Fabricio Coloccini fit to face Man United, Sylvain Marveaux on bench

Fabricio Coloccini and Jack Colback will line up against Manchester United at St James's Park tonight.
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Fabricio Coloccini

Coloccini, Newcastle United's captain, suffered a knock in the weekend's FA Cup defeat to Watford, while Colback missed the tie with a hamstring problem.

Colback replaces the injured Kevin Mbabu in the starting XI in one change from the team which lined up at Vicarage Road.

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Forgotten midfielder Sylvain Marveaux is among the substitutes.

NEWCASTLE UNITED: Elliot; Janmaat, Mbemba, Coloccini, Dummett; Sissoko, Tiote, Colback, Wijnaldum; Mitrovic, Perez. Subs: Darlow, Sterry, Lascelles, Gouffran, Marveaux, de Jong, Toney.