On Tuesday, January 31, from 10:00 p.m. on the street James Park, and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 2.

Newcastle are closing in on a first trophy of the “Saudi era” and have their first chance to reach the EFL Cup final after beating Southampton 1-0 in the first round.

Manchester United are likely to be one of the finalists in the competition, having won 3-0 in the first leg of the semi-final at Nottingham Forest, with the second leg scheduled for Wednesday 1 February at 10pm at the Old . Trafford.

Newcastle also have an excellent record in the Premier League, sitting 3rd with 39 points from 20 matches, but a long way off leaders Arsenal (11 points, Gunners have played one game less) .

Eddie Howe’s side are level on points with 4th-placed Manchester United and are three points clear of 5th-placed Tottenham Hotspur, who have played 21 matches, the three teams most likely to battle it out , for the last two places in the UEFA Champions League (Arsenal and Manchester City are almost impossible to overcome).

Instead, Kotofenes were relegated from the FA Cup (FA Cup) after a surprise 2-1 defeat at League Three side Sheffield Wednesday.

Newcastle were bought last year by the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF), which owns 80% of the club and is run by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud.

The PIF manages €368 billion in assets, compared to City Football Group, the company controlled by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, which owns Manchester City, which has “only” €27 billion.

Southampton are in bottom 20th place in the Championship with 15 points from 20 games, but the distance to the places above the “red line” is a matter of points (Wolverhampton 17th on 17 points and Leicester 14th on 18 points).

Nathan Jones’ side bombed in the quarter-finals when they beat Manchester City 2-0 at home (only the semi-finals are back-to-backs), so the Saints have an unexpectedly long way to go in the League Cup, a competition they’ve never won won, but in which they played twice with the trophy on the table, the last time six years ago, 2-3 in the final with Manchester United.

Superbet offers odds of 1.47 on prediction 1: home win in regular time 90 minutes in the match Newcastle – Southampton.

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