Manchester United vs Newcastle live stream
You can watch Manchester United vs Newcastle in the 2023 Carabao Cup final on Sky TV or Now in the UK. Fans in the States can watch on ESPN Plus for $9.99 per month. Full details on how to watch a Manchester United vs Newcastle live stream today from anywhere are just below.
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Manchester United vs Newcastle live stream: match preview
Manchester United and Newcastle do battle in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley on Sunday for the first major piece of domestic silverware of the 2022/23 season. The showpiece event will also provide both clubs with a chance to end trophy droughts of differing lenghts. The Red Devils haven't won a trophy since the 2017 Europa League, but their Tyneside opponents at the Home of Football haven't lifted a major piece of silverware since the 1955 FA Cup, some 68 years ago. Both clubs are flying high in the league, but form goes out of the window when a shiny bauble is on the line.
The teams are in and Manchester United make two changes from their Europa League fixture with Barcelona as Diogo Dalot and matchwinner Antony come in for Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Jadon Sacho, who drop to the bench. Marcus Rashford will start from the left wing, with Wout Weghorst continuing through the middle and captain Bruno Fernandes behind him. Casemiro is back from a domestic suspension to start alongside Fred in central midfield.
For Newcastle, both Callum Wilson and playmaker-in-chief Bruno Guimaraes return to the starting XI, with top scorer Miguel Almiron and Allan Saint-Maximin also in from the off. Loris Karius gets the nod, as expected in goal, behind the regular back four of Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schar, Sven Botman and Dan Burn. Joelinton starts in midfield, with Alexander Isak, Joe Willock and Jacob Murphy in reserve on the bench.
Manchester United continued their superb recent form on Thursday night with a come-from-behind 2-1 Europa League win against La Liga leaders Barcelona at Old Trafford. That victory, inspired by a subtle half-time formation tweak, meant Erik ten Hag's side have lost just two of their past 30 games in all competitions, dating back to early October. They sit third in the Premier League, five points behind leaders Arsenal, and with an ominous momentum to their play. They bested Aston Villa, Burnley, Charlton and Nottingham Forest to make it to Wembley.
Ten Hag has turned the club around since a disastrous start to the season and, in ditching Cristiano Ronaldo from his squad post-World Cup, has united the dressing room who all seem behind the Dutchman's management. The follicly-challenged tactician's half-time switch of Antony for target man Wout Weghorst against Barça was typical of his acute eye for detail. United were revitalised after the interval and the Brazilian scored what proved to be the winner. Marcus Rashford, meanwhile, has scored 16 times in 18 games since the World Cup and could start through the middle today if he shakes off a knock that forced the in-form England man off in the second half midweek.
Newcastle are enjoying a stellar season of their own and are just one point behind Tottenham in the race for the fourth sport in next season's Champions League, their front-foot attacking play impressing many. The Magpies have tasted Premier League defeat just twice this term, fewer losses than anyone else. That's been down to a mixture of a Kieran Trippier-led miserly defence that has kept 12 clean sheets this term, and the sinuous talents of Paraguayan winger Miguel Almiron. There is, however, the occasional cloud on the horizon for Eddie Howe's men. Ten-goal top scorer Almiron has struck just once since Boxing Day and, though the wide man continues to create, the Magpies defeat to Liverpool last weekend meant they have won just one of their past seven games, a run featuring five draws. Still, at least that's not a result that they can take away from a cup final.
Worse still against the Merseysiders was the dismissal of goalkeeper Nick Pope. The the Magpies must now do without not only the most consistent gloveman in England in 2022/23 but also his principal deputy, Martin Dubravka. The Slovakian keeper is cup-tied having played in an earlier round of this season's Carabao Cup while on loan at Manchester United.
That means third-choice keeper Loris Karius – infamous for a calamitous showing for Liverpool in the 2018 Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid – will make his first senior outing for more than two years between the sticks. Karius has never recovered from his nightmare in Kyiv – loans at Besiktas and Union Berlin didn't work out – and you get the feeling how the German faces up to the pressure will go a long way to deciding the outcome at Wembley. There are few chances of redemption in football. This is a cup final that could finally put his demons to rest.
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