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MATCH REPORT: Second Round - Derby County vs Newcastle United, iPro Stadium - 0-4
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A brace from Hatem Ben Arfa saw Newcastle United into the third round of the Capital One Cup against a poor Derby County side.
Newcastle United XI vs Derby County
(4-4-2)Krul; Chambers, Coloccini (C), Murillo, Haidara; El Neny, Sissoko, Ben Arfa, Jovetic; de Jong, Remy.
Used Substitutes: Costil (45, Krul).
Unused Subs: Williamson, Garcia, Gouffran, Janmaat, Cabella, Perez.
Derby County XI vs Newcastle United
(4-4-2)Deeney; Freeman, O'Brien, Keogh, John; Ward, Thorne, Bryson, Hughes; Bennett, Russell.
Used Substitutes: Sammon (74, Ward), Hendrick (Russell, 61), Forsyth (Thorne, 45).
Unused Subs: Roos, Isgrove, Lelan, Calero.
Premier League vs League One in this game, but Pardew set out a strong side - is he looking for his team to go all the way this year?
Craig Pawson blew his whistle to start the game, with a 13,000 crowd watching on. It was Newcastle who kicked off calmly, but in the opening twenty minutes, there were no clear chances. That changed soon afterwards when a Newcastle attack ended up in a goal.
A short pass from French fullback Massadio Haïdara put new signing Stevan Jovetić, who was playing in just his second Newcastle match, into the area, and the Montenegrin striker played a lofted ball across the face of goal to allow Loïc Rémy an easy headed goal. Very promising from the 24-year-old, who was playing on the wing in this match.
The Rams had a chance to equalize just minutes later when highly rated England youngsters Will Hughes and Mason Bennett linked up, but a good stop from Tim Krul thwarted Bennett.
Just over the half hour mark, and Hatem Ben Arfa spotted goalkeeper Deeney out of his area following a misplaced goal kick. The Frenchman controlled perfectly as Remy won the ball back, but as the Irish keeper was running back, the Newcastle winger skewed his shot badly, and it went wide of the goal.
Jovetic should have had a goal for himself before half time, following an impressive passing move from Newcastle. Several passes after Mohamed El Neny's short punt to Sissoko, and Remy found Jovetic in space in the box, and squared it to him, but this time, Deeney produced a fantastic save to turn the ball around the post.
Ben Arfa and Newcastle would not be punished for his earlier miss, however, as the Frenchman stepped up to take a 25 yard free-kick, and dispatched it into the top corner.
The half time whistle blew, with Newcastle much the better side, and leading comfortably heading into the second period.
Each side made a change at half time, Alan Pardew deciding to give new goalkeeper Benoît Costil his first minutes in a Newcastle shirt, while George Thorne was replaced by Craig Forsyth.
Minutes after the second half began, Newcastle were further ahead, with Ben Arfa scoring his second goal of the game, in what was a very impressive performance for the winger, who attracted interest from Juventus during the pre-season.
Remy was set clear by Siem de Jong and had the chance to run at goal, but spotted the run of his fellow countryman Ben Arfa, and hit the ball ahead of him. Ben Arfa ran onto the through ball, and coolly finished past Deeney to make it 0-3 to the better side.
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Disappointed... but not as much as in this photo. Derby County have suffered a lot of heartbreak in the past two seasons - first of all missing out on promotion to the Barclays Premier League, and last season getting relegated to the Sky Bet League One.
Straight from the kick off, Bennett was agonizingly close to equalizing after Ward crossed the ball into him, but the Englishman's header struck Costil's bar, and it remained 0-3. It bounced off of the woodwork and back into play, but young English fullback Calum Chambers headed behind to ensure that Newcastle's clean sheet remained in tact.
Ben Arfa provided the final goal of the game following a beautiful backheel cross from Remy which found his team-mate perfectly. From a tight angle, Ben Arfa had no chance of sealing his hat-trick, so instead used his vision to spot the run of Jovetic, who only had to tap the ball into the net to make it 0-4.
Ward came very close to pulling a goal back for Derby County, but for the save of the match from Costil, who tipped the ball around the post from close range.
That was to be Derby's last chance of the game, and Newcastle progress to the third round with ease. They'll face Hull City at the KC Stadium next month.
Hatem Ben Arfa was chosen as Man of the Match, with a match rating of 9.5.
Goalscorers: Loïc Rémy, Hatem Ben Arfa (x2), Stevan Jovetić
