Millwall 0:1 Newcastle United: League Cup Match Result — Sportpul

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League Cup

Millwall LWLLDD

0:1

Finished

Kick-off was 8 Sep, 20:00 BST

Newcastle United WWDWLW

Venue: The Den City: London

In the League Cup game on 8 September 2026, Newcastle United beat Millwall 0:1. Match numbers: shots on target 2:6, corners 1:15.

Match report

Newcastle United came to the Den with a quiet business in mind and carried it out. Millwall, 0:1 in the League Cup Round of 32 on Tuesday evening, offered little after the break and paid for it late. Joe Willock's eightieth-first-minute finish was enough to see the visitors through.

By then the match had settled into a rhythm neither side could break. Millwall pressed in the opening half and saw Amar Dedić come off at the break, while Newcastle brought on Yoane Wissa and Jacob Murphy around the hour mark. Jenson Metcalfe and Jacob Ramsey each picked up yellow cards as the tempo tightened things up.

And here's the thing — the visitors weren't creating much from their dominance. They had six shots on target and still managed only one goal. Millwall, with just two on target, had five saves to thank their keeper for before Willock finally made the difference.

To be fair, the statistics tell the same story. Newcastle held 65 per cent possession and won 15 corners to one, but their ten blocked shots suggest they have hit a wall. Millwall managed 189 successful passes from 254 attempts, while the visitors completed 391 out of 451.

The result keeps Newcastle's progress alive and sends Millwall back to the drawing board. They had come into this fixture with mixed form — a 4:0 win over Bolton followed by defeats to both REXham and Southampton — and this loss adds another notch to an uneven run.

By then it was all over. Willock came off at the death, the crowd roared them on, and the visitors left with a narrow but comfortable advantage.

Prepared from match data

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Match highlights Millwall — Newcastle United EFL

Key numbers

Possession, % 35 – 65

Shots on target 2 – 6

Shots off target 5 – 9

Corners 1 – 15

⇄ 45' Amar Dedić — Substitution ⇄ 62' Romain Esse — Substitution ⇄ 62' Zakariya Lovelace — Substitution ⇄ 66' Yoane Wissa — Substitution ⇄ 66' Jacob Murphy — Substitution 🟨 67' Jenson Metcalfe — Yellow card 🟨 69' Jacob Ramsey — Yellow card ⚽ 81' Joe Willock — Goal ⇄ 83' Jacob Ramsey — Substitution ⇄ 87' Lyndon Dykes — Substitution ⇄ 87' D. Kelly — Substitution ⇄ 88' Jordi Osei-Tutu — Substitution 🟨 90+1' Alfie Massey — Yellow card ⇄ 90+1' Joe Willock — Substitution

Match events

45' 0:0 Newcastle United Substitution Amar Dedić off: Valentino Livramento
62' 0:0 Millwall Substitution Romain Esse off: Yanis Ali Issoufou
62' 0:0 Millwall Substitution Zakariya Lovelace off: Taïryk Arconte
66' 0:0 Newcastle United Substitution Yoane Wissa off: Matias Fernandez-Pardo
66' 0:0 Newcastle United Substitution Jacob Murphy off: Anthony Elanga
67' 0:0 Millwall Yellow card Jenson Metcalfe
69' 0:0 Newcastle United Yellow card Jacob Ramsey
81' 0:1 Newcastle United Goal Joe Willock assist: Lewis Hall
83' 0:1 Newcastle United Substitution Jacob Ramsey off: Lewis Miley
87' 0:1 Millwall Substitution Lyndon Dykes off: Regan Monty Anderson
87' 0:1 Millwall Substitution D. Kelly off: Alfie Massey
88' 0:1 Millwall Substitution Jordi Osei-Tutu off: Tristan Parkes
90+1' 0:1 Millwall Yellow card Alfie Massey
90+1' 0:1 Newcastle United Substitution Joe Willock off: Sean Steur

Statistics

35 Possession, % 65

2 Shots on target 6

5 Shots off target 9

1 Corners 15

13 Fouls 11

2 Offsides 0

1 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

All statistics

2 Blocked shots 10

65 Failed passes 60

5 Goalkeeper saves 3

0.22 Shot accuracy 0.24

1 Shots from outside the box 8

8 Shots inside the box 17

254 Total passes 451

Line-ups

Millwall

Starting XI
#	Player	number
34	Filip Marschall	34
2	Jordi Martin Emmanuel Osei-Tutu	2
5	Jake Matthew Cooper	5
6	Caleb Taylor	6
12	Elkan Baggott	12
10	Camiel Neghli	10
11	Romain Ess	11
13	Lyndon John Dykes	13
14	Jenson Metcalfe	14
16	Daniel Kelly	16
29	Zak Lovelace	29

Substitutes
#	Player	number
41	George Evans	41
3	Zak Norton Sturge	3
44	A. Massy	44
51	S. T. Vieira	51
7	Taïryk Arconte	7
35	Yannis Issfu	35

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Newcastle United

Starting XI
#	Player	number
21	Lukáš Horníček	21
3	Lewis Kieran Hall	3
4	Sven Adriaan Botman	4
5	Fabian Lukas Schär	5
37	Amar Dedić	37
6	Nico González	6
11	Harvey Lewis Barnes	11
23	Jacob Kai Murphy	23
28	Joseph George Willock	28
41	Jacob Matthew Ramsey	41
9	Yoane Wissa	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Nicholas David Pope	1
2	Valentino Francisco Livramento	2
12	Malick Laye Thiaw	12
8	A. Bamba	8
14	Sean Steur	14
67	Lewis Miley	67
17	B. Toure	17
19	Anthony David Junior Elanga	19
20	Matias Fernandez-Pardo	20

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Match information

State: Finished
Series: League Cup
Venue: The Den
City: London
Kick-off: 8 Sep, 20:00 BST

Key numbers

35:65 Possession, %
2:6 Shots on target
5:9 Shots off target
1:15 Corners

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