Premier League sides Tottenham Hotspurs and Newcastle will go head to head
in the quarter final round of Capital One Cup tonight.
Kick-off: Wednesday, 19:45
Venue: White
Hart Lane
Possible Lineups:
Team News:
Home
side manager Mauricio Pochettino will once again start with Roberto Soldado as Emmanuel
Adebayor is not fit for the game.
The
former Arsenal star was on a leave for personal reasons in his homeland. He
has returned but is not fit for this game.
Full-back
Kyle Walker is likely to be rested as he has played twice last week. Eric Dier
is the only player who could miss with an injury.
Meanwhile,
away side have lot of injury worries Davide Santon, Rolando Aarons, Siem de
Jong, Tim Krul, Gabriel Obertan, Robert Elliot, Mehdi Abeid and Ryan Taylor are all out with
respective injuries while Daryl Janmaat is suspended for this game.
Good
news is that Steven Taylor and Moussa Sissoko both have completed their
suspension and are no available to play.
Stats:
- Tottenham Hotspurs have scored in each game at White Hart Lane in the League Cup.
- The biggest score line between them was in 1950-1951. (Spurs 7 – 0 Newcastle)
- Newcastle have qualified for the quarter finals for the first time since 2006-2007 season.
- The Magpies have won the last two games at White Hart Lane.
Prediction:
Tottenham Hotspurs 2 – 1 Newcastle United.
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