Newcastle United v AFC Wimbledon - preview - video Dailymotion

Joe Buck previews Newcastle United's Carabao Cup clash against AFC Wimbledon at St James' Park

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00:00So Onigasanite's Carabao Cup journey continues at St James' Park with a hastily rearranged

00:05game against the SC Wimbledon. Of course, the two sides were meant to meet at the Cherry

00:09Reds' Record Stadium last week but obviously Wimbledon's pitch got flooded and we've all

00:14seen the images online. So yes, this game was moved to St James' Park at a week's notice

00:19but it's a setting where Onigasanite obviously had great success in recent times, especially

00:25with that draw against Man City at the weekend. They'll be heading here full of confidence

00:28that they can dispatch of their League Two opposition tonight. Of course, Wimbledon certainly

00:33no mugs, they beat Ipswich Town in the last round, Premier League opposition of course,

00:36and they started really well in League Two. So Eddie Howe's side will be wary of that

00:41and Howe spoke about that yesterday about how his side need to be wary of the threats

00:44posed by Johnny Jackson's side but of course Onigasanite are heavy favourites in this game

00:49and know that a win would give them a home tie against Chelsea in the next round and

00:53again put them within 90 minutes of another quarterfinal appearance. What team, how will

00:58the game is obviously a little bit unsure at this point. Alexander Isak won't feature,

01:01he's still out with a broken toe. But we expect rotation, Will Osula might get his first competitive

01:07start for the club and yes, there could be a lot of rotation but even so, even with a

01:12rotated team, Howe said he'll play a strong team and there's no doubt he'll play that.

01:16He'll play a team that's certainly capable of winning. We've heard it all the time, just

01:20because a team on paper is capable of winning a game doesn't mean they have any divine right

01:24to. Onigasanite hope to avoid a giant killings where, you don't want to talk about too much

01:28but Onigasanite under Howe have had a couple of giant killings, of course in Cambridge

01:32in one of his first games and obviously Sheffield Wednesday a year later in the FA Cup. So we're

01:36hoping to avoid that here tonight. There will be heavy favourites in the game and it's a

01:40game we expect them to win. Obviously they had a good result and good performance against

01:44Manchester City, that was something they'd been missing at the early end of the season

01:46so it's a very positive Saturday and we hope to capitalise on that tonight against Wimbledon.