A clash against Brentford at St James’ Park stands between Newcastle United and a Carabao Cup semi-final. Eddie Howe’s side defeated Leicester City at the weekend, but will be wary of a Bees outfit that scored a 4-2 win over them at the Gtech Community Stadium just over a week ago.
Howe will be without a number of long-term absentees on Wednesday night with Nick Pope and Callum Wilson having joined the injury list in recent times. He will also be without Sean Longstaff who will miss out due to suspension.
Brentford, meanwhile, also have a number of long-term injuries to contend with and will be sweating on the fitness of Igor Thiago. Thiago enjoyed a very good match against the Magpies during their meeting less than a fortnight ago but is a doubt for their Carabao Cup meeting.
Here, we take a look at the latest injury and suspension news from both camps ahead of the Carabao Cup meeting between Newcastle United and Brentford:
9. Emil Krafth - out
Krafth broke his collarbone last month and has been ruled-out for between six to eight weeks with the injury. He won’t feature against the Bees. | Getty Images
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10. Sven Botman - out
Botman is on the recovery path from his ACL injury and is back in training. It may be a few weeks before we see him back in action for the first-team, however. | Getty Images
11. Sean Longstaff - out
Longstaff will be suspended for the clash against Brentford after picking up bookings in his previous two Carabao Cup outings. | Getty Images
12. Callum Wilson - out
Wilson has been handed another setback in his recovery from injury and will miss around two months of action. | Getty Images