Newcastle United make the trip to Hill Dickinson Stadium to face Everton in the fourth round of the EFL Cup on Thursday night.
While Matthias Jaissle has received some criticism since succeeding Eddie Howe at Newcastle, in the main the 38-year-old German will be content with his start to life at St James' Park.
A 2-0 victory over Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon spurred the Magpies to eighth in the standings, four places better than their 12th place finish in an underwhelming 2025/26 campaign.
In addition to their reasonable start to the top-flight campaign, they're potentially just 90 minutes away from an EFL Cup quarter-final, with David Moyes' Everton the only team standing in their way of a final eight clash with League Two outfit Fleetwood Town.
With an increased away allocation in the EFL Cup, we take a look at how many Mags are heading down to Merseyside on Thursday night.
How many away fans are Newcastle United taking to Everton in the EFL Cup?
Newcastle will be taking 7,732 fans to Hill Dickinson Stadium in the EFL Cup.
While competition rules say that home teams have to give 10% of the capacity to the visitors, nearly 15% of the ground will be filled with away fans on Thursday night.
Newcastle supporters have been poking fun at Sunderland fans online, with only 24,305 (including away supporters) present at the Stadium of Light in their 3-2 win over Brentford in the EFL Cup on Wednesday night, despite the ground's 49,000 capacity.
If Newcastle defeat the Toffees in the fourth run, they will face Fleetwood at Highbury Stadium after the fourth tier side defeated reigning Premier League champions Arsenal on penalties.
Remarkably, the attendance at Highbury Stadium was 5,002 (including Arsenal supporters), 2,730 fewer than Newcastle's away allocation at Hill Dickinson, and so the Magpies can expect a significantly smaller away end in Lancashire should they make it through.
