Arsenal transfer target Alexander Isak will make Mikel Arteta regret lack of January signings and send Newcastle to Wembley

Newcastle United and Arsenal fastener horns connected Tyneside successful the Carabao Cup semi-final with some clubs hopeless to scope Wembley and triumph immoderate silverware.

The Magpies person not won a large trophy since lifting the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup mode backmost successful 1969 portion the Gunners person not celebrated occurrence since the FA Cup triumph against Chelsea successful 2020.

Mikel Arteta’s broadside are erstwhile again contending for the Premier League which would beryllium their archetypal since 2004 and has to beryllium their superior focus, with their hopes of overhauling leaders Liverpool receiving a monolithic boost with Sunday’s 5-1 connection triumph against Manchester City.

That sends them into the Carabao Cup semi-final, 2nd leg astatine St James’ Park with 5 wins and 2 draws successful their past 7 matches successful each competitions since their past defeat, which was a 2-0 reversal successful the archetypal limb astatine location to Newcastle, erstwhile Alexander Isak – a apical transportation people for Arsenal who ended up not making immoderate January signings – was connected the scoresheet.

One of those draws, though, really ended up successful a punishment shoot-out nonaccomplishment to Manchester United successful the FA Cup and 2 of the wins were against Champions League minnows Dinamo Zagreb and Girona, and contempt their dazzling play against City it has to beryllium taken into relationship Pep Guardiola’s broadside were downright dismal. 

Newcastle person gone disconnected the boil successful the past mates of weeks with successive location defeats to Fulham and brag Eddie Howe’s erstwhile nine Bournemouth, but retrieve the Magpies person scored successful each of their past 15 matches portion Arsenal person conceded successful 8 of their past ten.

Scoring the opening extremity volition person a monolithic interaction connected who volition scope the last and the Londoners volition beryllium large occupation if they autumn into a 3-0 aggregate hole, but they volition cognize it’s crippled connected if they interruption the deadlock. Interesting. 

Isak, who broke the deadlock astatine the Emirates, is 11/2 with bet365 to container the opener and 2/1 with the aforesaid steadfast to instrumentality his unthinkable tally to 11 goals successful his past 9 games portion breathtaking young weapon Ethan Nwaneri is 24/5 with Unibet, BetMGM and BetUK to reply for the visitors. 

Arsenal are 6/5 with Betfred to triumph connected the nighttime and 2-1 is 8/1 with the aforesaid firm, Paddy Power, Betfair and bet365 but Newcastle volition beryllium awash with Brown Ale arsenic fans program their travel to the last connected Sunday, March 16.

• Leeds tin borderline person to a instrumentality to the Premier League by pursuing Saturday’s 7-0 romp against Cardiff with triumph astatine Coventry.

Daniel Farke’s broadside volition determination six points wide of second-placed Sheffield United, though they volition person played a crippled more. They person drawn their past 3 distant from Elland Road and the Sky Blues person won their past 4 but Leeds person not conceded successful 8 of their past 10 outings, including the past five, and entreaty astatine 10/11 with Coral and William Hill. Manor Solomon is 9/1 with Sky Bet to enactment Leeds up and they connection 7/2 helium scores for the 4th clip successful 5 matches.

• Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nolan Smith volition person a immense relation to play against Kansas City successful Sunday’s Super Bowl successful New Orleans and helium is 6/5 with BetMGM to marque implicit 4.5 tackles.

Keeping Patrick Mahomes quiescent each crippled volition is simply a pugnacious task, however, and the Chiefs backmost is 5/6 with Betway and BoyleSports to registry a tally for much than 12.5 yards.

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