5 Newcastle United stars make Carabao Cup team of the round as move into semi-finals

A lot of contenders for Carabao Cup team of the round after the midweek action.

When it comes to matches that might have produced these contenders, did St James’ Park serve up any contenders…?

Newcastle United with a great performance against Leicester, the second half eventually serving up a couple of the goals that the display deserved.

Now the Carabao Cup competition organisers, have revealed their team of the (last eight) round, based on the Whoscored ratings from all the games, the highest rated player in each position, from the eight matches played.

The whoscored ratings use data from every single Premier League match, over 200 raw statistics included in the automated calculation of a player’s rating, weighted according to their influence within the game.

Every event of importance is taken into account, with a positive or negative effect on ratings weighted in relation to its area on the pitch and its outcome.

The official Carabao Cup team of the (last 16) round:

It nicely sums the games up, five Newcastle United stars making the Carabao Cup team of the round, whilst Leicester’s best player on the night by far, the goalkeeper, is the only one of the away team to do so, as he kept the Foxes in the game up to the hour mark.

Stats from BBC Sport:

Newcastle 2 Leicester 0 – Tuesday 10 January 8pm

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Burn 60, Joelinton 72

Leicester:

(Half-time stats in brackets)

Possession was Leicester 48% (42%) Newcastle 52% (58%)

Total shots were Leicester 7 (2) Newcastle 22 (12)

Shots on target were Leicester 1 (1) Newcastle 9 (3)

Corners were Leicester 4 (2) Newcastle 12 (5)

Referee: Darren England

Attendance: 52,009 (1,000 Leicester)

Newcastle United:

Pope, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn, Bruno, Longstaff, Willock (Murphy 90), Almiron (Saint-Maximin 84), Joelinton, Wilson (Isak 78)

Unused Subs:

Darlow, Lascelles, Ritchie, Manquillo, Anderson, Wood

(Newcastle 2 Leicester 0 – Match ratings and comments on all the NUFC players – Read HERE)

(3 Positives and 3 Negatives to take from Newcastle 2 Leicester 0 – Read HERE)

(Kieron Dyer talking Wednesday morning about Joelinton – I can’t believe what I just heard – Read HERE)

(Eddie Howe explains how Disco Dan Burn dancing happened – Brilliant man management – Read HERE)

(Brendan Rodgers with admirable honesty after Newcastle United cup defeat – Fair play – Read HERE)

(Watch official Newcastle 2 Leicester 0 match highlights HERE including quality goals and numerous chances)

(BBC Sport comments from ‘neutrals’ – Very interesting on Newcastle United after Leicester cup match – Read HERE)

(Newcastle 2 Leicester 0 – The instant NUFC fan / writer reaction – Read HERE)

(The photo Newcastle United fans all wanted to see on Tuesday… See / Read HERE)