**Newcastle United take on Fulham in the Premier League at St James' Park on Saturday in a 3 pm non-televised kick-off.**
Eddie Howe has a couple of decisions to make on his starting lineup after Tuesday's convincing win over Benfica.
Jacob Murphy staked a solid claim to keep his place in the first XI, and we think Howe will stick with that.
However, it's in the middle of the park where we think we'll see changes. Joelinton and Sandro Tonali to come back in ahead of Jacob Ramsey and Lewis Miley, respectively. Not that either deserves to be dropped, but Joelinton looked hungry when he came on late in the game on Tuesday and was worthy of his place, while Miley will lose out if Tonali is fully recovered from his illness.
A couple of changes from Tuesday
### Goalkeeper
**Nick Pope** - Not-as-big-as-Big-Nick was in inspired form on Tuesday and grabbed an assist to cap off a fine performance.
### **Defenders**
**Kieran Trippier** - Tripps is still looking good as Tino Livramento continues his recovery. Hopefully, the owld fella can keep on trucking.
**Malick Thiaw** - I think it's safe to say that Thiaw has overtaken Fabian Schar in the pecking order now.
**Sven Botman** \- With Dan Burn deployed to the left back position, Botman needn't worry about his place either.
**Dan Burn** - Still holding on and doing a job, although he did have a tough time on Tuesday night.
### Midfielders
**Bruno Guimaraes (c)** - We wouldn't be surprised to see him on the scoresheet on Saturday. He was searching for one on Tuesday and will feel he missed out.
**Sandro Tonali** - A bit of a question mark after Eddie Howe said he was 'touch and go', but we think that was Eddie being cautious.
**Joelinton** - A coin toss, whether it's Joey or Jacob Ramsey, but we think Eddie will want to go with his strongest possible side, and that's the established midfield.
### Forwards
**Jacob Murphy** - Another assist for Murph and some fantastic attacking play on Tuesday keeps him in the side for Saturday.
**Nick Woltemade** - Didn't score on Tuesday night. Sell him! Jokes, obviously, he still plays such a huge part in the attack even when he doesn't find the net himself.
**Anthony Gordon -** If he can produce anything like the level of performance he put up on Tuesday, then Fulham are in for a bad time.
Harvey Barnes will be itching to get off the bench at some point after bagging two goals on Tuesday night. Jacob Ramsey will also feel he did enough to start this one, so he'll be raring to go.
We love this whole having options thing. It's fantastic.