Carabao Cup

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.

With the Carabao Cup semi-final showdowns upon us, WhoScored.com take a look at the combined XI of the four remaining teams in the competition of those to ...

A 40% conversion rate is the fifth best of the 47 players to have mustered five or more shots in the Carabao Cup this season, and has helped Adams return a Completing the XI is Nottingham Forest striker Brennan Johnson. No player has scored more goals than Rashford (4) in the Carabao Cup this season, including a brace in a superb 30-minute cameo against Charlton in the last round, with the Manchester United star enjoying one of his best campaigns to date. With a goal and an assist to his name, both of which came against Leicester, the 26-year-old is good value for his James Ward-Prowse's only goal in the Carabao Cup this season was a key one as he netted the equaliser in Saints' eventual penalty shootout win over Sheffield Wednesday. Burn scored his first Newcastle goal in the last round of the Carabao Cup as the Magpies secured a 2-0 win over Leicester, and this has contributed to 30-year-old's Joining Lyanco at the heart of the defence in this XI is Nottingham Forest's Willy Boly. Three of those four starts have come at centre-back, with Nathan Jones recently electing to use the former Torino man at right-back, a move that paid off as evidenced by their 2-0 quarter-final win over Manchester City. The right-back has made more key passes (16) than any other player in the competition this season, and while he has registered just the one assist across his four outings, Trippier has ultimately been vital in Newcastle's progression to this stage. Four of Southampton's nine competitive wins this season have come in the Carabao Cup, with Lyanco starting all four games on their way to the semi-finals. [WhoScored.com](http://whoscored.com/) rating of 7.52. Across those three games, Pope saved all six shots on target he faced, and this solidity has been a key reason for Newcastle's progression to the semi-final, and the 30-year-old's

A goal from Joelinton has given Newcastle an advantage in their Carabao Cup semifinal matchup with Southampton.

Newcastle eventually won the game and took a 1-0 advantage home to St. Adam Armstrong, who came on for the injured Djenepo, bundled the ball into the back of the net after a bit of chaos inside the box. The goal came exactly 20 minutes after the Brazilian missed a sitter right in front of goal. The Newcastle goalkeeper flew out of his penalty area to win a header outside of the box. The versatile Brazilian pounced on a rebounded shot and calmly put the ball into the back of the net. The south coast club lost seven of their last eight top flight fixtures and will have a fight to remain in the Premier League beyond this season.

IT'S crunch time in the Carabao Cup as the competition enters the semi-final stage - but there is still a bit of confusion on the rules.Manchester Uni.

From the semi-final stage up to the final, VAR WILL be used in the Carabao Cup. If a Carabao Cup semi-final ends level on aggregate after two legs this season, the away goals rule will NOT apply. Do away goals count in the Carabao Cup semi-finals and is extra time played?

Joelinton recovered from a disallowed goal and shocking miss to fire Newcastle a step closer to Wembley with the winner in an action-packed Carabao Cup ...

Newcastle now have a fixture-free week to prepare for the return meeting, while Saints go to St James' Park following an FA Cup fourth-round clash with Blackpool. Sweden striker Isak burst away from Lyanco on the right and delivered a perfect low cross for Joelinton to finally put his name on the scoresheet. The Brazilian secured a narrow win for the Magpies by burying a low cross from substitute Alexander Isak with 17 minutes to go on a breathless evening at St Mary's.

Bruno Guimaraes was blown away by Nick Popes performance in goal as Newcastle United scraped to a 1-0 in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final against ...

He's a brilliant shot stopper and I think he's in a very good place currently." "It (10 clean sheets in a row) is a brilliant thing for Nick. Tonight is exactly the same. Let's keep it going." "I can't speak highly enough of him, I can't praise him enough and I can't rate him highly enough. "One goal is important, we could score more but most important was to be one goal in front of Southampton," the Brazilian midfielder told Sky Sports.

Joelinton fired Newcastle a step closer to Wembley with the winner in an action-packed Carabao Cup semi-final first leg success at Southampton.

Manchester United head to Nottingham Forest on January 25 for an eye-catching Carabao Cup semifinal first leg.

