Welcome to the Newcastle United v Everton preview.

Newcastle look for revenge against the Toffees on Monday night as the two clubs face-off for the second time in just five days.

The blues got the better of United first time around when dumping the 2025 champions out of the League Cup and the Toon will be desperate to get their season back on track following such disappointment.

Three points for either side would have them in the top seven of the Premier League. The match will once again take place on live TV and a global audience will be waiting to see if the Toon can build on their win over Crystal Palace last weekend, as we look to put together a run of form ahead of the busy Christmas period that can make or break a season.

Form

Newcastle have won two, drawn one and lost three of their last six league matches. Wins have come against Hull City and Crystal Palace whilst we’ve drawn with Bournemouth despite going 2-0 down. Defeats away to Leeds and Coventry saw the Toon get battered 4-1 on both occasions whereas Villa also took three points from St James Park in our last home match. The Toon have scored eight goals in these six matches but conceded a whopping twelve. The seven points gained has us twelfth in the league but a win would see us in seventh place.

Everton have only won one of their last six matches and have lost their last two in a row, drawing the other three. They beat Ipswich 1-0, drew with Tottenham, Man United and Hull and lost to both Chelsea and Arsenal. They’ve scored five goals in these six matches and conceded eight. A win on Monday would see them leapfrog the Toon and rocket seven places up the league. The Toffees were unbeaten in all competitions before the last two league matches so will be determined to alleviate this slump before it sees them slide towards a relegation scrap.

Last time out

A quirk of the fixture list saw the two sides play each other in their last match having been drawn together at the Hill Dickinson stadium in the League Cup. Despite a promising start for United, this was ultimately a night to forget. Everton survived some early pressure before taking a two-goal lead into halftime. A number of substitutions saw the Toon attempt to wrest some momentum back from the Toffees. Any romantic notion of a famous comeback however was dispelled in the sixty-ninth visit when Everton scored again to take a three-goal advantage. There was still time for Dan Burn to net a late consolation but it was too little, too late as Everton dashed out Wembley dreams.

Stat attack!

Newcastle haven’t beaten Everton in their last three visits to St James’ Park.

The Toon have lost only once in five home matches in all competitions this season.

NUFC have scored thirteen goals in their past eight home matches against Everton.

Memorable match

The 2007/08 season had very few highlights under Sam Allardyce who was thankfully shown the door in January. Big Sam had overseen only seven Premier League victories in twenty-one matches at the Toon. The Toffees visited St James’ Park in early October and the two sides played out a quite incredible five-goal thriller. Newcastle were the better team in the first half but were wasteful in front of goal as misses from Martins, N’Zogbia and Geremi looked to ensure that the teams were to go into the half-time break goalless. Thankfully Nicky Butt volleyed home at the Leazes End just before the interval to give the Toon the initiative. Anyone thinking this would mean NUFC would have things all their own way however were to have another thing coming when Johnson equalised just a few minutes into the second half to place the tie on a knife edge. An end-to-end second forty-five saw both sides push for a winner without really looking like they believed it possible until late substitutes were to make the difference. With just five minutes left, Emre picked up the ball outside of the area and unleashed an absolute rocket into the bottom corner from fully twenty-five yards out. A few minutes later, the Turkish midfielder turned provider when floating a freekick into the danger zone for Michael Owen to nod a header in off the bar and seal the destination of the points. There was still time for a wicked deflection to completely bamboozle Shay Given and end up in the back of the net but this was followed by the final whistle as United were able to celebrate three memorable points. Newcastle 3-2 Everton.

