While Newcastle United and Manchester United are teams reborn under the management of Eddie Howe and Erik ten Hag, today's Carabao Cup clash will boil down to individual battles.
There will be important matchups all over the Wembley pitch, with Howe hopeful his Magpies can rediscover their attacking mojo, while Ten Hag will want the Red Devils to maintain their recent momentum.
But here, we crunch the numbers on three one-on-one duels which could do most to decide whether a major trophy will finally return to Tyneside after a 54-year wait.
