Southampton vs Newcastle

With a spot in February's final at Wembley Stadium up for grabs, both of these teams will be looking to grab an advantage heading into next week's second leg at ...

Southampton, though, will host Blackpool on Saturday, giving them three games in seven days. “With the greatest of respect, we’ve got some young centre-halves. “We felt we needed a bit more experience in there,” Jones said. "Ultimately, you want to get one step further. I'd love to see him back in a Newcastle shirt.” “The medical team were absolutely convinced he was OK and his performance I think showed that. We've exposed him to the games, but at some stage he will need that training load to get to his very best levels.” No one gave Nathan Jones’ side a chance in the quarter-final, yet they managed to beat Manchester City 2-0 and didn’t concede a single shot on target. “Bruno said he felt 100 per cent fit to play (at Palace),” Howe said. They go into Tuesday’s first leg bottom of the Premier League and in danger of relegation after 11 years at the top level. (Photo: Getty Images) I know the players feel the same way.

Southampton and Newcastle United are ready to face each other. Read the article to find out how to catch all the live updates of match.

[Nathan Jones](/topic/nathan-jones)and his team at Southampton are currently at the bottom of the Premier League table, but cup competitions have provided a glimmer of hope in recent weeks. Newcastle has struggled in cup competitions for many seasons, so reaching the League Cup semifinal is a significant achievement for the team. They want similar immunity for executives deputed to boards of borrowing firms. They are favourites to reach the final at Wembley. [Newcastle](/topic/newcastle)United at home in the first leg of their [League Cup](/topic/league-cup)semifinal. [Eddie Howe](/topic/eddie-howe), is at the opposite end of the table and is currently battling for a top-four finish.

Southampton handed full debuts to January signings Carlos Alcaraz and Mislav Orsic as part of four changes for the contest.

Southampton vs Newcastle United Joelinton had a first-half effort controversially chalked off for an adjudged handball, while he wastefully blazed over with the goal gaping early in the second period. Match ends, Southampton 0, Newcastle United 1.

Minute-by-minute report: Join Scott Murray for updates from the first leg at St Mary's.

They’ve shown a few replays of the incident, and nothing egregious sticks out. Seems it was ruled out on the pitch for a Joelinton handball; however, from one of those angles, the ball seemed to hit the Newcastle forward on the side of his body only. Just a free kick, nothing more, a yard or so outside the box on the right. Armstrong is a concussion substitution, by the way. Mara’s presence forces Schar into the concession of a corner on the right. Almiron one-twos with Longstaff and enters the Saints box from the right. 62 min: Walker-Peters drives down the right and crosses for Ward-Prowse, who becomes the next player to try a Mark Hughes Special. Armstrong can’t force the rebound home from a tight angle, then the ball breaks to Lyanco on the edge of the box. Armstrong beats Burn to the ball, and bundles it into the bottom-left corner of the net! Over the bar the ball flies. A cross comes looping into the Newcastle box from the right. 70 min: Down the left, Edozie drops a shoulder to get past Trippier again with absurd ease.

Eddie Howe has named his Magpies starting XI for tonight's Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against the Saints at St Mary's.

[Bruno Guimaraes](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/bruno-guimaraes) had played despite suffering a nasty whack on the ankle in the 1-0 win over Fulham. Despite being linked with a move to EFL outfit Hull, Karl Darlow was on the bench. Sean Longstaff, Joe Willock and Bruno made up the engine room trio. Once again Alexander Isak was on the bench. [our live match blog here](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/southampton-vs-newcastle-united-live-26055247) for all the latest analysis, plus the dressing room reaction after the full-time whistle. And [Howe](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/eddie-howe) again started with the Brazil star in the centre of hid midfield.

Nathan Jones' Southampton are back in competitive action at St Mary's on Tuesday night as they take on Newcastle United in the first leg of the EFL Cup ...

Southampton - 9/1 Newcastle - 1/7 Southampton - 9/2 Southampton - 4/1 Yes it is [tough to breach], Eddie has done a fantastic job there. As always, HampshireLive will be at the game tonight to keep you covered on everything.

Match report and free highlights as Joelinton missed a sitter before scoring the only goal of the game; Adam Armstrong denied an equaliser after VAR review; ...

Newcastle are already out of the FA Cup, meaning they have a free weekend. No problem with the officials or anything, it was given in the VAR studio. "There's a lot to play in the tie. We know we need a bit of help, a bit more quality, once we get that and stop conceding goals on a regular basis we'll be tougher to beat. "The two saves Nick made were big moments in the game. It was a huge time in the game, Nick stood up. I can't be critical of the team in any way, it's been a good day for us. I am proud of the team today. We've been the victim of four VAR goals [recently]. I thought we were excellent and for us to compete like we did shows we've come a long way. Central figure Joelinton also had a first-half goal ruled out by VAR, in a similar manner to Armstrong's, before missing a sitter but then applying the telling touch to Isak's teasing delivery. Especially the one against [Che] Adams - it was a big moment in the match.

After Newcastle United's 1-0 Carabao Cup Semi-Final first leg win over Southampton at St Mary's, here are the best post-match stats from the game.

● Joelinton has scored three goals in his last eight games in all competitions for Newcastle, as many as he managed in his previous 27. ● Nick Pope kept his 16th clean sheet in all competitions for Newcastle, with only Leyton Orient’s Lawrence Vigouroux managing more (17) among ‘keepers for English League sides this season. ● Newcastle have kept 16 clean sheets in all competitions this season, two more than any other side in Europe’s big five leagues.