Newcastle United have now won seven of the last eight league meetings against Nottingham Forest after beating them 2-0 at St. James’ Park in the Premier League.
Roared on as ever by the home crowd, the Magpies started stronger with two chances falling to Joelinton.
The first came from a Kieran Trippier cross, which the Brazilian diverted towards goal only for Matz Sels to save.
The second, perhaps expectedly, came from a corner after Forest’s struggles to deal with them against Midtjylland in midweek.
The ball was whipped towards Dan Burn at the back post, who headed towards Joelinton and Sels did well to claw his subsequent header away.
The Tricky Trees were largely second-best in the first half, with Morgan Gibbs-White’s free-kick their only shot as Nick Pope easily punched it away.
It was a similar pattern in the early stages of the second half as Nick Woltemade was gifted a glorious opportunity to break the deadlock.
Morato passed straight to him so close to goal, but the Brazilian in fairness did well to recover and block his forthcoming strike.
Just before the hour mark, the hosts got the breakthrough they had been threatening, as Dan Burn fed Bruno Guimaraes on the edge of the box, and he curled beautifully into the top corner.
Another corner then troubled Forest again as the ball fell to Woltemade, who rattled the underside of the crossbar from close range.
Sels kept the visitors in it with brilliant saves to deny Malick Thiaw and Harvey Barnes from point-blank range, but ex-Magpie Elliot Anderson fouled Guimarães in the area to give the hosts the chance to seal victory from the penalty spot.
Woltemade stepped up and rifled into the top corner, becoming only the third Newcastle player after Les Ferdinand and Alan Shearer to score in his first three top-flight home matches.
It means Newcastle’s last five home league wins have been accompanied by a clean sheet, which will please Eddie Howe, while Ange Postecoglou is still winless after seven games in charge of Forest.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle United)
