Is this the Newcastle United side that Eddie Howe will select to face Everton? (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)Is this the Newcastle United side that Eddie Howe will select to face Everton? (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)
Is this the Newcastle United side that Eddie Howe will select to face Everton? (Photo by LINDSEY PARNABY/AFP via Getty Images)

Eddie Howe to make three changes and a major formation switch for Newcastle United’s clash with Everton in our predicted starting XI

Will Eddie Howe stick with a 5-4-1 formation, or will he revert to his tried and tested 4-3-3 system when they face Everton?

The change in formation almost worked against Chelsea where Newcastle were just minutes away from holding the European champions to a draw at Stamford Bridge.

For the third game in a row, Newcastle are on the road once again when they make the trip to Goodison Park to face an out-of-form Everton side.

Howe’s side defeated Everton just last month when an own-goal from Mason Holgate and strikes from Ryan Fraser and Kieran Trippier were enough to take all three points.

United set up in a 4-3-3 formation that day - a system that would continue to get results and fire them to a nine-game unbeaten streak. So will Howe revert to that formation for Thursday's game?

Here, we take a look at the Newcastle United line-up that Howe could select to face Everton at Goodison Park:

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