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The staff sheets are in at St James’ Park forward of our 12.30pm kick-off in opposition to Bournemouth.
A win wouldn’t solely be Eddie Howe’s first over former membership Bournemouth, however would make him the primary Newcastle supervisor to win 10-straight video games.
Right here’s the aspect he’s gone with in opposition to Andoni Iraola’s Cherries, who’re on an ideal run themselves with no defeats of their final 10:
Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Livramento, Botman, Burn, Corridor; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Gordon.
Subs: Vlachodimos, Trippier, Schar, Osula, Almiron, Kelly, Willock, Longstaff, Miley
Howe has named an unchanged aspect from our 3-0 win over Wolves in midweek.
Fabian Schar missed out by way of sickness on Wednesday however he’s again within the squad, changing Emil Krafth.
Absent as soon as once more are Nick Pope, Harvey Barnes, Callum Wilson and Jamaal Lascelles, whereas Miguel Almiron is within the squad, maybe for the ultimate time.
For Bournemouth, they’re and not using a senior striker – Evanilson and Enes Unal are injured – and right-backs Smith, Araujo and Hill are all out, which means Lewis Cook dinner begins at right-back.
Bournemouth XI: Arrizabalaga, Cook dinner, Zabarnyi, Huijsen, Kerkez, Christie, Adams, Brooks, Kluivert, Semenyo, Ouattara
Talking to the media forward of the sport yesterday, Howe had this to say on the prospect of 10-straight wins, the gamers’ mindset and the take a look at Andoni Iraola’s Bournemouth will pose:
On the potential of 10-straight wins – “We now have truly been fairly relaxed throughout this run, we have now not talked about it, it’s nearly going onto the following recreation. After all, we need to win and maintain the run going so long as we are able to, however it’s all the time about how we play within the subsequent match.”
On the gamers’ mindset – “The gamers have been very mature of their response on this successful run, the gamers are seeing this as an expectation they’ve quite than surpassing expectations. They’re protecting the main target. There’s a perception within the squad we have now good gamers, and we are able to win video games, for us it’s nearly remaining targeted and waiting for the following recreation.”
On Bournemouth take a look at – “I like how they play. They’ve had some outstanding turnarounds in video games the place they’ve been shedding and have had a late interval of momentum to win. Their spirit is plain. Very troublesome to play in opposition to, a very good recreation, two groups with mirroring types however it will likely be two groups making an attempt to win.”
Let’s hope we are able to maintain this unbelievable run going.
HOWAY THE LADS!
