Newcastle underlined their top-six credentials by beating Everton thanks to Miguel Almiron's fifth goal of the season.
The Paraguayan scored with a lovely curling finish from 25 yards to extend their unbeaten run to six games.
Eddie Howe's side took control of the first half through midfielder Bruno Guimaraes, who came close to scoring on two occasions, and then saw out victory against an Everton team which failed to register a shot on target despite a first start of the season by Dominic Calvert-Lewin.
Everton boss Frank Lampard later said: "The stats I understand because in the box we weren't clinical enough. In terms of the overall game in terms of us competing, the stats were very good. It was a close match, Newcastle will know that. They are obviously ahead of us in their development. I think it was my second game we came here, and you could see where we were at and where we are trying to get to. It was two evenly-matched teams in general play but in the box we weren't clinical enough today. I am pretty pleased with parts of the performance.
"They are physical team, they are fast on the counters so they will always give teams problems. I don't think they gave us huge amounts of problems. The amount of times we played through their midfield with good play and the next bit isn't there. That is why the stats read low on chances. We should have had many more chances than we created. That is the one reflection I have on the game.
"He [Dominic Calvert-Lewin] hasn't played for a long time, since the back end of last season. He is a big player for us and when you lose a player of that level... we lost Richarlison in the summer and we are rebuilding. It is two big players. It is nicer to have him back in. I had to take him off as precaution and with the idea of Palace coming at the weekend.
"I thought it was a penalty [for a foul on Anthony Gordon in the box]. I worry that he will not get penalties because people are talking about him a lot last season. If you ask me if it is a foul, it is a nudge in the back and contact on the foot. For me that is a penalty. I am not saying it is a clear one but when you can look back on VAR, it is a penalty."