Newcastle United vs Arsenal Carabao Cup Semi Final 2nd Leg Preview
This week’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg meetings begin with a clash between Newcastle and Arsenal at St James’ Park on Wednesday evening.
Newcastle hold a 2-0 advantage in this tie, winning the first leg at the Emirates at the start of January.
Arsenal come into this game off the back of a thumping 5-1 victory over champions Manchester City, keeping the Gunners firmly in the fight for the Premier League title, with Ethan Nwaneri and Miles Lewis-Skelly getting on the scoresheet.
Newcastle, meanwhile, were defeated by Fulham at home on Saturday. Josh Murphy’s goal before half-time was cancelled out by Raul Jimenez and Rodrigo Muniz. A second successive home defeat for the Magpies.
Previous Meetings
In two encounters already this season, Newcastle have had the better of Arsenal on both occasions.
Early November saw both meet at St James’ with Alexander Isak’s 12th minute goal enough to give Newcastle all three points, handing Arsenal just a second league defeat of the season.
The other was almost a month ago as Isak and Anthony Gordon netted either side of half-time to give the Magpies a 2-0 lead to defend, with a place at Wembley just 90 minutes away.
When going head-to-head, Newcastle have the advantage winning three of their last four versus Arsenal. All three wins have come at St James’ Park.
Arsenal’s last victory was in 2023, courtesy of goals from Martin Odegaard and a Fabian Schar own goal.
Last Five Meetings
January 2025: Arsenal 0-2 Newcastle
November 2024: Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal
February 2024: Arsenal 4-1 Newcastle
November 2023: Newcastle 1-0 Arsenal
May 2023: Newcastle 0-2 Arsenal
Team News
Newcastle will be without Lloyd Kelly, who completed a loan move to Juventus until the end of the season, with an obligation to buy.
Head Coach Eddie Howe stated in his press conference that midfielder Joelinton could be unavailable to face Arsenal on Wednesday. The Brazilian was substituted during last Saturday’s defeat at home to Fulham.
Arsenal have not stated any new injuries to their squad.
How to watch and Kick-off time
Newcastle versus Arsenal will be shown Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Football in the UK and radio commentary is available on BBC 5 Live, kick-off is at 8pm.