Newcastle United defeated Fulham 2-1 this Saturday, October 25, on the occasion of the ninth matchday of the Premier League.

Newcastle United beat Fulham 2-1 at St. James' Park on Saturday, as Bruno Guimaraes scored the winner late on. WATCH — Full match replay Eddie Howe's side took the lead through Jacob Murphy but failed to build on it as they missed big chances.

Fulham had their chances and equalised on 56 minutes when Sasa Lukic headed in after Raul Jimenez hit the crossbar, with Sven Botman suffering a head injury in trying to prevent the goal.

Two English Premier League sides that have had bumpy starts to the new season meet up on Saturday, as Newcastle United gets set to host Fulham.

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Geoff: Three much-needed points. What we need, though, is to tidy things up. At times, we were great, sweeping forward, setting up chances, only to make a silly pass to lose the ball. Some of our players were largely anonymous, but I suspect they were weary after the last game. Still, a win is a win.

Cardiff City upset Wrexham 2-1 to book a spot in the League Cup quarter-finals in the long-awaited renewal of one of Welsh football's oldest rivalries, while Premier League side Fulham needed penalties to get past third-tier Wycombe Wanderers on Tuesday.

Newcastle beat Tottenham to set up a final eight tie against Fulham; Arsenal eased past Brighton and will host fellow Londoners Crystal Palace; League One Cardiff at home to Chelsea as Brentford travel to Man City;