Newcastle United team news v Brentford: Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali and Yoane Wissa all start against Brentford at St James’ Park.
After successive Premier League defeats against Aston Villa and Liverpool, Eddie Howe’s side will be hoping to get back to winning ways back on home turf.
The Magpies are boosted by the return of Bruno Guimaraes to the starting line-up after four games out with an ankle injury. Lewis Miley is closing in on a return from a leg injury but Saturday’s match has come too soon for him.
Anthony Gordon is also out along with Joelinton, Fabian Schar, Tino Livramento and Emil Krafth.
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Eddie Howe previews Brentford clash
After recent defeats, the importance of Saturday’s home match was put to Eddie Howe in his pre-match press conference.
“Every game is a must-win game,” he said. “But I get your point. There's no easy games in the Premier League, as we've always said.
“And Brentford, this year away from home, have been really strong.I watched their game recently against Aston Villa, against Chelsea.
“They're really competitive, as we found out from the first game against them earlier in the season. Very clear strength.
“I think they've done really well this season to bounce back from some big departures in their squad. They look even stronger for it.”
NUFC team news confirmed
Newcastle have made five changes from the 3-1 Carabao Cup defeat at Manchester City with Nick Pope coming in for Aaron Ramsdale in goal, Guimaraes’ return to the line-up prompted a return to 4-3-3 with Dan Burn dropping to the bench.
Jacob Murphy is in for the injured Anthony Gordon, Harvey Barnes, who scored in the reverse fixture, is back in for Jacob Ramsey and Yoane Wissa comes in against his former club in place of Nick Woltemade.
The club confirmed Gordon misses out due to injury while Miley was described as having ‘lost his fitness battle’.
NUFC starting XI v Brentford: Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Tonali, Guimaraes, Willock; Murphy, Barnes, Wissa
Subs: Ramsdale, Osula, Elanga, Woltemade, Burn, A.Murphy, Ramsey, Shahar, Neave
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