The team news is in at the Emirates, where Newcastle United take on Arsenal tonight in the first leg of our Carabao Cup semi-final tie.

Newcastle beat Brentford 3-1 to progress to the final four last month, while Arsenal saw off Crystal Palace 3-2 in the last round.

Here’s how both sides line up, with Eddie Howe making two changes from Saturday’s 2-1 win over Spurs.

Official team sheets

Newcastle XI: Dubravka – Livramento, Botman, Burn, Hall – Willock, Tonali, Joelinton – Murphy, Isak, Gordon.

SUBS: Vlachodimos, Trippier, Barnes, Targett, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Longstaff, Miley.

Arsenal XI: Raya – Timber, Saliba, Gabriel, Lewis-Skelly – Odegaard, Partey, Rice – Martinelli, Havertz, Trossard.

SUBS: Porter, Zinchenko, Tierney, Kiwior, Calafiori, Jorginho, Merino, Sterling, Jesus.

Joe Willock starts against his former club, replacing the suspended Bruno Guimaraes to join Sandro Tonali and Joelinton in our midfield three.

Sven Botman keeps his place to start his second game in four days and Tino Livramento remains in the side, leaving Kieran Trippier on the bench again. Like Bruno, Fabian Schar misses out through suspension.

For the Gunners, Bukayo Saka remains out injured and Gabriel Jesus has dropped to the bench, seeing a fit-again Kai Havertz return in attack after missing their last two games.

Former Mag Mikel Merino is on the bench for the home side, while Newcastle have options on the bench in Harvey Barnes, Kieran Trippier, Sean Longstaff and Lewis Miley.

Howay the lads!