Lewis Miley, 17, netted his first goal for Newcastle to become the club’s youngest Premier League scorer and help them to a 3-0 victory over 10-player Fulham, who saw striker Raul Jimenez sent off early on.
Fulham were brought back down to reality following consecutive 5-0 wins after Jimenez was shown a straight red card for jumping into Sean Longstaff in the 22nd minute.
Newcastle went closest to scoring when Anthony Gordon hit the crossbar but the depleted hosts were dealt two more injury blows in the first half, seeing Fabian Schar and Joelinton forced off with muscle strains.
But substitute Miley opened the scoring with a well-taken finish 10 minutes into the second half which led to Miguel Almiron and Dan Burn also finding the net to give Newcastle their seventh consecutive home league win.
How Newcastle beat 10-player Fulham
Fulham’s Raul Jimenez is shown a red card
Newcastle’s injury-hit squad was tested further when Schar pulled up in the 11th minute with a hamstring injury, but Fulham had bigger problems after Jimenez jumped into the head of Longstaff. The striker was initially shown a yellow card although soon saw red when referee Sam Barrott was sent to the pitchside monitor.
Gordon struck the underside of the crossbar as Newcastle pushed for the opener but the visitors still threatened on the counter-attack, seeing Alex Iwobi denied by Martin Dubravka.
Newcastle United’s Joelinton receives treatment for an injury
Joelinton was then forced off through injury and replaced by Miley, who opened the scoring in the 56th minute after a wave of Newcastle pressure. The teenager fired across Bernd Leno and into the bottom left corner.
Almiron soon made it two to wrap up the game with only 63 minutes played. Gordon slipped a pass through Callum Wilson, who was just onside, only to be bundled over by Antonee Robinson, but the ball ran kindly for Almiron to slot in.
Dan Burn is congratulated by team-mates after making it 3-0
Burn added the third in the 81st minute, bundling home after his initial header from Bruno Guimaraes’ cross had been saved. Sven Botman came on to a big cheer, earning his first minutes in three months following injury, before Wilson hit a post in added time.
Opta Stats: Newcastle in seven heaven
- Aged 17 years and 229 days, Lewis Miley is the youngest player to score for Newcastle United in the Premier League, against the youngest player overall in the competition since Federico Macheda against Aston Villa in April 2009 (17y 226d).
- Newcastle United have won seven successive Premier League games at St James’ Park, their longest run in the competition since between September 2002 and January 2003 (11).
- Since Eddie Howe’s first Premier League game in charge of Newcastle United in November 2021, only Liverpool (34) and Manchester City (31) have kept more clean sheets than their 29, 20 of which have been at home.
- Lewis Miley, at the age of 17 years and 229 days, became the eighth-youngest scorer in Premier League history after James Vaughan (16y 270d), James Milner (16y 356d), Wayne Rooney (16y 360d), Cesc Fàbregas (17y 113d), Michael Owen (17y 143d), Andy Turner (17y 166d) and Federico Macheda (17y 226d).
Fantasy Premier League stats
Play Fantasy Premier League and see more stats here
What’s next?
There is no rest for Newcastle as they face Chelsea on Tuesday night in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals live on Sky Sports. Kick-off 8pm. They then travel to Luton on Saturday December 23. Kick-off 3pm.
Fulham are also in action in the quarter-finals, taking on Everton on Tuesday. Kick-off 7.45pm.