'Horrible' - Anthony Gordon injury concern for Newcastle United as £156m blow confirmed ahead of Luton Town

Newcastle United head into Saturday's match at Luton Town (3pm kick-off) with a number of injury concerns following Tuesday night's Carabao Cup exit at Chelsea.

Anthony Gordon and Emil Krafth were both withdrawn after being on the receiving end of challenges from Moises Caicedo and Levi Colwill respectively. And The Magpies will assess the duo to see whether they can feature at Kenilworth Road.

"We're going to see how they are this morning," Howe said. "Anthony was sore, it was a horrible challenge on him having reviewed it properly.

"I'm really disappointed with the tackle. He's sore but we'll see how he is today, hopefully he's improved. Emil had a really nasty cut on his shin that went quite deep so he's had stitches and is quite sort."

Prior to that, The Magpies lost Fabian Schar and Joelinton to muscle injuries against Fulham while there is an ongoing concern regarding Alexander Isak after the forward sat out the matches against Fulham and Chelsea.

On Schar and Joelinton, Howe said: "The scans painted a similar picture. Nothing too serious really, maybe Joe is slightly more than Fabian but we'll make a decision on both players leading up to this game."

When asked about Isak's chances of starting, he continued: "I'd say 50/50 at this moment.

"Obviously he's missed the last two games so he was feeling something with his groin but in the scan there wasn't necessarily an injury, just more a tiredness around the muscle so that's where he is.

"[Whether he makes the bench] will be down to the medical team on whether he's fit or not."

Here is Newcastle United's injury list heading into the match at Luton Town...