Everton 3-1 Newcastle United: Garner, Hackney and Barry send the hosts to the last eight

Everton had the tie won before Newcastle United managed a real reply. James Garner scored in the 34th minute, Hayden Hackney doubled the lead on the stroke of half-time, and Thierno Barry made it 3-0 in the 69th. Dan Burn's header in the 88th minute only made the scoreline kinder to the visitors in this Carabao Cup fourth-round tie at Hill Dickinson Stadium.

What makes the result stranger is the shape of the game. Newcastle had 56.8% of the ball, 10 corners to Everton's 4 and completed more of their passes, yet it was the hosts who made their moments count. Everton's three goals each came with an assist from a team-mate in midfield or attack, a chain that ran through the whole side rather than one player.

Goals and cards

1. 34' — James Garner (Everton), assist Hayden Hackney: 1-0
2. 45' — Hayden Hackney (Everton), assist Thierno Barry: 2-0
3. 69' — Thierno Barry (Everton), assist Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall: 3-0
4. 88' — Dan Burn, header (Newcastle United), assist Joe Willock: 3-1
5. Yellow cards, Everton: Hayden Hackney (60'), Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall (74'), Vitaliy Mykolenko (81'), James Tarkowski (89'), Jordan Pickford (89')
6. Yellow cards, Newcastle United: Fabian Schär (81'), Joelinton (89'), Dan Burn (89')

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The numbers

Eighteen fouls and five yellow cards say something about how Everton protected the lead. All five Everton bookings came from the 60th minute on, three of them in the last ten as Newcastle pushed for a way back. Burn's goal, from a Willock assist, came only after the tie had been settled.

Two routes to the last 16

Both clubs entered this competition at the second round, and their paths to this fixture were different in character. Everton won 4-0 at Preston North End on 26 August, then beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-0 at home in the third round, Charly Alcaraz scoring three minutes after coming on. Newcastle began with a 3-2 win over West Bromwich Albion, then edged Millwall 1-0 at The Den in the third round through Joe Willock's 81st-minute finish.

Willock's name runs through the night on both sides of the ball: he started again, and it was his pass that Burn converted at the end.

Barry's night, Hackney's pass

Barry is the thread to follow. He supplied the assist for Hackney's goal just before the break, then scored the third himself after Dewsbury-Hall's pass. That is a goal and an assist in the same tie, and it came without a single card against his name.

The pair were to meet again within days: Guriball's archive has Everton winning 1-0 at St James' Park on 2 November in a league fixture, with Barry again the scorer. A cup win and a league win in four days is a hard run for Newcastle to explain away.

What's next

Everton go into the quarter-finals, drawn away to Fleetwood Town on 17 December 2026 at 20:00. The other ties in the last eight are Manchester City against Bradford City, Crystal Palace against Sunderland and Liverpool against AFC Bournemouth. Newcastle United's Carabao Cup run ends in the fourth round.