Newcastle United piled further misery on 10-man Burnley and their former player Scott Parker by inflicting a sixth straight defeat.

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The Clarets remain pointless in the Premier League since the end of October after suffering another costly loss, this time at St James’ Park where they remain without a league win since 1976.

They’ve also now lost their last six games against the Magpies.

With the mood already low among the fanbase, you didn’t think things could get much worse. But we were soon proven wrong following a miserable first-half, which saw Parker’s side concede twice as well as being reduced to 10 men.

To make matters even worse, the visitors had actually started the game well, proving competitive once again for the opening 30 minutes. But they failed to capitalise on their promising moments in the final third.

True to form, Newcastle’s first was a real soft goal too - Bruno Guimaraes beating former Magpies keeper Martin Dubravka with a direct corner.

Lucas Pires was then shown a straight red card before Anthony Gordon added a second from the penalty spot.

Burnley's miserable afternoon was summed up by the red card shown to Lucas Pires (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)

The 10 men battled bravely in the second-half to ensure they didn’t suffer a heavy defeat, but the damage had already been done by that point.

They did make things interesting with a 90th minute penalty from Zian Flemming to reduce the arrears, before missing a golden chance to level with the last action of the game through Josh Laurent.

The six-game losing run matches the same streak suffered at this level under Vincent Kompany two years ago.

On that occasion, Burnley got back to winning ways with a 5-0 demolition of Sheffield United. This term it’s Fulham who stand in their way next weekend.

Parker made some huge calls with his team selection, making four changes in total from the midweek defeat to Crystal Palace.

There were four changes in total to the Clarets line-up. Perhaps the biggest surprise came in attack, where Armando Broja made his first league start for Burnley in place of Zian Flemming - despite the Dutchman scoring four in his last six games.

Quilindschy Hartman was also dropped for the first time this season following a poor run of form, to be replaced by Lucas Pires – who made his first Premier League start.

Elsewhere, Lesley Ugochukwu and Jacob Bruun Larsen came in for Jaidon Anthony and Loum Tchaouna.

Another major talking point came on the bench, where Mike Tresor was named among the substitutes to feature in a top flight Burnley squad for the first time since May 2024.

Jordan Beyer, Axel Tuanzebe, Bashir Humphreys, Connor Roberts, Enock Agyei and Zeki Amdouni are all sidelined.

Hannibal, meanwhile, served the first of his four-match ban after admitting his FA charge of misconduct after being accused of spitting in the direction of Leeds United fans at Turf Moor in October.

As for Newcastle, they made six changes from their midweek 2-2 draw against Tottenham, while summer recruit Yoane Wissa was named on the bench for the first time this season following a long spell out injured.

Burnley didn’t start the game like a side out of form, winning a corner inside 30 seconds and being the first to threaten with a subsequent delivery that was headed towards goal by Lyle Foster, only for the ball to be cleared from inside a packed six-yard box.

Armando Broja then forced Aaron Ramsdale into a bizarre save as the striker blocked Tino Livramento’s attempted clearance, resulting in the ball ricocheting towards the Newcastle goal.

The Clarets continued to have the Magpies’ defence really unsettled, with Foster forcing Ramsdale to backpedal with a curling effort that flew just a little high and wide.

The home side threatened for the first time when an Anthony Gordon knockdown left Jacob Ramsey - the brother of Burnley’s Aaron - with the goal at his mercy, but fortunately for Burnley his control with his thigh let him down and the chance went begging.

Burnley then played themselves into trouble playing out from the back, allowing Gordon to tee up dangerman Nick Woltemade whose close-range shot was charged down and blocked.

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At this stage Newcastle were beginning to settle into a rhythm, but Burnley still managed to cause a problem for the home side when Ramsdale flapped at Lucas Pires’ in-swinging corner, punching upwards rather than outwards and onto the top of his own crossbar.

With the game remaining pretty equal, Gordon came close for Newcastle with a moment of real quality - spinning quickly on the edge of the box before flashing a shot across the face of goal, clipping the outside of the post.

Burnley, as they so often have been this season, were right in the game and were giving as good as they got.

But that all came unstuck on the half-hour mark when they conceded a real soft goal after Hjalmar Ekdal had conceded a cheap corner. Bruno Guimaraes curled the subsequent delivery up and over Martin Dubravka and into the back of the Burnley net, without a teammate getting a touch.

Kyle Walker took out his frustration shortly after the goal with a late, rash challenge on Gordon, earning himself a fifth yellow card of the season meaning he’ll be suspended for next week’s game against Fulham.

Newcastle came close to adding a second four minutes before the interval when Maxime Esteve blocked Anthony Elanga’s close-range effort after the Clarets had been undone alarmingly easily on the break.

Things soon went from bad to worse for Burnley, with Pires being shown a straight red card for bringing Elanga down as he surged through on goal. VAR reviewed the incident to determine whether the left-back had actually made any contact, but the decision was upheld and Pires was forced to trudge off.

As if the half couldn’t get any worse, Newcastle added a second deep into stoppage-time when the home side were awarded a penalty - Lesley Ugochukwu the man penalised upon review for a bizarre handball.

Gordon stepped up to take the resulting spot kick and sent Dubravka the wrong way to add to Burnley’s misery.

The half-time break allowed Parker to re-shuffle the pack, withdrawing Foster for an extra defender as Joe Worrall entered the fray.

While there was now a clear emphasis on not going under, Burnley did briefly threaten five minutes into the second-half when Ugochukwu teed up midfield partner Josh Cullen, but his first-time effort was straight at Ramsdale who claimed comfortably.

On the hour mark, meanwhile, Broja was picked out by Josh Cullen’s pinpoint cross but his header also failed to trouble the Newcastle keeper.

At the other end, a confident Guimaraes tried his luck with a flamboyant effort with the outside of his boot, but Dubravka did well to tip over.

The second-half was something of a non-event in the main, with Burnley resistant to take too many risks while the Magpies probably had one eye on their midweek Champions League game against Bayer Leverkusen.

Gordon was denied by the woodwork for a second time when he clipped the crossbar with an ambitious effort from long range.

With 10 minutes left on the clock, Dubravka made an excellent reaction save to deny Esteve of all people as the defender stretched desperately to reach a near post cross.

Burnley were given the opportunity to make things interesting in stoppage-time when they were awarded a penalty - again upon review - after Zian Flemming’s first-time effort had been handled by Jacob Ramsey.

The Dutchman stepped up and beat Ramsdale from the spot to score for the fifth time in his last seven games.

Remarkably, the 10-men Clarets could have stolen a point right at the death when Marcus Edwards curled in a tantalising cross that Josh Laurent could only glance wide of the upright.

TEAMS

Newcastle: Ramsdale, Livramento, Thiaw, Schar, Burn (Hall), Bruno, Ramsey (Tonali), Willock (Miley), Elanga, Gordon (Joelinton), Woltemade (Wissa)

Subs not used: Ruddy, A. Murphy, Barnes, J. Murphy

Burnley: Dubravka, Walker, Ekdal (Edwards), Esteve, Pires, Florentino (Laurent), Cullen, Ugochukwu, Bruun Larsen (Anthony), Foster (Worrall), Broja (Flemming)

Subs not used: Weiss, Hartman, Tchaouna, Tresor

Referee: Stuart Attwell

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