Southampton, the penultimate Premier League champion, beat Manchester City with two goals, breaking the biggest upset of this round. Manchester United and Newcastle have successfully advanced to the semi-finals, and the other team is Nottingham Forest, which has just stepped out of the relegation zone of the Premier League.
Manchester United and Manchester City will play the second Premier League derby this season from this weekend, and both teams have made some adjustments to their starting lineup. Manchester United are short of goalkeepers Degea, midfielders Fred and McTominay, while Manchester City are hiding players such as Harland and de Braune. However, the results are quite different. Manchester United scored three goals, and even the main players were sent in the second half. Unfortunately, Manchester City was sent off for failing to score a goal in the whole game.
Competition system
The competition is divided into seven rounds, except for the rematch, and the winner is decided by the single elimination system. Teams will draw lots to decide their opponents and home and away games. If the game is tied within 90 minutes, it will be decided directly by penalty kick.
There are two rounds of host and guest in the semi-final, and each team plays at their own home. The team that scored more points in the two games advanced. This cup has no advantage of scoring away from home. If the total number of goals in the two games is the same, the winner will be decided in overtime. If the number of goals scored in overtime is the same, the visiting team will advance by virtue of the advantage of away goals. If you still can't tell the winner, take penalty shoot-out.
In the first round, the participating teams included all champion teams, team A and team B.. In the Premier League, except for the team that participated in the European Tournament, it was the third round, and all other Premier League teams started to join in the second round.
The League Cup final is usually held at Wembley Stadium in London at the end of February every year. The champion can get a seat in the UEFA European Association League play-off.