Here are the official starting lineups for both Newcastle United F.C. and Arsenal F.C for their Carabao Cup semi final (second leg game) on 5 February 2025 (official crowd attendance of 52.173 at St James Park). Newcastle won 2:0 to take the tie 4:0 on aggregate (NUFC had also won the semifinal first leg 2:0 in January)
Newcastle F.C vs Arsenal F.C. Carabao Cup semifinal second leg starting Lineups & subs 2024/25
Dubravka
Trippier, Schar, Botman (Krafth 80), Burn, Hall
Murphy (Willock 80), Bruno Guimaraes (Miley 90+1), Tonali (Longstaff 87), Gordon
Isak (Wilson 87)
NUFC used all 5 subs against Arsenal but the first sub came at a very late time (80th minute)
Arsenal FC playing XI vs Newcastle League Cup February 2025
Arsenal fielded the same lineup that had beaten Manchester City 5:1 over the weekend.
Raya
Timber (Calafiori 78), Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Lewis-Skelly
Odegaard (Sterling 61)), Partey (Jorginho 78), Rice
Martinelli (Nwaneri 37), Havertz, Trossard (Merino 61)
Newcastle United F.C. vs Arsenal F.C. Carabao Cup 2:0 Timeline 24/25
1:0 Murphy goal 19
2:0 Gordon goal 52
Both teams had the same shots on target (3 each) and nearly the same number of total shots (NUFC 10; Arsenal 11)
Arsenal had the majority of possession (69%) and 13 corners to Newcastle’s solitary 1.
Newcastle had only 62% of pass accuracy v Arsenal, with a little over 200 total passes in the game for Eddie Howe’s men.