There was relief for Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe in a week in which he met chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan to discuss the club’s future plans as Brighton & Hove Albion defeated 3-1 in the Premier League at St James’ Park on Saturday.
The win ends a run of five straight defeats in all competitions for Newcastle and will ease the pressure on Howe, while catapulting the side back into contention for European football next season.
Goals from William Osula, Dan Burn against his former side and Harvey Barnes secured three points against an in-form Brighton team who had won six and drawn one of their previous eight Premier League games.
Newcastle were lucky at times with Nick Pope’s uncertain goalkeeping and several Brighton misses, not least Yankuba Minteh, who fired over the goal line from a few yards from the back post with the score at 2-1.
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«It felt really good, in the dressing room before the game we knew it was important for us, chasing European football for next season. The points are crucial, we keep dreaming and believing,» said Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes.
«It was a tough game, Brighton are a good team. Despite everything we did, we deserve the win today. They had a lot of chances. We were better in the first half, but they were better in the second half. I’m happy we could keep three points.»
Newcastle climb to 13th with 45 points from 35 games, now five points behind Brighton in seventh.
«We are not looking up, but down. We can still play European football next season, we have to win the next three games,» Guimaraes said.
Newcastle travels to Nottingham Forest and Fulham and has a home game against West Ham United this season.
Published on May 2, 2026
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