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Newcastle United are through to the next round of the Carabao Cup after beating AFC Wimbledon 1-0. Newcastle were supposed to travel and face Wimbledon last week but the Carabao Cup tie was postponed due to severe flooding at Plough Lane. Instead, the match was rearranged to take place at St James’ Park and Newcastle avoided an upset with Fabian Schar scoring the only goal of the game from the penalty spot. Eddie Howe made eight changes to his side to face the League Two outfit and it took Newcastle a while to get going, but they eventually booked their spot in the fourth round of the Carabao …

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