Everton beat Newcastle 3-1 in Carabao Cup fourth round as Grealish is dropped
Everton beat Newcastle United 3-1 in the Carabao Cup fourth round on 29 October 2026, a victory played in front of the prime minister, Andy Burnham, that sets up a quarter-final trip to Fleetwood Town.
David Moyes omitted Jack Grealish from the match for disciplinary reasons after Everton announced the 31-year-old had missed training on Monday without permission; Grealish returned to training later but was excluded from the squad for the club’s biggest game of the season so far. Supporters had been urging Moyes to give more minutes to Hayden Hackney, Tyler Dibling and Tyrique George, but those selection debates were overshadowed by the decision to banish the club’s highest-profile player from the fixture.
Newcastle controlled the opening 20 minutes and created several early openings, with Nico González sending a deep cross behind Merlin Röhl for Harvey Barnes, whose header Pickford saved after it appeared to be going wide. The Everton goalkeeper was then called on again after a challenge involving an Everton right back and Lewis Hall allowed Barnes to break into the box and tee up Jacob Ramsey, whose shot was superbly blocked by Vitalii Mykolenko as Everton scrambled clear.
Everton’s turnaround began from a long clearance by Jordan Pickford that led to the first goal; Amar Dedic attempted to retrieve the goalkeeper’s punt but was harried out of possession by Tyrique George, the ball broke to Hayden Hackney, who squared to James Garner and invited him to sweep his first goal of the season into Lukas Hornicek’s far corner. The hosts had earlier curbed ineffective long balls to Thierno Barry, particularly when Barry was marked by Dan Burn.
The second Everton goal evolved from another Pickford intervention, when his quick throw found Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall in the centre circle. Dewsbury-Hall spun away from Burn and embarked on a run that was halted by a trip from Ramsey; referee Farai Hallam applied advantage, the ball broke to Barry in the visitors’ penalty area and Barry clipped a cross along the face of goal for Hackney to volley home from close range — Hackney’s first goal in Everton colours.
Garner made the decisive third with a high pressing interception of a Dedic pass that released Dewsbury-Hall behind a static Newcastle defence; Dewsbury-Hall then slid a pass across to Barry, who controlled and placed a finish beyond Hornicek to make it 3-0. Newcastle increased the pressure in the second half, with manager Matthias Jaissle responding with a triple half-time substitution and Yoane Wissa among the substitutes offering renewed menace.
Newcastle did find a late goal when Dan Burn headed in from a Joe Willock cross, and a melee involving the goalscorer, Jordan Pickford, James Tarkowski and Joelinton followed, with all four players booked. Despite that goal and sustained second-half pressure, Newcastle were unable to overturn Everton’s lead.
Everton’s win ended Newcastle’s hopes of a fifth consecutive place in the last eight and sends Moyes’s side forward to face Fleetwood Town in the Carabao Cup quarter-final.