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Nathan Jones is confident Southampton can go toe to toe with Newcastle in Tuesday's Carabao Cup semi-final second leg despite the sides being worlds apart in the Premier League table.
Basement dwellers Saints lost the opening leg 1-0 and were reduced to 10 men when Duje Caleta-Car was sent off in the 86th minute at St Mary's last week.
Jones knows Southampton face a formidable task in trying to score against Eddie Howe's third-placed Magpies - who have conceded only 11 goals in 20 top-flight matches - but wondered if the south-coast club's underdog status in the cup contest could work in their favour.
Nathan Jones believes his side can overcome the odds against Newcastle on Tuesday night
He said: "That's pretty much like any Premier League game, you know. We had chances against Newcastle, we had good chances against Newcastle.
"We actually scored and had it disallowed so technically we have scored against them. It's just about being the best version of ourselves.
"We'll go there with the game-plan, we'll go there to try and be as positive as we can because we know we have to win the game.
"We can't go there and be cagey or anything and I think that could play into our hands as well because they're a good side, a fantastic side,
