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The staff sheets are in at St. Andrew’s, the place Newcastle United tackle Birmingham Metropolis within the fourth spherical of the FA Cup.
Eddie Howe hinted at rotation on Friday morning and he’s achieved precisely that, making 9 modifications towards the League One leaders.
STARTING XI: Pope – Livramento, Krafth, Burn, Targett – Longstaff, Bruno, Miley – Osula, Wilson, Willock.
SUBS: Dubravka, Ruddy, Trippier, Schar, Tonali, Isak, Corridor, Murphy, Neave.
Howe has made NINE modifications from Wednesday evening’s 2-0 win over Arsenal within the Carabao Cup semi-final.
This sees Dubravka, Trippier, Botman, Schar, Corridor, Tonali, Murphy, Gordon and Isak drop out, with Pope, Livramento, Krafth, Targett, Longstaff, Miley, Willock, Osula and Wilson taking their place.
Until Howe has one other formation up his sleeve, it appears Osula may begin on the correct, with Willock down the left in a 4-3-3.
As anticipated, Botman missed out after choosing up a minor knock to his knee in midweek, with Barnes, Joelinton and Lascelles additionally absent.
Gordon can also be absent and has presumably been given an entire evening off, handing teenager Sean Neave a possible likelihood to seem from the bench.
Chatting with the media on Friday, Howe was filled with reward for Birmingham and supervisor Chris Davies.
“We respect them, Chris Davies has achieved an excellent job. Each time you go to Birmingham, you realise the dimensions of the membership. It’s a large soccer membership with an excellent supporter base. It’s a actually good floor to play at.
“We see this as a giant problem, and we have to rise to the problem. They’re a really aggressive, a excessive urgent staff, we can not underestimate them in any approach.”
