Newcastle United host Arsenal at St James’ Park tonight for the second leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final, with a place in the Wembley final on the line.
Eddie Howe’s Newcastle United holds a 2-0 advantage after goals from Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon secured a first leg win at the Emirates. Backed by their home crowd, Newcastle will look to protect the lead and secure their spot in the final.
Arsenal arrives in strong form after a massive 5-1 victory over Manchester City on Sunday. The Gunners will need that same intensity to overturn the semi-finals and keep their cup hopes alive.
Kick-off is at 3 p.m. EST. Follow along for live updates, team news and all the key moments as the game proceeds.
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First half live performance of Newcastle and Arsenal — 3:56 p.m. EST
Player ratings brought by Sofascore. Murphy and Botman ranks the highest two for Newcastle, while Raya ranks the lowest in the whole game. More statistics can be found here.
First half ends, with Newcastle leading one in the second leg, three in the aggregate — 3:52 p.m. EST
First half ends with Jacob Murphy’s goal in 19th minute. The game will resume after a 15 minute break.
Saliba gets a yellow card for grabbing Gordon’s jersey — 3:44 p.m. EST
Saliba is the second Arsenal player to get a yellow card in this game, after Havertz got his first by charging Guimaraes.
Martinelli subbed off, Nwaneri in for Arsenal — 3:39 p.m. EST
Martinelli suffers injury of his hamstring, Nwaneri subs in early in the game.
Havertz’s poor cross ends Arsenal’s counterattack — 3:36 p.m. EST
Lewis-Skelly’s terrific turn and the start of the counter-attack closed after Havertz puts up a poor cross.
Newcastle’s back-five successfully performing to prevent Arsenal’s frontline — 3:30 p.m. EST
Eddie Howe’s new back-five and the other players are managing to have more players than Arsenal while defending.
Jacob Murphy scores for Newcastle — 3:22 p.m. EST
Jacob Murphy gets the first goal for Newcastle, making the aggregate 3:0, Newcastle.
Arsenal suffers from high press by Newcastle — 3:17 p.m. EST
Newcastle’s continuous high press from the top blocks Arsenal to have an opportunity to close Newcastle’s lead.
Isak’s goal gets disallowed after VAR check — 3:07 p.m. EST
Isak scores a banger with only three and a half minutes into the game, however gets disallowed after VAR confirmed his offside.
KICKOFF: Newcastle v. Arsenal — 3:00 p.m. EST
Newcastle United and Arsenal’s Carabao Cup semi-finals started now.
Newcastle’s ex-player Cheick Tioté’s son, Rafael, to be watching the game in stands — 2:41 p.m. EST
Raphel Tioté, the son of an ex-Newcastle player Cheick Tioté, is in tonight’s game. Cheick Tioté, who scored a dramatic equalizer against Arsenal and made a miraculous 4-4 draw in 2010-11 season, is now a star in the sky.
Eddie Howe surprisingly presents five players at the back — 2:25 p.m. EST.
Based on the confirmed lineup on Sofascore, Eddie Howe’s Newcastle is starting five players at the back, compared to the four-man defense he presented last Saturday against Fulham. It’s assumed to be due to Joelinton’s absence, after he suffered an injury prior to the game. Rather having Willock or Longstaff starting at central midfield, he chose to add another center back—in order to secure at least one goal difference loss to move to the finals.
Newcastle v. Arsenal Starting XI announced — 2:00 p.m. EST.
LINEUPS:
Newcastle: Dubravka, Trippier, Burn, Botman, Schar, Hall, Tonali, Guimaraes, Murphy, Gordon, Isak.
Subs: Pope, Livramento, Targett, Krafth, Longstaff, Willock, Miley, Wilson, Osula.
Arsenal: Raya, Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly, Gabriel, Rice, Odegaard, Trossard, Martinelli, Havertz.
Subs: Setford, Calafiori, Zinchenko, Tierney, Kiwior, Jorginho, Merino, Nwaneri, Sterling.
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