Newcastle United came home from Monday’s 3-2 defeat to Liverpool with enormous respect-but no points to show it and four players before the kick-off of Saturday 5.30 pm at Leeds.
Stoppage Time Heart Side aside, we lost Anthony Gordon on a red card and the subsequent ban on three games, with the stand-in striker now for a new spell on the sidelines after his second discharge of 2025.
Fabian Schar was forced because of a concussion, with midfield duo Sandro Tonali (shoulder) and Joelinton (Lies) are also limping with injuries that “don’t look good”, according to the early assessment after Eddie Howe’s match.
The good news, via Sky Sports’ Keith downu And an Instagram post of Big Joe’s wife, is that we may have avoided long-term injuries, but the concussion rules will exclude schar, with Saturday too early for Tonali and Joelinton.
Malick Thiaw Schar replaced on Monday evening and we will probably see the former AC Milan Center-Back coming in for his first start of the season on Elland Road.
In midfield, Jacob Ramsey Seems nailed to step in the Joelinton role on the left side of a midfield, with Lewis Miley Standing up to replace Tonali, because the teenager wants to win more first team finances this season.
At the top it is difficult to say what Eddie Howe will do. Without Alexander Isak, Callum Wilson brought, Gordon brought banned and a new striker who is very unlikely to arrive before noon, will give the boss Will Osula A rare start after his goal on Monday, or brings Jacob Murphy in the side, which means that Anthony Elanga in a false nine role?
A formation change can even be one to watch-Botman and Thiaw can come to a 3-5-2 in which Barnes and Elanga are toped, but we will somehow have to be creative, with at least four changes probably this weekend.
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