NEWCASTLE UNITED picked up their first victory of the John Carver era with a straightforward 3-0 win at Hull City.

Remy Cabella notched his first goal in Newcastle colours while Sammy Ameobi and Yoan Gouffran added second-half goals to give Carver his first taste of victory since the club’s announcement that the former assistant head coach would take the job on permanently.

Defeat for Hull City places further pressure on Tigers boss Steve Bruce, whose side remain in the Premier League relegation zone.

Newcastle took their time to get into the match on a bitterly cold lunchtime on Humberside, but they deservedly took the lead on 41 minutes after a sustained period of possession.

The Magpies had shown flashes of inspiration, through Cabella and Ayoze Perez in a front three alongside Ameobi, but their trickery came to nothing until Newcastle’s summer signing Cabella reacted quickly to a short pass by Andrew Robertson, cut on to his left foot and rifled past Allan McGregor.

Robertson had the first chance of the game when he stung Tim Krul’s hands with a first-minute shot, but save for a clearance off the line by Fabricio Coloccini from a Curtis Davies header on 18 minutes, Newcastle grew with stature and their opening goal was well-deserved.

Hull thought they had equalised on the stroke of half-time when Ahmed Elmohamady looked to have headed home from a set-piece, but the assistant referee spotted that the Egyptian had punched Gaston Ramirez’ free-kick into the back of the net.

Newcastle got the second half off to a perfect start when Ameobi, who had contributed little of note in the opening 45 minutes, collected a pass 40 yards out, carried the ball a few yards then unleashed a rasping drive that dipped and swerved past McGregor.

The Scottish international made a smart save from Perez on 59 minutes when the Spaniard prodded goalwards as Newcastle looked to kill the game completely.

The Tigers should have reduced the deficit on 64 minutes when Jelavic managed to shank wide when Krul’s parry from Ramirez’s shot fell into his path.

There were no further signs of life from Steve Bruce’s Hull as Newcastle bossed the midfield, stroking passes around at will, and it was no surprise when Gouffran, on as a substitute, jinked past Davies and fired home via a large deflection off Elmohamady.

HULL CITY (4-3-1-2): McGregor; Elmohamady, Dawson, Davies, Robertson (Brady 72); Meyler (Aluko 56), Huddlestone, Livermore; Ramirez; Hernandez (Ince 67), Jelavic. Substitutes: Harper, Bruce, McShane, Quinn.

NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-3-3): Krul; Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Haidara; Sissoko, Anita, Colback; Cabella (Gouffran 72), Perez (Cisse 82), Ameobi (Abeid 90). Substitutes: Alnwick, Santon, Obertan, Riviere.