It is a tough ask for Mikel Arteta’s side to win at Newcastle but they go there knowing the hosts have been beaten on home soil in their past two games, conceding two or more goals on both occasions.
Bournemouth were the visitors on 18 January and came away 4-1 winners, while Fulham triumphed 2-1 there on 1 February.
The Gunners have been pretty free-scoring away from home and have hit three or more goals on the road five times this season, scoring five goals on three of those occasions.
Arteta, whose club have not won the League Cup since 1993, said: “When you compare the emotional state of the team after the first leg and now after Man City it is very different. Next stop is the final. We know how big that is.
“The buzz the City game gave us and the manner we did it, it is momentum. It is time for full gas and go for it.”
However, history is not on Arsenal’s side when it comes to comebacks from losing the first leg at home in an EFL Cup semi-final.
On the 31 times it has happened previously, only twice has the beaten side gone on to overturn the deficit and progress.
The good news for them is Arsenal were the last to do so, against Tottenham in 1986-87.
Another stat that doesn’t go in their favour is there have been 32 instances of a side losing the first leg of a League Cup semi-final by two or more goals and only one of those have progressed to the final, with Aston Villa overturning a 3-1 first leg deficit against Tranmere in 1993-94.
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