A trophy cabinet can never have too much silverware and both Newcastle United and Southampton know what's at stake in this second leg of the Carabao Cup Semi-finals clash.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only three days ago in the FA Cup.
Newcastle United form and stats
Last season, Newcastle's Carabao Cup journey ended in the 2nd round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at St. James' Park as Newcastle United have scored 18 goals to get 22 points from 10 games. The overall stats in the Premier League are 6-4-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Newcastle United are confident in defense, having played 541 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Newcastle United are returning here after visiting Southampton in a Carabao Cup fixture and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Goalkeeper Pope got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.8 out of ten. Pope topped it up with a clean sheet.
0-0 away at Crystal Palace before that.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus West Ham United in only four days. This game is also played here at St. James' Park.
A decent goal production from Newcastle United in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 10 league matches. From these home matches, Newcastle have conceded only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Southampton form and stats
Southampton's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the round of 16.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Southampton so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 3-0-7 (win-draw-lose).
The club members enjoyed Southampton's previous match versus Blackpool, a FA Cup win (2-1) played at home. Perraud was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.85. The defender Perraud scored two goals, hit one key pass and won 3 of 8 duels.
The game earlier was the Carabao Cup-duel against Newcastle United, a home defeat (0-1).
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Premier League trip to Brentford.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Southampton as they have only managed to score 8 times from 10 away games in the league. Southampton struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 18 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Newcastle United have pulled off a sequence of 5 consecutive matches without defeat (4-1-0) when playing Southampton.This was the result when the sides met earlier this season; Southampton - Newcastle United 0-1.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Almirón Rejala 9 goals |  C. Wilson 6 goals |   J. Ward-Prowse 5 goals |
Newcastle United missing players
Southampton missing players
| Newcastle United | Southampton | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 6 | 13 | ||
| 42 | 18 | Scored | S | 12 | 26 | ||
| 12 | 3 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 56% | 42% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 4% | ||
| 40% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 32% | ||
| 7.2 | 7.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15 | 16.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.2 | 11.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.9 | ||
| 30% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 27% | ||
| 9.5 | 7.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.3 | 11.5 | ||
| 3.1 | 2.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arsenal | 19 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 45 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | 29 | 50 |
| 2 | Manchester City | 20 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 53 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 33 | 45 |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 22 | 39 |
| 4 | Manchester United | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 39 |
| 5 | Tottenham Hotspur | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 40 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 36 |
| 6 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 31 |
| 7 | Fulham | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 31 |
| 8 | Brentford | 20 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 30 |
| 9 | Liverpool | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 29 |
| 10 | Chelsea | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Aston Villa | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -4 | 28 |
| 12 | Crystal Palace | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 11 | -9 | 24 |
| 13 | Nottingham Forest | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 23 | -19 | 21 |
| 14 | Leicester City | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 28 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -7 | 18 |
| 15 | Leeds United | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -7 | 18 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 16 | -18 | 17 |
| 18 | AFC Bournemouth | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 42 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 31 | -23 | 17 |
| 19 | Everton | 20 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 28 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -13 | 15 |
| 20 | Southampton | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -18 | 15 |
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