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Aron Wright - January 23, 2023
Southampton vs Newcastle Predictions and Free Tips from our expert tipsters when the teams go head-to-head in English Carabao Cup on Tuesday, 24 January 2023.
Newcastle are one of the favorites to secure a podium finish this season in the English top flight. They are currently placed third in the table, and are easily the best defense in the entire competition.
Meanwhile, Southampton are on a course to get relegated at the end of the season. They are placed bottom-most in the table, and have just four wins to their name – with the campaign having entered its second half.
It was just two months back the last time these two teams locked horns – and then the Magpies recorded a 1-4 win on the road. They also won three of the past four h2h meetings, and are totally unbeaten in the last two years.
It is also important to be noted that the hosts won just once at this ground in the past seven years.
Newcastle are currently one of the favorite teams to finish in the podium and they also have a dominant h2h record against this opponent. On the other hand, Southamtpon are placed dead last in the table, and are the bookmakers’ pick to get a boot to the Championship.
After their ambitious takeover, this is the first real opportunity for Newcastle to deliver a trophy. They are expected to show justice to that objective and win this semi-final fixture in the Carabao Cup.
The latest h2h clash was a five-goal thriller between the two, and the last four straight h2h clashes had three or more goals. And this time around only Bournemouth let in more goals than Southampton in the entire English top flight.
It appears that chances are high for goals to come in plenty.
The Magpies kept clean sheets in nine of their past ten overall fixtures, and they also let in a single goal in the league after October. They are by far the absolute best defense in the entire EPL.
It would be unlikely that the hosts would find the back of the net this Tuesday against the best defense in England at the moment.
Newcastle are currently the best team in the EPL after Manchester City and Arsenal, and they are on a run to at least finish in the podium. They have a great h2h record in the past several years, and the latest of those clashed ended 1-4 in their favor – just two months back.
On the other hand, Southampton are placed bottom-most in the PL table, and are easily the worst of the lot.
As such, Newcastle to Win at an odd of 1.80 would be a great pick this Tuesday.
On that same note, they are expected to find the back of the net at least twice this game week. After all they scored two or more goals in the last four h2h meetings in a row, and scored six goals at this ground from just their last two visits.
Likely, the Over 1.5 Team Goals by Newcastle at an odd of 1.83 would be an apt second choice here.
