Newcastle head into the tie at St James’s Park with a slender 1-0 lead as they look to reach their first major tournament final since 1999. And head coach Eddie Howe has named an unchanged side from the first leg win at St Mary’s last week.
Since then, Newcastle have confirmed the January signings of Anthony Gordon and Harrison Ashby from Everton and West Ham United respectively, though neither are involved tonight. Jonjo Shelvey also missed out after agreeing to join Nottingham Forest on transfer deadline day.
Karl Darlow has been named on the bench for The Magpies but his loan move to Hull City is expected to be confirmed following the conclusion of tonight’s match.
NUFC XI: Pope; Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn; Guimaraes, Longstaff, Willock; Almiron, Joelinton, Wilson
NUFC subs: Darlow, Dummett, Lascelles, Saint-Maximin, Ritchie, Lewis, Isak, Murphy, Anderson
Here are Newcastle United’s missing players from tonight’s match and the reasons for their absence...
1. Bruno Guimaraes - suspended
Serving the final match of his three game red card suspension.
3. Ryan Fraser - tactical
Misses out on the matchday squad with Anthony Gordon, Jacob Murphy and Matt Ritchie the preferred wide options.
4. Harrison Ashby - tactical
Ashby has been training with the first team since his deadline day arrival at Newcastle but is yet to be included in a matchday squad.