Everton 3-1 Newcastle: result and AI prediction

AI match recap

This is a proper cup tie rather than a low-priority midweek: both clubs have a quick rematch ahead and neither manager can afford to surrender momentum. Everton have home advantage and a direct route to troubling Newcastle through Barry, wide deliveries and set-pieces. Newcastle arrive encouraged by their Crystal Palace result and Jaissle’s stated commitment to the competition, but their defensive availability is thinner than ideal. Team news around Branthwaite, Grealish, Miley and Fernandez-Pardo will shape how open the contest becomes.

Head-to-head analysis

The recent series is unusually mixed, with Everton winning several of the latest encounters including the most recent competitive meeting, while Newcastle have also produced big away wins in this fixture. That volatility makes personnel and match state more informative than the historical aggregate.

Injuries and absences

Newcastle’s confirmed longer-term absences are most damaging at right-back, where Livramento’s pace and overlapping threat are difficult to replace. Everton’s picture hinges on Branthwaite and Grealish: losing either would weaken a key defensive or transition mechanism.

Form (last 5)

Everton vs Newcastle stats

Last meetings

• 2026-08-12Newcastle 1-3 Everton
• 2026-02-28Newcastle 2-3 Everton
• 2025-11-29Everton 1-4 Newcastle
• 2025-05-25Newcastle 0-1 Everton
• 2024-10-05Everton 0-0 Newcastle
• 2024-04-02Newcastle 1-1 Everton

Other Carabao Cup matches

• Bradford – Peterborough
• Fleetwood Town – Arsenal
• Manchester City – Brighton
• Bournemouth – Aston Villa
• Fulham – Crystal Palace
• Sunderland – Brentford
• Liverpool – Chelsea