Southampton get ready to welcome Newcastle United for something different than the ordinary league football: The Carabao Cup Semi-finals leg 1 of 2.
It's no vacation for neither Southampton nor Newcastle United as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Southampton form and stats
Last season their Carabao Cup adventure ended in the round of 16.Southampton's results here at St. Mary's Stadium in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
The Southampton crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to Aston Villa here at St. Mary's Stadium. Salisu, defender, was given a rating of 7.6/10 in that game, top of the team. Salisu won 5 of 8 duels.
Before that match, a Premier League win away at Everton.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the FA Cup game versus Blackpool in only four days. This game is also played here at St. Mary's Stadium.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Southampton here at St. Mary's Stadium in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (9 from 10 games). It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Southampton have conceded 17 from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Newcastle United form and stats
Newcastle United's mission in Carabao Cup last season failed in the 2nd round.As the visiting team in Premier League matches, Newcastle United have produced an overall stat of 4-5-1 so far.
Newcastle have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Nick Pope. It's been 541 minutes since they last conceded in Premier League.
Newcastle United has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Crystal Palace for a 0-0 draw. Trippier was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.81. The defender Trippier hit eight key passes and won 8 of 15 duels.
Before that, Newcastle United secured a home win against Fulham with the score 1-0.Newcastle United are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 15 times in 10 away games so far. Newcastle are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 6 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Newcastle United have put together a streak of 4 consecutive matches without defeat (3-1-0) when playing Southampton.Top Goalscorers
  M. Almirón Rejala 9 goals |  C. Wilson 6 goals |   J. Ward-Prowse 5 goals |
Southampton missing players
Newcastle United missing players
| Southampton | Newcastle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 13 | 6 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 27 | 14 | Scored | S | 23 | 44 | ||
| 38 | 19 | Conceded | C | 9 | 15 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 72% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 56% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.2 | 7.3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.2 | 14.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 5.3 | ||
| 28% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| 11.6 | 11.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.9 | 9.9 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 3.4 | ||
| 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 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 39 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 33 |
| 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 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 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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