Preview: Arsenal vs. Newcastle United - prediction, team news, lineups

Bidding to marque North London lightning onslaught doubly successful the abstraction of 4 days, Newcastle United halt implicit astatine the Emirates connected Tuesday evening to conflict Arsenal successful the archetypal limb of their EFL Cup semi-final.

While the Gunners could lone instrumentality a constituent location from a 1-1 gully with Brighton & Hove Albion connected Saturday evening, Eddie Howe's men near Tottenham Hotspur's turf with a 2-1 occurrence to their name.

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Arsenal headers successful absorption boxes person proven to beryllium devastating each play long, but the Gunners were near to rue a bizarre heading incidental successful their ain container astatine the Amex Stadium, wherever Brighton enactment the latest dent successful their faltering Premier League rubric bid.

Following a first-half opener from 17-year-old phenom Ethan Nwaneri - who wrote a caller section of Arsenal history successful the process - William Saliba was penalised for a 'headbutt' connected Brighton guardant Joao Pedro, who subsequently sent David Raya the incorrect mode from the punishment spot.

While Arteta and Fabian Hurzeler unsurprisingly had differing views connected the punishment incident, some camps should person been successful statement that Brighton looked the much apt to people again arsenic the 2nd fractional wore on, and the Gunners could soon find themselves 11 points down Liverpool if the Reds triumph their 2 outstanding matches.

As dampening arsenic Saturday's gully was, the stalemate tin beryllium spun successful a somewhat affirmative way, arsenic the Gunners are present unbeaten successful 13 consecutive matches crossed each competitions - a tally that includes their Gabriel Jesus-inspired 3-2 occurrence implicit Crystal Palace successful the past circular of the EFL Cup.

Still chasing a archetypal League Cup honour since 1993, the Gunners are yet to suffer a azygous location crippled successful immoderate contention this play and person progressed to the last from 2 of their past 3 EFL Cup semis, though that 1 nonaccomplishment came successful their astir caller two-legged conflict with Liverpool successful 2021-22.

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While Arsenal's haul of occurrence successful the League Cup is precise humble indeed, Newcastle are yet to conquer the contention and are connected the cusp of going 70 years without a large honour, unless the 2005-06 Intertoto Cup is regarded arsenic a important trophy.

It has not been for the privation of trying from Howe's troops since their big-money takeover - they fell to Manchester United's superiority successful the 2022-23 last of this tourney - but the clip is surely nigh for the Magpies to people this caller epoch with a shiny portion of silverware.

Howe's harvest person had to conflict their mode past 3 Premier League teams to marque it this far, eliminating Nottingham Forest, Brentford and Chelsea successful summation to AFC Wimbledon, and Tuesday's visitors could hardly beryllium making a swift instrumentality to North London with a bigger outpouring successful their step.

Indeed, strikes from Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak propelled the Champions League hopefuls to a 2-1 triumph astatine Spurs connected Saturday lunchtime, their sixth occurrence connected the bounce successful each competitions and 1 that saw them people astatine slightest doubly for the eighth crippled successful a row.

Haunting North London teams has rapidly go a favourite pastime of Newcastle's, arsenic the Magpies besides bested Arsenal 1-0 successful their archetypal Premier League crippled of the play astatine St James' Park, but not since 2010 person they rocked up to the Emirates and near arsenic the victors.

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Team News

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There was small interest erstwhile Arteta substituted goalscorer Nwaneri astatine fractional clip successful the Brighton gully - galore assumed that it was a effect of his precocious booking for time-wasting - but the Arsenal brag past confirmed the "really bad" news astatine afloat clip that the 17-year-old had suffered a muscular injury.

Nwaneri has not been ruled retired of the archetypal limb conscionable yet, but the choky turnaround makes him a superior doubt, portion Kai Havertz is besides facing a contention against clip to beryllium his fittingness aft missing back-to-back games done illness.

Bukayo Saka (hamstring), Raheem Sterling (knee), Ben White (knee) and Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee) are inactive missing, though Sterling could beryllium disposable for the weekend's FA Cup opener with Manchester United, and Jurrien Timber is backmost from a yellow-card ban.

As a cardinal Arsenal antheral returns from suspension, Newcastle indispensable marque bash without 2 of their important cogs for the archetypal leg, arsenic Fabian Schar and Bruno Guimaraes are serving competition-specific bans for picking up their 2nd yellowish cards of the EFL Cup play successful the Brentford win.

Schar and Guimaraes - the erstwhile of whom besides served a Premier League prohibition astatine the play - articulation Emil Krafth (shoulder), Nick Pope (knee), Callum Wilson (thigh) and Jamaal Lascelles (knee) connected the absentee list, but Sven Botman's enforced substitution successful the Spurs triumph is lone thought to person been down to cramp.

However, it would beryllium a astonishment to spot the Dutchman marque successive starts truthful soon aft his instrumentality from an ACL injury, truthful Lloyd Kelly mightiness capable the Schar void here, portion Sean Longstaff and erstwhile Gunner Joe Willock volition conflict to measurement successful for Guimaraes.

Arsenal imaginable starting lineup:
Raya; Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly; Odegaard, Partey, Rice; Martinelli, Jesus, Trossard

We say: Arsenal 1-1 Newcastle United

Newcastle mounting up astatine the Emirates to support has worked earlier - spot the 0-0 gully successful January 2023 - and Howe whitethorn beryllium tempted to follow a much blimpish attack with some Schar and the influential Guimaraes helplessly watching on.

The goal-happy Magpies should not instrumentality each antheral down the shot portion their attacking trio is successful specified scintillating form, but Arsenal are seldom outfought astatine the Emirates and are inactive uncovering routes to extremity adjacent successful Saka's absence.

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