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There were plenty of contenders for Carabao Cup team of the round after this midweek action.

When it comes to games that might have produced these contenders, did St James’ Park serve up any contenders…?

Newcastle United with an excellent 2-0 victory over Spurs, despite Eddie Howe making eight changes to his starting eleven.

Well, Whoscored have included three Newcastle United stars from Wednesday night’s match.

A result that leaves Eddie Howe’s side eighth in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup on Thursday morning, now that the fourth round of games has been completed.

United getting a home match against Fulham in the last eight draw, those matches to be played in mid-December.

The whoscored ratings use data from every single match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted according to their influence within the game.

Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on ratings weighted in relation to its area on the pitch and its outcome.

Now whoscored have published their latest Carabao team of the round with three Newcastle United stars included, the full eleven shown below:

(The Whoscored...