Following victories over League One Crewe and Championship Barnsley, Newcastle's third pre-season game saw them come unstuck against second tier Middlesbrough on Tuesday afternoon.

The game was played behind closed doors at Boro's Rockcliffe Park training ground, Britt Assombalonga shooting the hosts ahead on seven minutes.

The home forward then doubled his side's lead before Marcus Tavernier - brother of former Magpie James - fired past Karl Darlow from distance.

It was 1-3 at the interval when Allan Saint-Maximin netted with a solo effort - with Andy Carroll on the bench then presumably ASM was at centre forward for the first hour.

Boro's Lewis Wing and Jamaal Lascelles were then both dismissed after an off-the-ball incident early in the second half.

Grant Hall headed in the resultant free kick before the Tees barrage was completed late on, when Stephen Walker placed his penalty kick beyond replacement custodian Mark Gillespie.

Once again there was no sign of Joelinton or Yoshinori Muto, while Emil Krafth and Jeff Hendrick are now away on international duty.

Martin Dubravka, Dwight Gayle, Fabian Schar and Matty Longstaff are unfit, while Jonjo Shelvey didn't feature - reason tbc.