Newcastle United produced one of the shocks of the season by beating Manchester City 0-2 at the Etihad Stadium this evening to book their place in the Capital One Cup quarter-final.
Following back-to-back league wins there was an air of confidence about the north-east outfit but with Alan Pardew fielding a much-changed and relatively inexperienced side that included teenagers Adam Armstrong and Rolando Aarons, few gave them a chance of victory over the Premier League champions.
In fact when the starting line-ups were known with City including the likes of Yaya Toure, David Silva, Edin Dzeko, and Stevan Jovetic in their starting XI, the hosts were matched at a low of just 1.182/11 before kick-off to win the game.
But it was Newcastle - matched at 22.021/1 - who prevailed thanks to goals from Aarons and Moussa Sissoko as they recorded a fully deserved 0-2 victory.
Aarons was matched at 36.035/1 to score the first goal of the game, while the 0-2 Correct Score was matched at the huge price of 180.0179/1.
The Magpies' reward for their magnificent win is a quarter-final tie away to Tottenham, who beat Brighton 2-0 at White Hart Lane tonight. Of course, Pardew's men beat Spurs at the Lane 1-2 in the Premier League just three days ago.
Chelsea are the 2.56/4 favourites to win the Capital One Cup after being drawn away to Championship leaders Derby.
Jose Mourinho's men survived a mini scare at Shrewsbury on Tuesday night but eventually came away with a 1-2 win, while Derby came from 2-0 down to beat Fulham 2-5 at Craven Cottage.
The two other ties are League One outfit Sheffield United at home to Southampton, who were involved in a 2-3 victory - matched at 42.041/1 - at Stoke this evening, and Championship side Bournemouth at home to eight-time League Cup winners Liverpool.
Quarter Final Draw;
Derby v Chelsea
Tottenham v Newcastle
Bournemouth v Liverpool
Sheff Utd v Southampton
*ties to be played w/c 15th December
To win the Capital One Cup
Chelsea - 2.5
Liverpool - 4.9
Tottenham - 5.7
Southampton - 6.2
Newcastle - 9.8
Derby - 30.0
Bournemouth - 44.0
Sheff Utd - 46.0
*odds correct as of 22:15, October 29