CARABAO CUP PREVIEW: NEWCASTLE UNITED V BURNLEY

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Burnley start their EFL Cup campaign with a trip to St James’ Park

2021-08-25T08:54:14.531Z

CARABAO CUP PREVIEW: NEWCASTLE UNITED V BURNLEY

Burnley start their EFL Cup campaign with a trip to St James’ Park

2021-08-25T08:54:14.531Z

Burnley start their EFL Cup campaign with a trip to St James’ Park

The Clarets travel to St James’ Park tonight for their Carabao Cup second-round tie. Newcastle United against Burnley is an all-Premier League contest.

If the sides cannot be separated after ninety minutes the tie will be decided on penalties.

The draw for the third round will be made after the televised West Brom/Arsenal tie.

Last season Burnley went out in the third round to eventual winners Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s side won 3-0 at Turf Moor.

Steve Bruce’s Newcastle United went out in the quarter-final losing 1-0 away to Brentford last December.

It’s seven years since the Magpies beat a Premier League team in the competition. Alan Pardew’s side shocked holders Manchester City 2-0 at the Etihad with goals from Rolando Aarons and Moussa Sissoko.

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Burnley beat Sheffield United on penalties after a 1-1 draw last season.

Manager Sean Dyche has suggested he might make changes.

He said: "We want to field a team that can win, it's likely that there will be some changes and some players getting minutes that haven't yet."

Dyche also suggested some of Burnley’s youngsters may be involved.

"They will be around it. It's a big ask to throw them into Premier League games, but they get a real feel of it being on the bench and being around the group,” added the Burnley boss,

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Team news

Ashley Westwood (toe) and Matej Vydra (knock) missed Burnley’s 2-0 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday. They will be assessed before the tie.

Kevin Long and Dale Stephens remain unavailable through injury.

Sean Dyche is likely to make changes, with summer signing Nathan Collins among those possibly in the frame for a taste of the action.

For the hosts, Slovakian international Martin Dubravka was injured in Euro 2020 and is likely to be out of the side for another eight weeks. Fellow keeper Karl Darlow is still recovering from Covid.

Defender Paul Dummett and midfielder Jonjo Shelvey both missed the defeat at Villa Park with calf injuries. Youngster Elliot Anderson has been suffering with a hip problem.

Isaac Hayden went off with a knee injury at half-time on Saturday.

Jeff Hendrick may play against his former team. The Republic of Ireland international played 139 games for the Clarets, scoring 10 goals.

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Form guide

Burnley’s last away win came in May in a crucial 2-0 success at Craven Cottage.

These two sides faced each other in a pre-season friendly at Turf Moor earlier this month. Burnley won the game 1-0 with Jay Rodriguez getting the only goal.

Like Burnley, Newcastle United have lost their first two Premier League games. West Ham United won 4-2 at St James’ Park on the opening day and ex-Claret Danny Ings was among the scorers as Aston Villa beat the Magpies 2-0 on Saturday.

United’s last home win came against already relegated Sheffield United back in May. New signing Joe Willock got the only goal.

Opposition camp

It is the third time in five years that Newcastle have lost their opening two Premier League matches. They entertain Southampton ahead of the international break on Saturday.

Steve Bruce has indicated he will utilise his squad against the Clarets.

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The Newcastle boss said: “It’s a cup competition! People are desperate to play. I’ve got 12/13 players not playing every week. Yes, I’ll make changes, but it will be a strong team and squad.

"We will take the cup seriously, like I always have done since I have been here.”

Bruce added: "That’s why we carry a squad the way we do now and we’ll see changes up and down the country because it’s an ideal opportunity to get some minutes into your squad by playing competitive football and also put a marker down to play on Saturday.”

Match stats

Burnley and Newcastle United have never previously met in this competition.

Burnley have appeared four times in EFL Cup semi-finals – 1960/61, 1968/69, 1982/1983 and 2008/2009.

Newcastle were losing finalists in 1975/76 when ex-Claret Dennis Tueart’s overhead kick won the final for Manchester City.

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Jay Rodriguez has scored 14 goals in the EFL Cup in 20 appearances. Only Andy Lochhead (10) and Frank Casper (nine) have scored more EFL Cup goals for Burnley than Rodriguez (eight).

Phil Bardsley played in the 2014 Capital One Cup final for Sunderland against Manchester City at Wembley. Despite going behind, City won the final 3-1.

**Referee ** Oliver Langford

Kick off Wednesday 7.45pm

Broadcast There will be full audio commentary on Clarets+ with Phil Bird from 7.30pm.