⚽ EFL Carabao Cup 2025/26 Season

[uchegod-21]

What a miss from Martinelli, the ball came off the woodwork. Arsenal are really giving Newcastle a tough time at the back, its been attack after attack, dominance from Arsenal from all angles in the game, they need to take this advantage now or they may regret later. Its minute 34 on the clock now and its goalless.

Isak has just done it, upon all the pressure of Arsenal on Newcastle, they'll now try to equalize before thinking about winning the match. I do not blame Martinelli because he made a perfect shoot just that the bar defended the shot for Newcastle. This match will remain intensifying and exciting till the end.

Meanwhile, expect that Arsenal will equalize the match. I had already predicted BTTS in this match.

[Adbitco]

Arsenal vs Newcastle tonight for the Carabao Cup Semi Finals, if Arsenal are to advance to the finals tonight, they need to be at their A game and not lose focus because Newcastle will not waste time in exploiting loop holes from Arsenal's end. Arsenal needs to intensify their attack against Newcastle at the same time not forgetting their back line where Newcastle can hit them on the break of counter attack. Though both teams really hasn't been consistent this season, surprise could come from any side as this game will be hard to guess the outcome before full time.

It's clear that this game today isn't gonna be an easy game for Arsenal to win, Remember Newcastle United defeated Tottenham this weekend, I'm not seeing any favorable team to win in this encounter, it really an open game for both side and the outcome would be hugely be determined by the team that utilized their best goal scoring opportunities and the side that applied a better tactical system of play.

Arsenal has been pressing forward so far but they need to be careful with their backline because Newcastle could hit them surprisingly at any moment. Newcastle has been dangerous in recent games.
Currently Newcastle are leading Arsenal with a goal to nil, Isak just put the ball at the back of the net. Its almost half time and its 0-1 in favour of the visitors 44mins on the clock.

[Stepstowealth]

Isak has just done it, upon all the pressure of Arsenal on Newcastle,

That is the number one sign of a striker that is in form because no matter the pressure the other team puts on his team he takes every advantage he has to make sure he gives his team the advantage. I doubt that Newcastle will be so willing to sell Alexander Isak especially now that he is on a very good goal scoring form.

Meanwhile, expect that Arsenal will equalize the match. I had already predicted BTTS in this match.

Arsenal have not lost a game in the Emirates for a very long time, they will likely not want this to be the most recent. Arsenal are dominating the game and should be able to at least equalize the game if they cannot win it.

[Spaceman1000$]

Less than one week to go for the semifinal games of EFL Carabao Cup between Arsenal and Newcastle United and a day after between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool.
At the first glance I think that the final match will be held between gunners and Liverpool. Liverpool is way better than the other teams and Tottenham isn't ok at all this period.
Arsenal and Newcastle match is a little bit more complicated thought since Newcastle could show some good performances and gunners have their weak moments.
Overall both games are interesting and worth to be followed

I really like Newcastle's game as well this season. They have been getting positive results and Isak is also in great shape. I believe they can make difficulties for Arsenal tomorrow. However I still see Arsenal one step ahead of course. Even without Saka they showed how strong they could play recently. I haven't seen Arsenal's name on an EFL Cup for a long time. I think they will make it to the finale and most probably they will find Liverpool against themselves. It would be the best finale for the league cup to be honest.

Although Newcastle United is a good team, Arsenal is in a much better position right now. Although Bukayo Saka's absence affected them a lot, they still continued to perform. I don't think they are playing badly at all despite their missing players. I believe they can be successful in the Newcastle matches and advance to the next round. I think Liverpool will be the winner of the EFL. Of course, there is no guarantee in the finals, both teams have a chance to win in the final. In my opinion, Liverpool will be one of the finalists and will win the match. Because stopping Liverpool is a big problem at this time.

Arsenal this season has lost to Newcastle in the EPL so I think the match will be a revenge for them, but even so, it will be difficult for Arsenal to conquer Newcastle given their impressive performance so far is very impressive without defeat in the last 6 EPL matches, while Arsenal, are not in a stable condition in my opinion after losing Saka and we can see their poor performance against Brighton in their last match, to be honest, I see that the match will be very difficult to predict because both teams have had very good player quality so far, but if I must to choose, I personally see that a draw will be the end of the normal time match.
While for the Liverpool vs Tottenham match, of course Liverpool will be my choice to win the match.