Played for both

Antony Gordon came through the youth system at Everton having joined their academy at eleven years old. He made his debut in the Europa League aged just sixteen and spent six years at the Toffees. He played sixty-five league matches and scored seven goals over a six year period. He joined Newcastle in January 2023 under difficult circumstances following a well-publicised incident where he was harassed by supporters when leaving the stadium following a 0-0 draw with Southampton. He’d go on to enjoy an eventful three and half years at St James Park as NUFC qualified twice for the Champions League and he helped United to Wembley for the 2025 League Cup final, finally breaking a long-standing trophy duck in 2025. The 2025 League Cup would show both the good and bad of Anthony Gordon, scoring crucial goals in both legs of a semi-final success but being suspended for the final for a needless sending off just a few weeks later, meaning he missed out on playing in the greatest game of our recent history. He signed for Barcelona for over sixty-nine million pounds a few months back having scored twenty-four league goals in one-hundred-and-eleven appearances.

Paul Gascoigne was arguably one of the most naturally talented players to have ever come out of our country. Born in Gateshead, he made his debut for the Toon in 1985 and scored twenty-five goals in one-hundred appearances before signing for Tottenham in 1988. A million words could be written about ‘Gazza’ both on and off the pitch, books can and have been written about such an enigmatic figure. His story is eventful, intriguing, funny and tragic in equal measure. He played for Everton from 2000-2002 and scored a single goal in thirty-two league matches.

David Ginola was perhaps one of the most exciting players ever to represent NUFC in the Premier League era. Highlights of his two years on Tyneside include superb goals against Sheffield Wednesday, Man United and Ferencvaros, whilst equally memorable was his ability to whip the ball into the box loading the bullets for Sir Les and then Shearer to fire home. Tragically sold to Spurs by Kenny Dalglish in the same summer that Ferdinand also went to White Hart Lane, Ginola became something of a pantomime villain when playing against NUFC for the remainder of his career. Thankfully his retirement has seen a thawing in relations and he’s rightly remembered by Toon fans as a modern day legend. He played for Everton in 2002 but made only five league appearances for the Toffees.

Managers

Matthias Jaissle after a 3-1 defeat away at Everton in the League Cup: “Shocking and frustrating but if you just see the bigger picture, we did well in many aspects of the game. We of course are disappointed with the result, it’s also a bit shocking at the moment because overall the game was not that bad, but it’s the story of the season so far, that in situations where it really counts we lack the clinical approach to solve the situations. Just thinking about the first goal, it’s no risk zone, we clear the ball and nothing happens, and a couple of seconds later we concede a goal out of nothing. The second one is also frustrating in my point of view, we deserved to have a penalty then we miss in a transition to defend our own box which again is difficult to accept. We have clear rules then how to behave. We need to learn quickly. For me it’s about being mature in the situations, more clinical to solve the situations and not allowing almost a gift for the opposition to score. It feels like the opposition is not giving us these gifts at the moment so we need to avoid that.”

David Moyes after a 3-1 win against Newcastle United: “I thought it was a tough game. Newcastle had moments in the game but I think the Premier League is a bit like this at the moment. I think the games are quite close. You could be defending for twenty minutes and then you might be better for another twenty minutes. I think the games are very tight. Obviously we got the goals at good times, certainly the third goal sort of killed the game off at that time when Newcastle were probably better at the start of the second half.”

Charity

Newcastle United fans food bank will once again be collecting opposite the Gallowgate end and gratefully receiving food, money and toiletries for those in need. Of particular interest are non-perishable food and drink items (such as noodles, pasta, rice, canned food, soup, cereal, cordial, long life milk etc) as well as toiletries such as shower gel, shampoo, toothpaste and sanitary products. Please give whatever you can, any donation is very much appreciated.

For further info and/or to donate online go to Newcastle Foodbank

Prediction

Thursday night was hugely disappointing for everyone concerned with NUFC for a number of reasons. The carrot of a match against League Two Fleetwood Town for a place in the cup semi-final was carelessly tossed away. That’s gone now and it’s important we build up a head of steam in the Premier League having got things back on track last weekend with a win over Crystal Palace. Newcastle need revenge against Everton and I fancy us to get it with two early goals putting the match to bed in the first half. Newcastle 2-0 Everton.