Hansi Flick’s Blaugrana team travel to the North-East of England this Thursday to St James’ Park as they face Newcastle in the first round of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League. Barcelona have had a fairly strong start to their 2025/26 campaign, accumulating 10 points out of a possible 12 in La Liga, most recently demolished Valencia 6-0.
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Newcastle vs Barcelona live stream date, time and channels
The Newcastle vs Barcelona stream will takes place on Thursday (18th September 2025).
Kick-Off: 8 p.m. BST / 3 p.m. ET / 12 p.m. PT / 6 a.m. AEDT
Free Stream — RTE Player (IRE)
U.S. — Paramount+
U.K. — TNT Sports 1 via Discovery+
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Newcastle United’s start to the season has been turbulent to say the least. After an unbelievably successful season last year, Eddie Howe’s side managed to secure Champions League football with a fifth place finish in the league and a Carabao Cup trophy to end the club’s 70-year drought. However, a dramatic summer involving Alexander Isak saw the Magpies lose their star striker to Liverpool which was the story of the window. Their domestic campaign has started poorly, with them sitting 10th in the League as they are now set to take on Spanish giants, Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League. Fans can expect a roaring crowd as Eddie Howe’s side look for a statement victory over Barcelona as they aim to turn the page on their theatrical summer.
Over in sunny Spain, Barcelona have started strongly in the league, with the exception of one hiccup where they drew 1-1 away to Rayo Vallecano. The Spanish Champions will be looking to end an 11-year drought in which time they have failed to get over the line in Europe’s most prestigious competition. Last season, they showed real promise until they came unstuck against Inter Milan in the semi-finals. Now, Hansi Flick will be hoping that his youthful team can use their experiences from last season to add a 6th UCL title to their trophy haul. However, Barca will be without superstar, Lamine Yamal for this one as they look to start their 2025/26 UEFA Champions League campaign with a bang.
Keep reading to find out how you can watch Newcastle vs Barcelona from anywhere in the world, including free options.
Team News
Newcastle XI: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento, Bruno Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton, Elanga, Gordon, Barnes
Barcelona XI: Joan Garcia, Kounde, Araujo, Cubarsi, Gerard Martin, De Jong, Pedri, Fermin, Raphinha, Rashford, Lewandowski
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How to watch Newcastle vs Barcelona from anywhere
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Newcastle vs Barcelona live streams
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Newcastle vs Barcelona Injury News
Newcastle will go into this momentous clash with Barcelona without two of their new signings. Jacob Ramsey who they signed from Aston Villa in the summer will miss the game with an ankle injury. Yoane Wissa will also miss the clash as he sustained a knee injury during international duty with Congo DR.
Barcelona will also go into this game missing key players, most notably, Lamine Yamal. The wonderkid missed the game vs Valencia and will also be out for the first UCL game of the season vs Newcastle. Additionally, club captain, Marc-Andre Ter-Stegen, remains out with a long-term back injury as Barca will also miss Gavi and Alejandro Balde for this one. Frenkie de Jong is also a doubt having only just returned to training.