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Newcastle United face Manchester City in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg at St.James’ Park on Tuesday evening.
The two sides met in the Premier League earlier in the season, with the Magpies emerging 2-1 winners.
Match preview
Newcastle dug deep to beat Fulham 2-1 in the quarter-finals, booking a place in the competition’s semi-finals for the second consecutive season.
Yoane Wissa opened the scoring in the 10th minute, but shortly after, Sasa Lukic restored parity for the visitors. Lewis Miley’s 91st-minute strike then sealed the victory for Newcastle.
Man City, on the other hand, produced a more convincing display against Brentford, emerging as 2-0 winners.
Rayan Cherki gave them the lead after the half-hour mark, before Savinho sealed the victory in the second half.
The two sides head into this game off a victory in the FA Cup third round. Newcastle beat Bournemouth 7-6 on penalties after a 3-3 draw in normal time, while City thrashed Exeter City 10-1.
Manager Eddie Howe has fared poorly a against Pep Guardiola, winning just two of their previous 19 meetings.
However, the Newcastle boss will be optimistic ahead of this tie, having beaten City last time out.
Head-to-head
Both sides have met six times in the competition, with Newcastle winning two, losing three and drawing the other.
Team news
Newcastle will be without Dan Burn, Jamaal Lascelles, Tino Livramento and Emil Kraft due to injury.
Man City also have a raft of injuries to deal with, including Josko Gvardiol, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Oscar Bobb, Mateo Kovacic, and Savinho.
It remains to be seen whether Rayan Ait-Nouri will be involved following Algeria’s AFCON exit on Saturday.
Predicted line-ups
Newcastle (4-3-3): Aaron Ramsdale, Kieran Trippier, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Lewis Hall, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton, Bruno Guimaraes, Anthony Gordon, Yoane Wissa, Harvey Barnes.
Man City (4-1-4-1): Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Max Alleyne, Nathan Ake, Nico Gonzalez, Bernardo Silva, Tijjani Reijnders, Phil Foden, Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland.
Prediction
We predict a 2-2 draw.
Stats from transfermarkt.com
