Newcastle came from behind to win 3-2 against Birmingham at St Andrew’s.
Birmingham led after 42 seconds through Ethan Laird’s deflected strike.
A quickfire double from Joe Willock and Callum Wilson turned the tie in Newcastle’s favour, but Tomoki Iwata’s blistering strike levelled before half-time for the League One leaders.
Newcastle, though, rounded off a fine week after reaching the League Cup final on Wednesday as Willock restored their lead on 82 minutes.
Bottom of the Premier League and seemingly destined for relegation, Southampton got no respite in the FA Cup as Burnley won 1-0 at St Mary’s.
Scott Parker’s team went in front after 77 minutes when Marcus Edwards scored from close range on his debut after signing on loan from Sporting Lisbon.
It is almost 600 minutes since Championship promotion chasers Burnley last conceded a goal, with 10 clean sheets in their last 11 games.
In the last FA Cup tie at Goodison Park, Everton, who are moving to a new stadium next season, were beaten 2-0 by Bournemouth thanks to goals from Antoine Semenyo and Dan Jebbison.
Rodrigo Muniz scored twice as Fulham won 2-1 at League One Wigan.
Ipswich, second bottom of the Premier League, swept to a 4-1 win against Frank Lampard’s Coventry.
George Hirst’s second-minute penalty was quickly cancelled by Joel Latibeaudiere’s eighth-minute equaliser for the second-tier hosts.
But Jack Clarke restored Ipswich’s lead in the 28th minute and struck again after 37 minutes before Jaden Philogene’s 63rd-minute effort sealed the rout.
Millwall reached the fifth round for the first time since 2018-19 thanks to Femi Azeez’s double in a 2-0 win at Championship leaders Leeds.
AFP
