Newcastle laboured to a 1-0 win over League Two facet AFC Wimbledon to e book their place within the fourth spherical of the Carabao Cup.
In a sport that was rescheduled, after which reversed to St James’ Park on account of AFC Wimbledon’s unlucky pitch issues, it took a Fabian Schar penalty to separate the edges, who’re separated within the league pyramid by 72 locations.
Eddie Howe’s much-changed facet, with eight swaps from the weekend’s draw with Manchester Metropolis, had been pissed off by their fourth-tier guests, and made laborious work of issues till Miguel Almiron was felled by Joe Pigott in first-half stoppage time.
Schar despatched the ensuing spot-kick with a relaxed, composed end, which in the end proved decisive, with out being altogether convincing.
Newcastle United’s Fabian Schar (left) celebrates scoring the profitable objective towards AFC Wimbledon
On a extra constructive notice, Howe bought to trial using 21-year-old striker Will Osula – a £10m summer time signing from Sheffield United – within the absence of injured duo Alexander Isak and Callum Wilson, who could but be lacking for a lot of weeks.
Osula was sharp on the ball, and may give Howe an alternative choice in assault, after he was compelled to deploy Anthony Gordon as a false 9 towards Man Metropolis.
AFC Wimbledon had been combative and defended effectively all through
2023 finalists Newcastle now advance to a fourth-round assembly with Chelsea, which is able to happen on the finish of October.
Howe pissed off by sluggish tempo
Newcastle supervisor Eddie Howe:
“It’s job done. We’re through to the next round, that’s the most important thing always in these competitions.
“It was a really troublesome sport and I used to be pissed off with our attacking play, particularly within the first half we did not transfer the ball rapidly sufficient and weren’t dynamic sufficient, however the constructive was that we defended very well.”
Carabao Cup fourth-round attract full
Brentford vs Sheffield Wednesday
Southampton vs Stoke Metropolis
Tottenham vs Man Metropolis
Newcastle vs Chelsea
Man United vs Leicester
Brighton vs Liverpool
Preston vs Arsenal
Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace
Key dates for remainder of the competitors
Quarter-final: w/c December 16
Semi-final: w/c January 6 2025 (first leg) & w/c February 3 2025 (second leg)
Remaining: Sunday March 16 2025
