UEFA rules set to ban Newcastle United star from Champions League match
Newcastle United are back in Champions League action at Marseille on Tuesday evening.
Newcastle United will be looking to make it four wins in a row in the Champions League when they visit Marseille (8pm kick-off).
The Magpies have picked up nine points from their opening four Champions League group phase matches and head into matchday five sitting sixth in the overall table.
A top eight finish guarantees progress to the last-16 of the competition while finishing ninth to 24th sees clubs advance to a seeded play-off tie.
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Eddie Howe looks ahead to Marseille clash
On Monday, Eddie Howe looked ahead to the match at Stade Velodrome as The Magpies looked to build on Saturday’s impressive 2-1 win over Manchester City at St James’ Park.
Howe said: “We have played well in one-off games, both home and away. We are looking for that consistency in performance.
“We're looking at that feeling you have when you know you're going to perform, it's not in doubt. We've had that for a long, long time.
“This is probably the first time since I've been here where there's that element where you're hoping we perform and we bring everything together. It works. From past experience this season, there's no guarantee.
“We need to build our confidence to deliver that. These games, in part, will be the acid test for us.
“This will be a really tough game for us. We're looking forward to that off the back of Saturday. We feel we can rise to the challenge.
“Then we go back to the Premier League with Everton and another tough away game. So, I think we can answer a lot of questions to ourselves, most importantly, in the next two games. That's how we're trying to set it up.”
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UEFA rules set to ban NUFC star in Champions League
Newcastle United have seven players ruled out for Tuesday’s Champions League match. William Osula, Yoane Wissa and Kieran Trippier are out due to injury while Jamaal Lascelles, John Ruddy, Mark Gillespie and Harrison Ashby are ineligible.
But The Magpies have some players at risk of a Champions League ban heading into the final four group phase matches.
Joelinton is just one booking away from a ban having been booked in Newcastle’s opening two group phase matches. The Brazilian has avoided a booking in each of United’s last two Champions League matches, scoring in the 2-0 win over Athletic Club earlier this month.
Should the Brazilian pick up another yellow card in Newcastle’s remaining four group phase matches, he will be banned for one match. Given he is averaging a booking every 2.67 matches this season, Joelinton is on course for a Champions League ban.
Joelinton is also one booking away from suspension in the Carabao Cup, but has only been booked three times in the Premier League so far. In order to be banned in the Premier League, Joelinton would have to pick up a further two bookings before matchday 20.
The 29-year-old was booked in the 28th minute of Newcastle’s defeat to Barcelona, before being shown a 35th-minute yellow card in Belgium.
Dan Burn and Malick Thiaw are the only other Magpies players who have been shown a yellow card in the Champions League this season. The pair would have to be booked a further two times in order to face a ban.
The only exception is if they were to be shown a red card, as is the same with any player.
Article 63.01 of the UEFA Champions League regulations states that a red card in the Champions League is an automatic one-match suspension in that competition and does not carry over into other competitions.