Good afternoon from Newcastle
Welcome to SunSport’s live blog coverage of the Premier League match between Newcastle and Arsenal at St James’ Park. Kostas here, and I will be bringing you all the live action for SunSport.
Gabriel Magalhaes was dealing with a knee issue recently but he and Ben White are said to have trained on Friday and are likely to be available against the Magpies.
However, the Gunners’ boss Mikel Arteta will be without captain Martin Odegaard (ankle), Riccardo Calafiori (knee), Kieran Tierney (hamstring) and Takehiro Tomiyasu (knee).
Newcastle manager Eddie Howe, on the other hand, saw Anthony Gordon coming back from a groin injury on Wednesday in the Carabao Cup win over Chelsea.
That was a major injury boost for the Toon but Jacob Murphy missed out on the 2-0 win over the Blues due to a small hamstring problem.
Alexander Isak looked a bit uncomfortable when he was withdrawn against the West Londoners, but Howe didn’t seem too worried about the fitness of his star striker who has previously been linked with Arsenal.
Nevertheless Jamaal Lascelles (knee), Sven Botman (knee), Kieran Trippier (thigh) and Callum Wilson (back) remain sidelined.
