On Tuesday, 10 March, St James’ Park will stage a Champions League Round of 16 first‑leg showdown between Newcastle United and Barcelona. Kick‑off is set for 20:00 GMT, and the raucous Geordie crowd will be more than ready to test the nerve of a Catalan side with ambitions of conquering Europe.
This meeting is a rematch of their league‑phase opener last September, when Barça edged a 2‑1 win on Tyneside. Since then, Newcastle have battled through the knockout play‑off, thrashing Qarabag 6‑1 away and 3‑2 at home to book their place in the last 16.
Newcastle vs Barcelona – Betting Odds
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Meet Melanie Gervasoni
Melanie Gervasoni
I've been a copywriter for almost 10 years now. The job, broadly, is getting people to read things they were fully prepared to scroll past. At 7bet, what I write about is sports and casinos.
Areas of Expertise
English football
Major tournaments
Pre-match analysis
Betting markets
Tennis
Basketball
Writing Approach
The stuff I’m proudest of is the articles you finish reading and come away actually understanding the game a bit better. I try my hardest to keep my English as plain as possible so that even beginners can grasp the topic.
How Do You Stay Up to Date?
- Stats and analytics platforms for form, xG, and head-to-head numbers
- Official league and club sites for confirmed team news and lineups
- Football news outlets, both British and continental press
- Odds movement across the books
- Watching live sports, obviously
Featured Work & Quick Facts
Approximate published articles: I must have written more than 800 articles throughout my career – these are a few I particularly enjoyed writing for 7bet.
Education & Languages
- I have a degree in Marketing, Sales and Export Management, which sounds grander than my daily to-do list usually is, but it's how I ended up writing for a living.
- I work in two languages: Italian, my native language, and English, which I'm fluent enough in to argue about football.
