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.