Newcastle eases into Carabao Cup fourth round

The deadlock was broken on the stroke of half-time when the host took the lead from the spot. Newcastle’s Miguel Almiron was brought down inside the box by Joe Pigott and referee Darren Bond awarded a penalty.

Magpies defender Fabian Schar kept his cool from 12 yards to dispatch the spot-kick as the home team took a slender 1-0 advantage into the break.

The 32 year-old’s effort proved to be the only goal of the game. The two teams played out a goalless second half as Newcastle became the final team to advance to the last 16 of the competition.