Team News
Newcastle lose midfielder Yohan Cabaye to one-match suspension after picking up five yellows with Dan Gosling already banned for a further two games after his straight against Norwich. Sylvain Marveaux will be out for a few more months and the Toon also have Danny Guthrie out with an ankle problem and Ryan Taylor is likely to be unavailable after missing Saturday's game with groin trouble. Leon Best was subbed on Saturday and is a doubt with a shoulder injury and reports today say Peter Lovenkrands might be out until mid January with a calf injury. Steven Taylor won't play again this season. For West Brom, James Morrison misses out with a hamstring injury. Zolton Gera is out for the season. Youssouf Mulumbu and Paul Scharner face late fitness tests and the likes of George Thorne, Gonzalo Jara and Marc-Antoine Fortune have been recalled from loan spells and could get a run out. Newcastle (from): Krul, Harper, Simpson, R. Taylor, Santon, Ferguson, Perch, Coloccini, Williamson, Kadar, Tiote, Obertan, Ben Arfa, Gutierrez, Sammy Ameobi, Abeid, Vuckic, Smith, Ba, Best, Shola Ameobi. West Brom (from): Foster, Fulop, Reid, Jones, Jara, Olsson, McAuley, Dawson, Tamas, Mattock, Shorey, Scharner, Brunt, Thorne, Mulumbu, Dorrans, Thomas, Tchoyi, Cox, Fortune, Odemwingie, Long.
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