Bookies with significant changes after shock Carabao Cup defeat for Liverpool at Spurs | OneFootball

The Carabao Cup semi-finals are now well underway.

A brilliant 2-0 away win by Newcastle United at Arsenal on Tuesday night, really lighting up the competition in the first leg of two in that tie.

Goals from Isak and Gordon giving United a deserved win.

Then Wednesday night saw yet more drama (and controversy!) with Tottenham v Liverpool.

The all conquering scousers massive favourites to beat struggling Spurs away from home and open up an easy path to the final, only for things not quite working out as planned…

Liverpool failing to score and putting in an insipid performance, with Bergvall scoring on 86 minutes, to give Spurs a massive lift and now potentially realistic chance of getting to Wembley.

As an added bonus, the scousers furious as they reckoned Bergvall should have got a second yellow only minutes earlier. Though they completely ignore the fact that Diaz was up to his usual tricks and dived to get Bergvall booked for the first one.

Here are the dates of all the Carabao Cup semi-final matches AND then how the bookies now see the chances of Newcastle United lifting the trophy.

Full Carabao Cup semi-final draw:

Arsenal 0 Newcastle 2 (Tuesday 8 January 8pm)

Tottenham 1 Liverpool 0 (Wednesday 8 January 8pm)

Newcastle v Arsenal (Wednesday 5 February 8pm)

Liverpool v Tottenham (Thursday 6 February 8pm)

Now updated, the general odds available from various bookies on which club will win the Carabao Cup this season (in brackets, the odds when the draw was made, before last night’s 2-0 Newcastle win at Arsenal):

11/8 (9/4) Liverpool

7/4 (6/1) Newcastle United

5/1 (5/1) Tottenham

8/1 (15/8) Arsenal

Interesting as well to see the betting on the chances of getting to the final for each of the four teams, this is how the bookies see it:

1/6 Newcastle United

8/13 Liverpool

6/5 Tottenham

9/2 Arsenal

Arsenal 0 Newcastle 2 – Tuesday 7 January 2025 8pm

(Stats via BBC Sport)

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Isak 37, Gordon 51

Arsenal:

Possession was Newcastle 31% (42%) Arsenal 69% (58%)

Total shots were Newcastle 7 (5) Arsenal 23 (14)

Shots on target were Newcastle 4 (2) Arsenal 3 (3)

Corners were Newcastle 1 (1) Arsenal 11 (4)

Touches in the box Newcastle 15 (10) Arsenal 47 (19)

Newcastle team v Arsenal:

Dubravka, Livramento, Botman, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Willock (Longstaff 65), Joelinton, Murphy (Kelly 65), Isak (Barnes 65), Gordon (Almiron 76)

Unused subs:

Vlachodimos, Trippier, Osula, Lewis Miley, Targett

Newcastle United upcoming matches:

Sunday 12 January – Newcastle v Bromley (3pm) BBC iPlayer (FA Cup)

Wednesday 15 January – Newcastle v Wolves (7.30pm) TNT Sports

Saturday 18 January – Newcastle v Bournemouth (12.30pm) TNT Sports

Saturday 25 January – Southampton v Newcastle (3pm)

Saturday 1 February – Newcastle v Fulham (3pm)