Newcastle take on the visitors Southampton in the second leg of English Football League Cup semifinals. The first leg result: 1-0. The match will be played on Tuesday, January 31st at St. James Park (Newcastle).
Newcastle began to be called a potential giant after the transfer of the legendary club from tight-fisted Mike Ashley to a fund controlled by the richest royal family from Saudi Arabia was finally formalized. At first, however, Eddie Howe had to show his class as a coach, saving his new wards from more than real relegation to the Championship. This season, the “black-and-whites” are consistently among the leaders of the Premier League. And they need to remember that another half of the draw is ahead, and lately there have been very few goals, which means that the loss of points has become more frequent. And with the desire to focus on the fight for a pass to the long-awaited Champions League, they can connect the cup failure with Sheffield Wednesday. But there was an early stage, but in the League Cup final on the threshold. So it turned out to give away win with familiar 1-0 score. Now enough of a draw.
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Southampton also received a new investor in the course of last season. Yes, this is not the richest dynasty from the Middle East, but Dragan Solak was considered one of the richest people in Serbia, with ambitions to become the “new Abramovich”. It seems that he competently built the work, not flooding with money, but actively financing the selection work, which is considered an old trump card of the club from St. Mary. But so far, the club has become the main disappointment of this Premier League season - and how else to evaluate the last, 20th place in the standings performed by a team that was predicted to fight for European competitions in the summer? Hasenhüttl has long since been fired, despite Ralf's many previous accomplishments. But under Nathan Jones, there was a long series of defeats in the championship, and, finally beating a competitor, Everton, after that Soton lost at home to Aston Villa 0-1. It is curious that, despite this, the team not only did not give up on other tournaments, but, on the contrary, is successful there. In the League Cup, it was possible to get into the semi-finals, but at home the only goal was scored by Joelingon. So now Soton need to score and not concede.
1-0 a week ago was the 3rd victory of the Magpies in a row. Moreover, Newcastle managed to record only 1 draw in the last 5 head-to-head confrontations. Newcastle are stronger in this pair, which they confirmed in the first leg. At home, it remains only to achieve confirmation of the result - we recommend betting that Eddie Howe's wards will be able to win in this match with a handicap of “-1 goal scored”.
Prediction for the match: Newcastle to win with -1.0 handicap.
