Arsenal will face Newcastle in the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup and holders Liverpool take on Tottenham – all live on Sky Sports.
After reaching the semifinals for the fourth time in the last seven seasons, the Ange Postcoglou Spurs will face Liverpool in the last place, with the first leg at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on January 8.
Newcastle, who beat Brentford 3-1 in the quarter-finals, will play Arsenal, who saw Crystal Palace thanks to Gabriel Jesus’ hat-trick, with the first match at the Emirates Stadium on January 7.
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Like many teams that fight on all fronts, Arsenal’s commitments in January are favorable. Eight games in 3 other competitions, adding a Carabao Cup semi-final, which ended the overall standings at nine.
The way Mikel Arteta handles such a busy schedule may be the good fortune or failure of his season. The new year begins with visits to Brentford and Brighton, before a good fortune of 4 home games, welcoming Man Utd in the FA Cup, Tottenham in the north London derby, Aston Villa and Dinamo Zagreb in the Champions League.
The month ends with wolves and despite everything Girona.
This is a grueling schedule for a team that does not yet have a namely compelling strength in depth. The Gunners’ moment team needed reinforcements on the bench – Martin Odegaard and Bukayo Saka – to beat Crystal Palace in the quarters and you suspect a XI, without the two named, would not involve enough firepower to succeed in the March centerpiece.
Arteta will have to strike the perfect balance to stay afloat.
Arsenal’s January fixtures
Liverpool don’t have the toughest January of the Carabao Cup semi-finalists on paper, however, they face Brentford, still unbeaten at home, and hosts Man Utd, fresh from winning at the ‘Etihad, in their first attack of 2025.
Neither will the Nottingham Forest Cups on city grounds. But there may also be possibilities to turn: Accrington Stanley, Ipswich and Lille Stopver at Anfield and an Ultimate Fit Champions League organization at PSV is rarely very easy, Liverpool may have finished the most sensitive place in the first phase in that moment, and you can use some squad players again.
There is also the small matter of a Merseyside derby to re-arrange – although in an already-packed January, that will likely have to wait until February at least.
Liverpool’s January lights
Tottenham’s selection problems in key areas, particularly defensively, have not done much to help Postecoglou build upwards momentum in north London and he now faces a punishing January as the club search for their first silverware in 16 years.
Newcastle to London ahead of what is expected to be a regular holiday at Tamworth in the FA Cup third round, but then a derby with Arsenal, visits to Everton and Hoffenheim and home games with Leicester and Elfsborg throughout a busy month .
Tottenham’s January schedule
Unlike their semi-final rivals, Newcastle have no European football to contend with in January which could be the marginal gain Eddie Howe will be looking to exploit over the other three teams.
Even after the first leg against Arsenal, Bromley, from Sky Bet League Two, play home games in the FA Cup at St James’ Park, meaning Howe will be able to rotate when necessary. Premier League home games against Wolves and Bournemouth follow. It could be much worse.
Newcastle’s January fixtures