Newcastle United face a seismic task in order to reach the Carabao Cup final, trailing Manchester City 2-0 after their first-leg defeat.
Goals from Antoine Semenyo and Rayan Cherki have put City in firm control of the tie ahead of the return leg at the Etihad Stadium.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the second-leg clash…
Kick-off time
8pm UK time, Wednesday February 4
How to watch
Sky Sports Main Event
Streaming on Sky Sports + and NOW TV
Injuries and suspensions
Man City: Rayan Cherki (doubt), John Stones (out), Josko Gvardiol (out), Ruben Dias (doubt), Mateo Kovacic (out), Jeremy Doku (out), Savinho (out), Marc Guehi (ineligible)
Newcastle: Emil Krafth (out), Fabian Schar (out), Tino Livramento (out), Joelinton (out), Bruno Guimaraes (doubt), Sven Botman (doubt), Lewis Miley (doubt)
Predicted line-ups
Man City (4-1-4-1): Trafford; Nunes, Khusanov, Ake, Ait-Nouri; Rodri; Foden, Bernardo Silva, Reijnders, Semenyo; Haaland
Newcastle (4-3-3): Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Ramsey, Tonali, Willock; Barnes, Wissa, Gordon
Recent form
City let another lead slip on Sunday as they drew 2-2 with Spurs, and have won only two of the last five games.
Newcastle were thrashed 4-1 at Liverpool in their most recent outing and have won only one of the last six games in all competitions.
What’s been said?
Man City manager Pep Guardiola: “We have the chance to make our fifth final in ten years in the Carabao Cup. Of course it was a good result [in the first leg] I would prefer to start 2-0 up but I know perfectly Howe and the many times we have played against Newcastle, the pride they have and being a Champions League team so we need to be prepared and see how the players recover after a tough game with Spurs. Play our game for our people and our fans and try to reach Wembley in March.”
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe: “It’s going to be an almighty challenge. There’s no greater challenge than Manchester City. We believe in ourselves and are going to give it a good go. We just have to try to win the game. If we have that mentality and attack the game then let’s see what we can do.”