The only negative on Wednesday night, was that two Newcastle United players picked up suspensions.
A dominant United performance saw them deservedly beat Brentford.
Eddie Howe’s side moving into the Carabao Cup semi-finals with a 3-1 victory, the Bees very luck to escape with a scoreline that flattered them.
United picked up three yellow cards, Tino Livramento picking up his first in the competition. However, Bruno Guimaraes and Fabian Schar were handed their second yellow cards in the Carabao Cup this season.
This means that both Schar and Bruno will now be suspended for the first leg of the semi-final.
If you pick up two yellow cards in the rounds of matches before the semi-final, you get a one game ban. Which is why Sean Longstaff wasn’t in the squad tonight.
All yellow cards are now wiped clean once you get into the semi-final matches but too late for these two Newcastle United players tonight.
The suspensions building for Newcastle United, because as well as Longstaff suspended tonight, Joelinton misses the Ipswich match on Saturday due to picking up five yellows in the Premier League. Dan Burn having already missed the West Ham home PL game due to doing the same.
I wasn’t convinced either Schar or Bruno deserved a booking, a poor referee tonight who didn’t show any consistency with his cautions.
After 16 Newcastle United matches in the Premier League this season, here is the situation with PL yellow cards..
The 2023/24 Premier League leaderboard for Newcastle United players and yellow cards:
5 Burn, Joelinton
4 Schar, Tonali
3 Hall, Bruno
2 Longstaff, Kelly, Pope, Willock, Jacob Murphy
1 Wilson, Gordon
With yellow cards in Premier League matches, you get a one match ban for reaching five bookings inside the first 19 Premier League matches.
So we need both Schar and Tonali to get through the next three PL matches to avoid a one game ban in the Premier League. Hall and Bruno only two yellows away as well from a one match ban.
Looking beyond this halfway point and not picking up five bookings, you would then have Newcastle United players who end up with 10 yellow cards in Premier League matches, up to and including their team’s 32nd fixture, serving a two match suspension in the competition.
You then end up with a three game suspension if you manage to pick up 15 yellow cards in a Premier League season.
Newcastle 3 Brentford 1 – Wednesday 18 December 7.45pm
(Stats via BBC Sport)
Goals:
Newcastle United :
Tonali 9,43 Schar 69
Brentford:
Wissa 90+1
Possession was Newcastle 54% Brentford 46%
Total shots were Newcastle 23 Brentford 10
Shots on target were Newcastle 5 Brentford 3
Corners were Newcastle 8 Brentford 5
Touches in the box Newcastle 35 Brentford 23
Newcastle team v Brentford:
Dubravka, Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall (Trippier 77), Tonali, Bruno, Joelinton (Willock 46), Murphy (Barnes 65), Isak (Osula 77), Gordon (Almiron 77)
Unused Subs:
Vlachodimos, Targett, Lewis Miley, Kelly
(Newcastle 3 Brentford 1 – Instant Newcastle United fan/writer reaction – Read HERE)
Newcastle United upcoming matches:
Saturday 21 December – Ipswich v Newcastle (3pm)
Thursday 26 December – Newcastle v Villa (3pm) Amazon
Monday 30 December – Man U v Newcastle (8pm) Sky Sports
Saturday 4 January – Tottenham v Newcastle (12.30pm) TNT Sports
Sunday 12 January – Newcastle v Bromley (3pm) BBC iPlayer (FA Cup)
Wednesday 15 January – Newcastle v Wolves (7.30pm) TNT Sports
Saturday 18 January – Newcastle v Bournemouth (12.30pm) TNT Sports
Saturday 25 January – Southampton v Newcastle (3pm)
Saturday 1 February – Newcastle v Fulham (3pm)
Saturday 15 February – Man City v Newcastle (3pm)
Sunday 23 February – Newcastle v Forest (2pm) Sky Sports