Watching this Newcastle team against Bayer Leverkusen.
Our next match in the Champions League.
Newcastle United wants to get twelve points from six games in the Champions League.
That would guarantee at least a play-off spot and be another big step towards a possible top eight position and automatic qualification for the last sixteen knockout stages.
Eddie Howe’s side face a team that has won their last two Champions League games but lost their last two Bundesliga games.
As a reminder, this was Newcastle’s team against Burnley:
Ramsdale, Livarmento, Thiaw, Schar, Burn, Willock, Bruno, Ramsey, Gordon, Elanga, Woltemade
Eddie Howe gave his pre-match press conference on Tuesday.
Eddie Howe asked about the team selection for Bayer Leverkusen with the Mackem match to follow on Sunday:
“I think we will choose a team that will be strong tomorrow and strong on Sunday.
“We have a few injuries to our backline, which has been the case for a few games now.
“We don’t necessarily have the depth at the moment, but we come here with a strong team and we are ready for both games this week.”
We know that Sven Botman, Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, William Osula and Emil Krafth are unavailable due to injury.
While the likes of Lascelles, Ruddy, Gillespie and Ashby were not included in the NUFC senior Champions League squad.
Eddie Howe confirmed on Tuesday that there are no new injury problems.
So when you take all that into consideration…
This is my predicted Newcastle team vs Bayer Leverkusen:
Ramsdale, Boek, Thiaw, Branden, Hal, Bruno, Tonal, Joelinton, Gordon, Woltemade, Barnes
Eddie Howe made a heavy substitution for the game against Burnley on Saturday, BUT for tonight I think he will go with his best available XI.
Which in my humble opinion he will see as the eleven above
You’ve seen what Lewis thinks about the most likely Newcastle team against Bayer Leverkusen. Use the comments section below to share your thoughts on which eleven you think Eddie Howe will select. Plus of course what you would prefer to start with eleven tonight.
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