Champions League chances for Newcastle United – Updated from Barcelona aftermath | OneFootball

How do you rate the chances of Newcastle United in the Champions League?

In total, 36 clubs taking part in the league stage of the 2025/26 Champions League.

Three rounds of matches having now been played.

Five still to go.

Newcastle United unlucky to lose 2-1 to Barcelona, a game they definitely deserved at least a point from.

That then followed by thumping victories over both Union S-G and Benfica, United scoring seven goals without reply.

With the third round of matches now completed, these are now the odds available from various bookies on which club will win the 2025/26 Champions League (in brackets the odds after NUFC lost to Barcelona and before these two Newcastle wins):

5/1 PSG (7/1)

5/1 Arsenal (6/1)

6/1 Barcelona (6/1)

15/2 Liverpool (6/1)

8/1 Bayern Munich (10/1)

9/1 Real Madrid (9/1)

10/1 Man City (9/1)

20/1 Chelsea (16/1)

33/1 Newcastle United (50/1)

33/1 Inter Milan (33/1)

40/1 Spurs (33/1)

50/1 Napoli (33/1)

50/1 Borussia Dortmund (80/1)

66/1 Atletico Madrid (50/1)

100/1 Juventus (66/1)

200/1 or higher for the other 21 Champions League clubs.

So Newcastle United now seen by the bookies as joint 9th most likely to win the 2025/26 Champions League, with odds of 33/1.

Of more immediate interest, here are the odds below on clubs to finish top eight in the league stage and automatically qualify for the last 16 knockouts, as well as then the odds on clubs to finish between 9th and 24th in the league stage to qualify for the play-offs.

After three rounds of matches, these are now the odds available from various bookies on the favourites to finish top eight in the league stage of the 2025/26 Champions League (In brackets the odds as they were straight after the first round of matches):

1/14 Arsenal (2/7)

1/12 PSG (2/7)

1/6 Bayern Munich (4/7)

1/6 Barcelona (2/9)

1/5 Real Madrid (2/5)

2/7 Man City (4/7)

2/5 Liverpool (2/5)

1/2 Inter Milan (13/8)

10/11 Chelsea (6/4)

2/1 Borussia Dortmund (6/1)

3/1 Newcastle United (5/1)

9/2 Spurs (6/4)

6/1 Atletico Madrid (10/3)

10/1 Napoli (12/5)

So Newcastle United now seen as a 3/1 shot to end up top eight after the league stage, 11th shortest in the odds on offer.

After the opening three rounds of matches, these are now the odds available from various bookies on the favourites to finish between 9th and 24th in the league stage of the 2025/26 Champions League and go into the play-offs:

1/7 Sporting Lisbon

1/6 Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray

2/11 Napoli, Tottenham

2/7 Atalanta

1/3 Newcastle United, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund,

1/2 Villarreal, Athletic Bilbao

4/6 Qarabag, Monaco

10/11 Chelsea, Eintracht Frankfurt

11/10 Club Brugge, PSV

6/5 Bayer Leverkusen

7/4 Olympiakos

9/5 Inter Milan

15/8 Benfica