Newcastle is currently winning Arsenal 1-0 half time, the thing with Newcastle is that they are very impressive when it comes to scoring goal up front, at the slightest mistake they can take you unaware and score you 2 to 3 goals before you realize it, if you look at the game very well, Arsenal have been very impressive with their attack but yet Newcastle have been able to make use of that slightest opportunity they have, don't be surprised that there is high likelihood that Newcastle might score more goals or the game might end in a tie this second half.

[Adbitco]

That is the number one sign of a striker that is in form because no matter the pressure the other team puts on his team he takes every advantage he has to make sure he gives his team the advantage. I doubt that Newcastle will be so willing to sell Alexander Isak especially now that he is on a very good goal scoring form.

Nah, i don't think Newcastle will be willing to sell Isak to any club especially now that they have a rich owner instead they would want to add more prolific players to their squad. Newcastle can only let him go if he wants to opt out himself, for now i don't even see him leaving because his already enjoying himself in the club. Its 50 goals to his name in all competitions already and his not slowing down.

[uchegod-21]

That is the number one sign of a striker that is in form because no matter the pressure the other team puts on his team he takes every advantage he has to make sure he gives his team the advantage. I doubt that Newcastle will be so willing to sell Alexander Isak especially now that he is on a very good goal scoring form.

Nah, i don't think Newcastle will be willing to sell Isak to any club especially now that they have a rich owner instead they would want to add more prolific players to their squad. Newcastle can only let him go if he wants to opt out himself, for now i don't even see him leaving because his already enjoying himself in the club. Its 50 goals to his name in all competitions already and his not slowing down.

Newcastle can only sell Isak if they have serious financial problems to solve. No club sells their hit player at the heat of the season. Isak is not a one season wonder striker, he has been consistent since I have known him.
The time is closing up really fast as it is 85mins already. It seems that Newcastle is about to eliminate Arsenal. Scoring 2 goals within 10mins is not what many clubs do. However, even if Arsenal losses, I give kudos to Martinelli, the guy really gave a tough fight.

[Rruchi man]

Newcastle is currently winning Arsenal 1-0 half time, the thing with Newcastle is that they are very impressive when it comes to scoring goal up front,

Newcastle scored a second goal, Isak the orchestrator again, but it ends with Gordons this time. I can't say I am embarrassed because I expected this loss. Our attack is very poor, poorer since the Saka injury; chances to score every time we go forward on a scale of 1-10 is not even up to 5. That is how poor we are.

This should be an eye opener to Arteta that he needs to make sure we strengthen our attack in this opportunity we have; with Martinelli, Havertz, and Jesus, we will win nothing.

[logfiles]

Meanwhile, expect that Arsenal will equalize the match. I had already predicted BTTS in this match.

Sorry, it did not happen

Newcastle scored a second goal, Isak the orchestrator again, but it ends with Gordons this time. I can't say I am embarrassed because I expected this loss. Our attack is very poor, poorer since the Saka injury; chances to score every time we go forward on a scale of 1-10 is not even up to 5. That is how poor we are.

I thought Gabriel Jesus had really stepped up in the past few games and Arsenal actually became high scoring vs when Saka played (they were mostly relying on set pieces). Personally, I wonder why Arteta didn't just start him rather than bring him on in the second half.

[Spaceman1000$]

Newcastle is currently winning Arsenal 1-0 half time, the thing with Newcastle is that they are very impressive when it comes to scoring goal up front,

Newcastle scored a second goal, Isak the orchestrator again, but it ends with Gordons this time. I can't say I am embarrassed because I expected this loss. Our attack is very poor, poorer since the Saka injury; chances to score every time we go forward on a scale of 1-10 is not even up to 5. That is how poor we are.

This should be an eye opener to Arteta that he needs to make sure we strengthen our attack in this opportunity we have; with Martinelli, Havertz, and Jesus, we will win nothing.

Given the way Newcastle played, I really don't see much of the difference if Saka was there, Newcastle are always brilliant in capitalizing on the mistake of most defenders, their attack might look less dangerous and that is the disguise they always been using while putting Alexander Isak as their arrow head. If you watch the game properly towards the ending from around 60 minutes of play you will see that all the Newcastle players had to come back to defend the 2 goals they scored, the reason is they've already gotten what they wanted, so it's time for them to defend what they had till the final whistle.

[uchegod-21]

Meanwhile, expect that Arsenal will equalize the match. I had already predicted BTTS in this match.

Sorry, it did not happen

Yea, it didn't just happen but it was so obvious that was supposed to happen.

Newcastle scored a second goal, Isak the orchestrator again, but it ends with Gordons this time. I can't say I am embarrassed because I expected this loss. Our attack is very poor, poorer since the Saka injury; chances to score every time we go forward on a scale of 1-10 is not even up to 5. That is how poor we are.

