I can only see us winning 1-0 tonight. The defence & midfield will need to be really solid for us to take 3 points. This Newcastle side are watertight at the back.
Must admit, I'm looking forward to the game tonight, less pressure as I'm not expecting anything from it unlike on Sunday which really was a must win. Fingers crossed we pick up a bomus point or 3.
Surprised Moyes is persisting with Kehrer at RB (although he had an OK game against Soton) now that Coufal is apparently fit, and despite the fact that I feel Soucek gets some undeserved stick, I really think he should have been rested for this in favour of Fornals, or possibly Downes, on the basis of his performance on Sunday.
Comments
Fabianski
Kehrer - Zouma - Aguerd - Emerson
Bowen - Paqueta - Rice - Fornals
Benrahma
Antonio
Areola, Ogbonna, Coufal, Cresswell, Downes, Soucek, Lanzini, Cornet, Ings
Subs: Areola (GK), Cresswell, Coufal, Fornals, Lanzini, Downes, Cornet, Ings, Ogbonna
Surprised Moyes is persisting with Kehrer at RB (although he had an OK game against Soton) now that Coufal is apparently fit, and despite the fact that I feel Soucek gets some undeserved stick, I really think he should have been rested for this in favour of Fornals, or possibly Downes, on the basis of his performance on Sunday.
Fabianski
Kehrer - Aguerd - Zouma - Emerson
Paqueta - Rice - Soucek
Bowen - Antonio - Benrahma
vs
Saint-Maximan - Wilson - Murphy
Joelinton - Guimaraes - Longstaff
Burn - Botman - Scharr - Trippier
Pope
Matching like for like and our midfield three against their midfield three is going to be crucial
Ah well, Moyes has made his choice. Let's see how it pans out.
Bowen outpacing him already
Game over.
3 minutes out.