The team sheets are in at the King Power Stadium, where Eddie Howe’s Mags take on Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s Championship-bound Leicester City.
Newcastle have won three games in a row in all competitions, while Leicester have lost seven games on the spin without scoring a single goal.
Here is how the two sides line up tonight ahead of the 8pm kick-off live on Sky Sports.
Newcastle (4-3-3): Pope – Trippier, Schar, Burn, Livramento – Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton – Murphy, Isak, Barnes.
Subs: Dubravka, Ruddy, Wilson, Targett, Krafth, Osula, Longstaff, Miley, Neave.
Leicester (5-2-2-1): Hermansen – Justin, Faes, Coady, Thomas, Kristiansen – Ndidi, Soumaré – El Khannouss, Daka – Vardy.
Alexander Isak and Kieran Trippier are both fit enough to start despite going off last week with slight groin issues, but there is no Anthony Gordon in the squad as he continues to recover from bad bruising.
This means Harvey Barnes keeps his place in an unchanged 11, seeing him start against his former club and Jacob Murphy continue down the right.
Joe Willock misses out due to concussion, which appears to have been picked up during Wednesday’s 2-1 win over Brentford.
Newcastle dropped to seventh over the weekend, but win tonight and we’ll be up to 53 points and joint fourth.
After a win for Aston Villa, defeats for Nottingham Forest and Brighton, along with draws for Chelsea and Man City, this is how the league table looks heading into the game.
Howay the lads!
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