
Although coach Hansi Flick admitted that Barcelona did not play well, the statistics are still supporting the home team. Blaugrana has only been silent once in the last 29 Champions League matches. Notably, they have won 23/29 knockout matches after drawing the first leg away from home. Especially with the 1-1 draw scenario in the first leg, Barcelona advanced 11/14 times.
The history of confrontations with Premier League representatives also leans towards the Spanish team. Barcelona has won all 5 of their last encounters with English teams in the Champions League round of 16.
At home, they have only lost 2 out of 37 matches against English teams (22 wins, 13 draws), and are maintaining a 14-match unbeaten streak since the defeat to Liverpool in the 2006-2007 season. These numbers are enough to make Newcastle wary.
In the opposite direction, Newcastle is showing impressive away form with 4 wins in the last 5 matches. Last weekend, Anthony Gordon's goal helped them defeat Chelsea 1-0, thereby adding confidence before the away trip to Spain.
However, history is not on the "Magpies'" side. Newcastle has lost 4 out of 5 away games in Spain in European competitions. More importantly, they have never passed the Champions League round of 16 in club history.
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