A month after a pair of first intriguing legs, the semifinals of the EFL Cup return this week when Underdogs Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur hope to turn their respective advantages over arsenal and Liverpool in a place in the final of March 16.
The Newcastle host, Arsenal, on Wednesday, almost exactly one month after the Magpies achieved a 2-0 victory surprise at Emirates Stadium and obtained a considerable edge in the second round. Eddie Howe’s team also enters Wednesday’s game as one of England’s most in the form 5-1 About Manchester City.
On Thursday, the host of Liverpool Tottenham and hopes to overcome a limited deficit 1-0 from the first leg. The Reds are still in the middle of an impressive first season under the slotman of the manager Arne, but they have lost two of their last eight, including the defeat last month in northern London, and although the form of the Premier League of the Spurs It has not improved exactly, they are emerging as a serious contender in the Cup competitions.
This is what should take into account on the second legs of the EFL Cup semifinals.
Newcastle vs. Arsenal: gunners can cancel the semifinal deficit of the EFL Cup of two goals if they continue to create opportunities
James Bege

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Can Newcastle repeat your performance?
As it was a month ago, Newcastle United is still the most in the form of England and having another opportunity to show that their success is not a coincidence when they receive Arsenal on Wednesday. This time, however, help that they already wrote the plan for another victory over the Gunners, since they point to their first trophy since 1955.
The URACAS prioritized the defense in the first leg, giving possession and taking only seven shots in the course of 90 minutes. The strategy worked: they not only took advantage of their opportunities wisely, but they avoided that the arsenal scored even though the gunners took 23 shots. It was an approach that was equally adequate for Newcastle’s strengths, since they were the weaknesses of the arsenal: the URACAS have only granted seven goals in their last 12 games, while the obvious need of the gunners of a true scorer has been apparent during The whole season.
Arsenal’s goals were not a problem on Sunday against Manchester City, but a game does not necessarily erase a month problem. The gunners are still without that advance after not being able to make a single song in the winter transfer window, although it was not necessarily due to lack of attempt, they attacked Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa before that movement failed. However, the 2-0 deficit that leads to the second stage could reveal how expensive their inability to land a striker this winter. Newcastle has all the incentives to fulfill the defensive game plan last month, forcing the question: will it essentially a repetition of the first, or the gunners can find a way to break the robust defense of the urracas and make things that things be interesting?
Old and new faces in Anfield
While Wednesday’s game is unlikely to be defined by new additions to alignment, Thursday’s game between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur could be, although not only through new signings.
The advantage of the first stage of the Spurs occurs despite a crisis of injuries that will not resign, the last example is the ACL tears center that Radu Dragusin suffered in the victory of last week over Elfsbog in the UEFA Europa League . However, Ange Postecoglou could have some new names to choose from: Tottenham signed Kevin Danso on Lens loan on Sunday and, most importantly, Micky Van Van de Van will begin only for the third time since October.
Tottenham’s background has been porous without Van de Ven and his usual partner, Cristian Romero, who are also adjusted tactical for the postecoglou game style. The return of the International Countries is undoubtedly a news welcome to the Spurs, while having Danso continues to mean that the team could play with two backups of the natural centers for the first time since October. Taking into account that Liverpool will be on the offensive while they seek to reverse the narrow deficit from the first leg, and the fact that last month loss feels like an asterisk to its strong record, Tottenham’s defensive effort will take the center of the stage on Thursday.
However, Liverpool attack may not be the only one with a voice on Thursday. The Spurs are still one of the best offensive teams in the Premier League and have scored in each of their last 10 games, with 20 goals despite winning only half of those games. Technically they do not need An objective in the second leg, but an advantage of 1-0 comes without security network, and does not adapt to the tactical preferences of Posttecoglou. A family cast of characters, including are Heung-min and leave Kulusevski, could play a role, but many will be waiting to see if the signature of the deadline Mathys Tel will make their debut at Tottenham on Thursday.