Book your seats now for Newcastle’s goalless draw at Brighton next month! That is three stalemates from three away from home for Eddie Howe’s side this season, and life without Alexander Isak is proving as difficult as it threatened to be.
Not only are they struggling to score, their shot count on the road is diminishing fast. They had three on the opening day at Aston Villa, two at Leeds and one here. This was a match that was there to be won in the second half, but they did not know how.