— Forest fans have already seen two top-flight sides dumped out of the Carabao Cup at the City Ground this season, with Tottenham and Wolves eliminated, and United are in for a battle.

United wadda ita kadai ce a Ingila ke buga League Cup da FA da Premier League da Europa League kawo yanzu na fatan daukar kofi ko kofuna a bana a karon farko.

Nottingham Forest za ta karbi bakuncin Manchester United a Carabao Cup zagayen daf da karshe da za su kara a City Ground ranar Laraba. Kungiyoyin biyu sun fafata ranar 27 ga watan Disambar 2022 a gasar Premier League, inda United ta ci 3-0 a Old Trafford. Man United ta ziyarci Forest a Carabao Cup ranar Laraba

A trio of Manchester United players are set to miss this weeks Carabao Cup game against Nottingham Forest.

The English winger is closing in on his return to action. United are winless in their last two games following a draw to Crystal Palace and a loss to Arsenal. Manchester United will play the first leg of their Carabao Cup Semi Final against fellow Premier League side Nottingham Forest this week.

Man United face Forest in the EFL Cup semi-final and there is one significant rule change from the earlier rounds of the competition.

Instead, the tie will go straight to penalties if aggregate scores are level at the end of extra time in the second leg. Earlier rounds in the Carabao Cup went straight to penalties instead of going to extra time. United finished sixth in the Premier League that season but excelled in the knockout competitions, also making it to the quarter-final of the FA Cup.

Welcome to The Athletic's live coverage of today's Carabao Cup semi-final first leg between Manchester United and Nottingham Forest.United are hoping to ...

Unfortunately for Forest, though, they will be without Dean Henderson who was the hero of the quarter-final having saved two penalties from Ruben Neves and Joe Hodge. Casemiro was forced out of the defeat by Arsenal with a one-match Premier League ban so he will be available for selection again on Wednesday evening. After beating lower-league opposition in the last two rounds, the semi-final poses a different challenge for Erik ten Hag and his players. This team can help him be in the right positions to score goals. “But in this environment and this team I think he is playing his best football. He has now somehow corralled and cajoled a squad mainly made up of strangers, which included 22 summer additions, into a cohesive team — one that has gradually become increasingly competitive amid the toughest of company. Whereas, by keeping the semi-finals at the stadiums of the involved teams, it represents a financial gain rather than a loss. Using Wembley for Carabao Cup semi-finals would make the two competitions far too similar. January and February are typically busy months in the English football calendar. For the first six years of the competition’s lifetime, the final was two-legged. Pose your questions now and The Athletic’s Nottingham Forest writer Paul Taylor will join in a couple of hours before this Carabao Cup semi-final first leg. Pose your questions now and The Athletic’s Manchester United writer Carl Anka will join in a couple of hours before this Carabao Cup semi-final first leg.

Erik ten Hag's Manchester United are pushing for Wembley as they take on Nottingham Forest in the Carabao Cup semifinals.

Meanwhile, United have also gone with a first-choice lineup, other than the absence of Raphael Varane, who is on the bench. Tenacious in the tackle and pacey in possession, he's the key if the Reds are to turn this around. The former also saw them reach the final four of the FA Cup and UEFA Europa League without success, while the latter campaign featured a final defeat in Europe. 84th min: Initially coming from a sloppy Pellistri pass in his own defensive third, Forest win a free-kick on the left edge of the box but it results in nothing. He gets between two Forest defenders, who don't know whether to lunge in or not, and finishes well with his left foot at the near post. "In possession, we have a plan, but it's also intuition, the creativity of an individual to create chances. He was good in between the lines, he had good physicality, had some good actions. But I have seen some good movements today and in the last couple of games. After the goal, we created some good chances, but then we allowed them almost to come back in the game. Morgan Gibbs-White began to pull the strings as only he can for the Reds, showing the full set of golf clubs with some lovely passes and incredible dynamism on the transition. He's a man full of confidence and was the clear out-ball for Erik ten Hag's men through the first half. Marcus Rashford, Wout Weghorst and Bruno Fernandes were the heroes on the night for United, who are looking to end a six-year trophy drought.