Southampton v Newcastle LIVE commentary: Magpies in brilliant form as they head to the south coast for the Carabao Cup semi-final clash – kick-off time, team news and talkSPORT coverage

Newcastle travel to the south coast tonight to take on Southampton with dreams of making it to Wembley.

The Magpies haven’t made a domestic cup final since the 1998/99 campaign but facing Saints in a two-legged Carabao Cup semi-final seems like a great chance to end that run.

The Toons have the best defensive record in the top flight and Nick Pope hasn’t conceded a goal in his last nine games.

Meanwhile, Southampton appear to have hit some form under Nathan Jones and have won three of their last four as they look to return to Wembley.

Saints reached the 2016/17 Carabao Cup final but were beaten 3-2 by Manchester United.

Southampton v Newcastle: talkSPORT coverage

This semi-final first leg of the Carabao Cup will take place on Tuesday, January 24.

Kick-off at St Mary’s is scheduled for 8 p.m.

talkSPORT will have live commentary from the south coast, with coverage starting at 7 p.m.

Adrian Durham will be your host, while Jim Proudfoot and former West Ham striker Dean Ashton will provide commentary.

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Southampton v Newcastle: team news

The hosts have quite a few injury problems to deal with and will certainly be without Juan Larios and Tino Livramento.

Alex McCarthy, Armel Bella-Kotchap and Theo Walcott are also doubts after missing the 1-0 loss to Aston Villa.

Meanwhile, Moussa Djenepo and Sekou Mara will be hoping for the chance to start after scoring in Southampton’s 2-0 win over Manchester City in the quarter-finals.

Newcastle won’t have long-term absentees Matt Targett, Jonjo Shelvey or Emil Krafth at their disposal, but Elliot Anderson could return from a minor calf injury.

Bruno Guimaraes started and played the full 90 minutes against Crystal Palace after overcoming an ankle problem which saw him leave the pitch in tears against Fulham.

Alexander Isak and Allan Saint-Maximin could enter Eddie Howe’s starting XI as the Toon have scored just three goals in all competitions since Boxing Day.

Southampton v Newcastle: what has been said?

Howe, Newcastle boss: “We are delighted to be where we are, but the semi-final itself is not enough.

“At the end of the day you want to go further and I know the players feel the same way.

“We want to make the final.

Southampton v Newcastle: Match Facts

• It is only the second time Newcastle and Southampton have met in the League Cup, with Saints already winning 4-1 in a third round draw in 1968-69.
• Southampton have won just one of their last 11 meetings with Newcastle in all competitions (D3 L7), winning 2-0 at St Mary’s in November 2020.
• Newcastle won 4-1 at Southampton in the Premier League in November – the last time they won two away games against an opponent in the same season was at Hull City in 1989-90.
• It is only Newcastle’s second League Cup semi-final appearance – they progressed against Spurs in 1975-76, losing the first leg 1-0 and winning the second leg 3-1.
• Southampton have advanced from two of their three League Cup semi-finals, most recently against Liverpool in the 2016-17 campaign.
• Newcastle have not won a League Cup away game against a Premier League opponent since October 2014, and a 2-0 victory at Manchester City. However, it is only their third such game since then (0-4 against Tottenham in December 2014, 1-1 against Hull in November 2016).
• Newcastle have kept a clean sheet in four of their last five League Cup games, with League Two’s Tranmere’s Elliott Nevitt the only player to score against the Magpies in the competition this season.
• No player has scored more League Cup goals this season than Che Adams (4) – the last Southampton player to score five goals in a single League Cup campaign was Matt Le Tissier in 1994-95 (5)