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Newcastle United latest news: Eddie Howe has been handed a major boost ahead of their clash with Everton.
Newcastle United host Everton at St James’ Park this afternoon (3pm kick-off) knowing they must win if they want to end the day above their visitors.
The Toffees head to St James’ Park on the back of a 1-0 defeat to Manchester United on Monday night and have won just one of their last five league matches, however, they do enjoy a good recent record on Tyneside. David Moyes’ side were 1-0 winners in last season’s corresponding fixture, whilst Sean Dyche’s Everton sealed a point at St James’ Park a season prior to that.
Eddie Howe’s side have been in good form of late, though, and have won four of their last five matches in all competitions. The latest of those wins came on Tuesday night as they returned to St James’ Park following four-successive away games.
That 3-2 win over Qarabag was secured by goals from Sandro Tonali, Joelinton and Sven Botman and came without the influence of Bruno Guimaraes who will once again be absent this afternoon. Heading into Tuesday night’s game, the Magpies were also handed a late injury blow with news that Jacob Ramsey had suffered a ‘minor hamstring injury’.
The former Aston Villa man was not included in Howe’s matchday squad for that game. Speaking about the midfielder ahead of welcoming Moyes’ side to Tyneside, Howe admitted he was hopeful of having the £43m man back in contention this afternoon:
“We hope that he will train today,” Howe said. “So, yeah, fingers crossed for tomorrow.”
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The Magpies have also been boosted by the return of Malick Thiaw. Thiaw also missed out on Tuesday night through an enforced suspension after he picked up a third Champions League booking in the first-leg.
Jacob Ramsey update ahead of Newcastle United v Everton
Both Thiaw and Ramsey though were present at St James’ Park ahead of their clash with the Toffees. Howe will reveal his team at 1:45pm, 75 minutes before kick-off on Tyneside, with both Ramsey and Thiaw pushing for a start in that.
The former was in the best form of his Newcastle United career before missing the clash with Qarabag on Tuesday night, whilst Thiaw has impressed throughout his time at the club since breaking into the team in September and had started almost 40 matches in a row before missing out in midweek.
Newcastle United squad v Everton
Aaron Ramsdale, John Ruddy, Nick Pope, Lewis Hall, Leo Shahar, Alex Murphy, Malick Thiaw, Dan Burn, Sven Botman, Kieran Trippier, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton, Jacob Ramsey, Joe Willock, Jacob Murphy, Anthony Elanga, Anthony Gordon, Harvey Barnes, Yoane Wissa, Will Osula, Nick Woltemade
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