Aaron Ramsdale to keep his place: Our predicted lineup for Newcastle United to take on Manchester City

It barely seems like five minutes since we were all breathing a huge sigh of relief having bettered Bournemouth in a penalty shootout in the FA Cup, but Newcastle United are getting ready to go again, this time in the Carabao Cup semi-finals.

Manchester City are in town for the first leg on Tuesday night, live on Sky Sports and ITV with an 8 pm kick-off.

After battling through extra time and penalties on Saturday, which also came off the back of a high-intensity 4-3 win over Leeds United a couple of days earlier, Eddie Howe's Mags must be absolutely knackered.

Unfortunately, there's no time to whine or feel sorry for themselves as Tuesday night's game is massive. Newcastle need as strong a result as possible to take to the Etihad. That's why we've gone fairly strong with our predicted lineup.

Goalkeeper

Aaron Ramsdale - Rambo is the cup keeper this season, and he had a decent performance overall on Saturday despite a few dodgy moments, but his penalty saves certainly elevated him.

Defenders

Lewis Miley - Surely it's too soon to deploy Kieran Trippier again after Saturday, so Miley should come back in with Tripps on the bench.

Malick Thiaw - The German must be absolutely gagging for a rest by now, but with no other options, he's going to have to power through.

Sven Botman - Through lack of options, the Dutchman is likely to start again. The only other possibility is throwing in young Alex Murphy from the start.

Lewis Hall - Had to come on against Bournemouth sooner than Eddie Howe would have liked after Tino Livramento's injury, but will have to go again on Tuesday.

Midfielders

Bruno Guimaraes (c) - If ever there was a game that demanded a captain's performance, this is it.

Joelinton - Sandro Tonali played 120 minutes on Saturday, just two days after his wife had their first baby. Give the lad a break.

Jacob Ramsey - We think Joelinton will move into the middle to allow Ramsey to play in a more comfortable position.

Forwards

Harvey Barnes - How can you drop him right now? Four goals in two games. Sorry, Harvey, but we need you to go again.

Nick Woltemade - 50/50 call on which striker starts this one, but Big Nick is the fitter of the two options, so we expect Yoane Wissa to be a late sub to inject pace later on.

Anthony Gordon - Ridiculous last-minute miss aside, Gordon looked good when he came on against Bournemouth. More of that on Tuesday, please.