Overview
- Bruno Guimarães scored directly from a corner and Anthony Gordon converted a first-half penalty to stake a 2-0 lead at St James’ Park.
- Burnley played over half the match with 10 men after Lucas Pires was sent off for tripping Anthony Elanga.
- A VAR-reviewed handball deep in stoppage time allowed Zian Flemming to pull one back from the spot, prompting a frantic finale that Newcastle survived.
- Yoane Wissa made his long-awaited debut off the bench following his £55m summer move as Howe rotated his XI ahead of Bayer Leverkusen and the derby at Sunderland.
- Newcastle have taken 10 points from their last four league games and climbed into the top half, while Burnley slid to a sixth straight defeat and remain 19th.