I thought Gabriel Jesus had really stepped up in the past few games and Arsenal actually became high scoring vs when Saka played (they were mostly relying on set pieces). Personally, I wonder why Arteta didn't just start him rather than bring him on in the second half.

Arteta makes his choices and most times his choices are not productive but we cannot question him because he is the head coach.
No one gets an inform striker and play him from the bench in an important match, I thought I was the only one that noticed.

[Abu-Naim]

Arteta makes his choices and most times his choices are not productive but we cannot question him because he is the head coach.
No one gets an inform striker and play him from the bench in an important match, I thought I was the only one that noticed.

I think Arsenal management will start considering looking for alternative coach because Arteta is only good in building a team and not winning titles which is why we have started seeing from his performance which are mainly affected by the team set up from the beginning of the match.

Knowing well that the Premier League will be difficult to win, you as a manager needs to take any other competition serious so that even if you couldn’t win the EPL you can win any of the cups to console your fans; but Arteta keep gambling with lineups even when he needed the game most.

However, today’s formation was not bad, but I was expecting Keran Tierney instead of Lewis Kelly because we all know how physical Newcastle players look, so they will need a defender that can disturb them just like Timber; but Arteta keep working with his tactics that will soon make him to lose his job because he is not consistent anymore.

[Amphenomenon]

Newcastle scored a second goal, Isak the orchestrator again, but it ends with Gordons this time. I can't say I am embarrassed because I expected this loss. Our attack is very poor, poorer since the Saka injury; chances to score every time we go forward on a scale of 1-10 is not even up to 5. That is how poor we are.

I thought Gabriel Jesus had really stepped up in the past few games and Arsenal actually became high scoring vs when Saka played (they were mostly relying on set pieces). Personally, I wonder why Arteta didn't just start him rather than bring him on in the second half.

Arteta makes his choices and most times his choices are not productive but we cannot question him because he is the head coach.
No one gets an inform striker and play him from the bench in an important match, I thought I was the only one that noticed.

Like I said before the game, Newcastle will have a chance of wining the match if Arsenal fails to make use of their opportunities on goals and that was what they did, unfortunately they did oppress Newcastle in this game especially in areas like possession and the likes, but in the end Newcastle came out the victor. I wonder if Arsenal may be able to get a come back win when they visit Newcastle at home.

[Adbitco]

Advantage Newcastle, it ended 0-2 in favour of the visitors. Arsenal played well but couldn't create chances for themselves to score, this match proves once again that you can play good and still lose when you don't create chances and make good use of them. Newcastle are one foot into the Carabao finals as we await the second leg in a week or two weeks time.

[snipie]

Like I said before the game, Newcastle will have a chance of wining the match if Arsenal fails to make use of their opportunities on goals and that was what they did, unfortunately they did oppress Newcastle in this game especially in areas like possession and the likes, but in the end Newcastle came out the victor. I wonder if Arsenal may be able to get a come back win when they visit Newcastle at home.

No both teams to score, no gunners victory, no successful attempts, just nothing in Arsenal's side!
When you see the statistics of the game, you have the feeling that the score is inverted but the reality is the opposite. Newcastle United players were efficient, scoring every serious attempt while Arsenal missed a lot of opportunities so the outcome was expected somehow after all..
Tomorrow, Liverpool will face Tottenham Hotspur and I doubt Liverpool will miss the victory even if they don't include some of their main squad players.

[Lida93]

Like I said before the game, Newcastle will have a chance of wining the match if Arsenal fails to make use of their opportunities on goals and that was what they did, unfortunately they did oppress Newcastle in this game especially in areas like possession and the likes, but in the end Newcastle came out the victor. I wonder if Arsenal may be able to get a come back win when they visit Newcastle at home.

Arsenal in this game definitely failed on making good use of their chances on goal, played like they were not in for the game leaving Newcastle united to be the better side as they were very clinical with the only two goal chances they had were the 2 winning goals they got in game. 

Arsenal continues to unleash different shades of disappointments to their fans every season, rather Arteta improving his team to confidently compete and win trophies it has rather been a bottling issue with each competition. Tonight's game was one game Arsenal has no excuse of not winning it to Wembley, because tonight's loss to Newcastle only explains that they're very much not ready to even win the EPL trophy anytime soon.

[Justbillywitt]

Advantage Newcastle, it ended 0-2 in favour of the visitors. Arsenal played well but couldn't create chances for themselves to score, this match proves once again that you can play good and still lose when you don't create chances and make good use of them. Newcastle are one foot into the Carabao finals as we await the second leg in a week or two weeks time.

