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The workforce sheets are in at St James’ Park, the place Newcastle United tackle Nottingham Forest in in the present day’s 2pm kick off.
Win and we’ll return above Chelsea, Bournemouth and Aston Villa, additionally shifting three factors behind Forest. However lose and the Reds can be 9 clear.
Right here’s the aspect Eddie Howe has gone with, that includes just a few modifications from our 4-0 defeat at Man Metropolis final Saturday.
Newcastle XI: Pope – Livramento, Schar, Burn, Corridor – Miley, Bruno, Willock – Murphy, Isak, Gordon.
Subs: Dubravka, Wilson, Tonali, Barnes, Krafth, Targett, Osula, Longstaff, Trippier.
Nick Pope, Tino Livramento and Lewis Miley have come into the aspect, with Martin Dubravka, Kieran Trippier and Sandro Tonali on the bench, with the latter managing muscle tightness.
As anticipated, Joelinton misses out together with Sven Botman, whereas former Mags Elliot Anderson, Chris Wooden and Matz Sels all begin for Forest.
Forest XI: Sels, Williams, Milenkovic, Murillo, Aina, Anderson, Dominguez, Elanga, Gibbs-White, Hudson-Odoi, Wooden.
Talking to the media on Friday, Howe mentioned our willpower to bounce again from final weekend’s 4-0 defeat and the problem Forest will pose.
”The perspective and starvation is there to place the final efficiency to mattress and put it proper. Now we have very robust characters behind the workforce.
“A really robust perspective to characterize the membership in the appropriate manner and I believe that’s at our coronary heart and is certainly one of our greatest strengths.
”Then there may be actually robust management inside the participant group, they know the expectations that they should attain. We didn’t try this as a bunch final week, however there may be actually robust will to come back again and combat again.”
“Nottingham Forest have been glorious on the street this yr; they’ve a mode and a system that could be very laborious to play towards. For us, I wish to see a way more vibrant efficiency, I wish to see us assault, be very a lot ourselves, see our attacking gamers expressing themselves. Hopefully, returning to our highest.”
Howay the lads!
