Newcastle United return to Premier League action this weekend, as Fulham come to St James’ Park this Saturday.
It’s a big chance to build on Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Benfica and a massive game in the league, with us needing to kick on now after last weekend’s 2-1 defeat to Brighton left us down in 14th.
Fulham have lost their last three games, suffering 3-1 defeats at Aston Villa and Bournemouth before losing 1-0 to Arsenal last weekend, where they suffered yet another injury blow, which has now been confirmed.
Captain and star centre-back **Joachim Andersen** was forced off early after feeling his hamstring, and he’s today been ruled out of Saturday’s trip at St James’ Park.
Left-back **Antonee Robinson** is also set to be absent, although Serbian spoiler **Sasa Lukic** has a chance of returning after just resuming training.
In attack, right-winger **Harry Wilson** is a doubt after missing training over the past few days, while summer signing **Samuel Chukwueze** has been ruled out, with the former AC Milan winger suffering a calf injury away with Nigeria over the international break.
Up top, Brazilian striker and former Toon target **Rodrigo Muniz** is missing again, meaning veteran striker Raul Jimenez may start again.
Speaking on all of the above, Marco Silva said:
> _“Some good news, some not so good. Joa (Joachim Andersen) – will be out. Robinson, out._
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> _“Lukic in contention. Chukwueze and Muniz out. Wilson is a doubt, let’s see. Didn’t train last two days.”_