English FA Cup

FT Saturday, February 8, 2025
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Match Report

Newcastle beat Birmingham 3-2 in FA Cup after early scare

Joe Willock bagged a brace as Newcastle United battled back from a goal down after 40 seconds to beat third tier Birmingham City 3-2 at St Andrew's on Saturday and reach the English FA Cup fifth round.

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Head to Head

NEW leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

BIR · 4-2-3-1

  1. 45Bailey Peacock-FarrellG
  2. 25Ben DaviesCD-L
  3. 4Christoph KlarerCD-R
  4. 20Alex CochraneLB
  5. 2Ethan LairdRB
  6. 30Kieran DowellAM
  7. 12Marc LeonardLM
  8. 24Tomoki IwataRM
  9. 28Jay StansfieldF
  10. 14Keshi AndersonAM-L
  11. 11Scott WrightAM-R

NEW · 4-3-3

  1. 22Nick PopeG
  2. 33Dan BurnCD-L
  3. 17Emil KrafthCD-R
  4. 13Matt TargettLB
  5. 21Tino LivramentoRB
  6. 39Bruno GuimarãesCM
  7. 67Lewis MileyLM
  8. 36Sean LongstaffRM
  9. 9Callum WilsonF
  10. 28Joe WillockLF
  11. 18William OsulaRF

Timeline

  1. 1' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Newcastle United 0. Ethan Laird (Birmingham City) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Keshi Anderson with a headed pass following a corner.
  2. 14' Dan Burn (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 21' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Newcastle United 1. Joe Willock (Newcastle United) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by William Osula.
  4. 26' Goal! Birmingham City 1, Newcastle United 2. Callum Wilson (Newcastle United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by William Osula.
  5. 40' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Newcastle United 2. Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham City) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
  6. 45'+3' Keshi Anderson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 45'+3' William Osula (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 45' Substitution, Newcastle United. Sandro Tonali replaces Bruno Guimarães.
  9. 55' Substitution, Newcastle United. Fabian Schär replaces Dan Burn.
  10. 55' Substitution, Newcastle United. Jacob Murphy replaces Callum Wilson.
  11. 62' Substitution, Birmingham City. Willum Willumsson replaces Marc Leonard because of an injury.
  12. 66' Jay Stansfield (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 68' Joe Willock (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 71' Christoph Klarer (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 75' Willum Willumsson (Birmingham City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 76' Substitution, Birmingham City. Alfie May replaces Keshi Anderson.
  17. 77' Substitution, Birmingham City. Lyndon Dykes replaces Jay Stansfield.
  18. 77' Substitution, Birmingham City. Krystian Bielik replaces Scott Wright.
  19. 82' Goal! Birmingham City 2, Newcastle United 3. Joe Willock (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sean Longstaff.
  20. 84' Substitution, Birmingham City. Grant Hanley replaces Tomoki Iwata.
  21. 90'+14' Substitution, Newcastle United. Alexander Isak replaces William Osula because of an injury.

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