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It’s been an excellent few weeks for Newcastle United, who adopted current wins over Leicester, Brentford and Ipswich with an emphatic 3-0 win over Aston Villa yesterday.
Subsequent up in our closing recreation of 2024 is a visit to Outdated Trafford, the place we’ll face a struggling Man Utd facet who sit 14th after final night time’s 2-0 defeat away to relegation-threatened Wolves.
Not solely are the Crimson Devils in unhealthy kind, dropping 4 of their final 5 league video games, they misplaced TWO key gamers to suspension final night time simply earlier than our journey to Manchester.
Man Utd can be with out Bruno Fernandes and Manuel Ugarte for Monday’s recreation following a dangerous night time at Molineux for Ruben Amorim’s facet.
Fernandes is dealing with a two-game ban after his purple card (his second of the league season) at Wolves final night time. He’s been concerned in 50% of Man Utd’s Premier League targets this season, however can be within the stands at Outdated Trafford after we arrive subsequent week.
As for Ugarte, his reserving at Wolves was his fifth of the marketing campaign, that means he too can be compelled to sit down this one out as he faces a one-game suspension.
Each on 4 yellows for the season, Fabian Schar and Sandro Tonali are one reserving away from a one-match ban and would miss our journey to Spurs on Saturday 4th January ought to they obtain at warning on Monday.
Nevertheless, our 8pm kick-off at Outdated Trafford is the nineteenth recreation of the marketing campaign and, as soon as over, marks the cut-off level for the five-yellow rule that Joelinton fell sufferer to earlier than lacking our 4-0 win at Ipswich.
After Monday, the suspension system adjustments barely and punishes those that decide up 10 yellow playing cards earlier than the thirty third recreation of the marketing campaign with a two-match ban.
