How to watch Newcastle v Tottenham, team news, predicted line-ups and more | OneFootball

The EFL Cup holders Newcastle host Tottenham at St James’ Park in the fourth round of the competition.

Spurs reached the semi-finals of the tournament last season, but lost 4-1 on aggregate to a Liverpool side that were beaten 2-1 at Wembley by Eddie Howe’s men.

Here’s all you need to know ahead of the clash…

Kick-off time

8:00pm UK time

How to watch

TV channel: Sky Sports Football

Streaming: Sky Go and Now TV

Injuries and suspensions

Newcastle: Harrison Ashby (out), Yoane Wissa (out), Tino Livramento (out), Lewis Hall (out), Sven Botman (doubt)

Tottenham: James Maddison (out), Radu Dragusin (out), Kota Takai (out), Dejan Kulusevski (out), Ben Davies (out), Cristian Romero (out), Dominic Solanke (out), Destiny Udogie (out),

Predicted line-ups

Newcastle (4-3-3): Pope; Trippier, Schar, Lascelles, Burn; Joelinton, Bruno, Tonali; Gordon, Woltemade, Elanga

Tottenham (4-3-3): Kinsky; Porro, Danso, van de Ven, Spence; Palhinha, Sarr, Bergvall; Xavi, Richarlison, Johnson

Recent form

Newcastle have won their last two in a row, including a big 3-0 victory over Jose Mourinho’s Benfica. They also edged past Fulham 2-1 thanks to a late goal from Bruno Guimaraes. However, their form has not been perfect, having lost two of their last six fixtures in all competitions. Those came against Arsenal and Brighton in the Premier League.

Tottenham’s had been struggling since the international break, but a 3-0 win over Everton at the Hill-Dickinson Stadium has eased some nerves amongst Spurs fans. Before that Tottenham had only won two of their last seven in all competitions, including a loss at home against Aston Villa.

What’s been said?

Howe’s side are looking to defend the EFL Cup trophy and he spoke about how it felt to win the competition last season.

“That feeling was incredible,” he said. “One of the big drivers once you’ve experienced that is you want it again and again as quickly as possible.

“We don’t have unlimited opportunities for that so this is one of those chances to go far in a competition, go deep and try and repeat the experience. These early rounds are really difficult. It leaves us on no uncertain terms of what we have to do.”

Thomas Frank explained the importance winning trophies like the EFL Cup ahead of the match.

“I think it was very clear that we’re in this game because we love it and if you are in a club like Tottenham, we would like to do whatever we can to win. I said from the beginning, I’d like to be able to compete in every tournament.

“We have an opportunity in a tournament where we play, not tomorrow, but Wednesday, against a very strong team. The holders. They have done very well, a very difficult place to play but we will go out there and do everything we can to compete and win and progress.”