Newcastle looking good for cup success

SOCCER 10 POOL OF THE DAY

Tuesday 20 December

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Newcastle United have a home tie against Bournemouth in the League Cup tonight and are expected to pick up where they left off before the Word Cup break. More details at www.soccer6.co.za.

M1 KAA Gent vs Cercle Brugge: Club soccer returns to Belgium with matches in the last 16 of the Belgian Cup. Cercle won 4-3 at Gent in the league in October with a last minute penalty winner.

M2 KV Mechelen vs Seraing: Seraing’s last game one month ago was a 5-0 away defeat that left them bottom of the table in Belgium. Mechelen won 5-0 away in the last round of the Belgian Cup.

M3 OH Leuven vs Kortrijk: OHL have scored five goals in each of their last two games. They have also won their last two home game against Kortrijk.

M4 Salford City vs Port Vale: EFL Trophy in the round of 16 where Port Vale are one division higher after promotion last season, having beaten Salford away in April on their way to League One.

M5 Royal Antwerp vs Standard Liege: Heavyweight cup clash in Belgium where Liege were 3-0 home winners when the two sides last met in a league game in October.

M6 Cliftonville vs Glentoran: Cliftonville have won their last three games against Glentoran, all of them away from home.

M7 Milton Keynes Dons vs Leicester City: Leicester had won three games in a row before the break. They take on opponents from two divisions below them in this League Cup tie.

M8 Newcastle United vs AFC Bournemouth: League Cup fourth round tie comes three months after Bournemouth went to St James’s Park and held Newcastle to a 1-1 draw.

M9 Northampton vs Carlisle: Northampton are third in League Two with Carlisle in sixth spot, six points behind Northampton.

M10 Aberdeen vs Glasgow Rangers: Aberdeen held Rangers to a draw on their last visit but have not beaten them at Pittodrie since a Scottish League Cup tie in 2018.

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