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The route for Newcastle United to retain the Carabao Cup has now got a little bit clearer.

Eddie Howe and his players lifting the trophy at Wembley on Sunday 16 March 2025.

We are currently in the middle of the Carabao Cup last sixteen stage, playing for a place in the quarter-finals.

Those quarter-finals to be played the week commencing Monday 15 December 2025.

Then the two leg semi-finals will be played week commencing Monday 12 January 2026 and week commencing Monday 2 February 2026.

Before finally the 2026 Carabao Cup final to be played even later in the season than in 2024/25, at Wembley on Sunday 22 March 2026.

Ahead of that though, the small matter of reaching those quarter-finals.

The Carabao Cup fourth round matches were split over two nights and on Tuesday we saw the following results in the opening three games.

Grimsby 0 Brentford 5

Wycombe 1 Fulham 1 (Fulham won 5-4 on pens)

Wrexham 1 Cardiff 2

Brentford cruised through (unlike Man U did…) against Grimsby, three up by half-time and then adding a couple more after the break.

Not such easy progress for Fulham who carried the luck against...