The second leg is still going to favour Newcastle. Arsenal are already looking set to end another season without a trophy. How could they have allowed Newcastle to win them at home. Knowing fully well that this was an opportunity for them to play and get to the final. Arteta is gradually becoming a joke and if he's not careful he will lose his job. The premier League title is out of reach for them, as Liverpool are proving difficult to drop much points lately. Why not Arteta take this match serious and get the win. With this performance Manchester United is going to defeat them this weekend.  Arteta has spent 5 years now at Arsenal, with nothing to show for it. Losing by  2 goals to Newcastle doesn't say good about them. I'm really disappointed not because Arsenal lost, am disappointed because Arsenal couldn't score just one goal to make the match play both teams scored. Really sad for Arsenal poor performance today.

[Slow death]

Advantage Newcastle, it ended 0-2 in favour of the visitors. Arsenal played well but couldn't create chances for themselves to score, this match proves once again that you can play good and still lose when you don't create chances and make good use of them. Newcastle are one foot into the Carabao finals as we await the second leg in a week or two weeks time.

In this type of competition we will always see surprising results, I mean teams that fight for the title in the Premier League fall early and do not reach the final while teams that are not fighting for the title in the Premier League are going far in this competition, in some cases even reaching the final, perhaps this happens because the coaches who are fighting for the title in the Premier League underestimate the other teams or want to spare the physicality of their players by limiting them to playing moderately, without making much physical effort to avoid injuries.

[Smartvirus]

In this type of competition we will always see surprising results, I mean teams that fight for the title in the Premier League fall early and do not reach the final while teams that are not fighting for the title in the Premier League are going far in this competition, in some cases even reaching the final, perhaps this happens because the coaches who are fighting for the title in the Premier League underestimate the other teams or want to spare the physicality of their players by limiting them to playing moderately, without making much physical effort to avoid injuries.

This one wasn’t so surprising was it? Both teams are EPL teams and they both are fight for the EPL trophy as it is, having good form and I like to consider Newcastle United to be more in form at the moment than Arsenal. Isak, Gordon and Murphy are on fire for the team and Arsenal is just adjusting to use what they’ve got in the absence of their fire power in Saka to work the wings and cross that ball in. G. Jesus has just been filling up the gap as we know it but, his not fit in them shoes as expected quite well.
Havertz ought to have scored the last attempt he got, a clean header could have given the goalkeeper no chance but, it came off his shoulders.

[Majestic-milf]

Advantage Newcastle, it ended 0-2 in favour of the visitors. Arsenal played well but couldn't create chances for themselves to score, this match proves once again that you can play good and still lose when you don't create chances and make good use of them. Newcastle are one foot into the Carabao finals as we await the second leg in a week or two weeks time.

I feel that Arsenal should be given the award for the team with the consistency of always fucking up when it matters the most. They were held to a 1-1 draw to Brighton in the league game and Arteta have the excuse of wanting to perform better at the EFL that was why he dropped some of his boys and getting to reach this event, he bottles it up? I wonder the explanation he'd tender to the public at this moment because Arsenal are slowly becoming a club that no one can rely on.
I just wonder if no one else is noticing how much mistakes Raya makes that some times proves too costly for the Gunners and if Arteta's not seeing it as well because it was for some silly mistake that made Ramsdale lose his spot as first choice keeper for Arsenal.
 It's so painful that they (Arsenal) can't try to perform well in these competitions and still flop in the league. Let's see whether during the transfer window if they will add a good striker in their list or if this will be yet another period to 'make do' with the half baked ones they've got.

[Plaguedeath]

This one wasn’t so surprising was it? Both teams are EPL teams and they both are fight for the EPL trophy as it is, having good form and I like to consider Newcastle United to be more in form at the moment than Arsenal. Isak, Gordon and Murphy are on fire for the team and Arsenal is just adjusting to use what they’ve got in the absence of their fire power in Saka to work the wings and cross that ball in. G. Jesus has just been filling up the gap as we know it but, his not fit in them shoes as expected quite well.
Havertz ought to have scored the last attempt he got, a clean header could have given the goalkeeper no chance but, it came off his shoulders.

Technically both of the teams are in good form, but this match played in Emirates Stadium and Arsenal dominated the match, the results ended Arsenal without score is really surprising. At least Arsenal should able to score one goal, but Martin Dubravka is too good.

It will be hard for Arsenal to play in the next game since they will play away, Arsenal should bench Odegaard, this guy is no more like in the past, Mikel Merino is better than him now.