8. Attacking-Midfield Right - Moussa Sissoko (Southampton Rating - 7)
Despite Swansea's midfield strengths their holding-midfield positions can be exploited and especially with the possibility that Ki Sung Yeung could be a doubt for the fixture. Jonjo Shelvey isn't a natural tackler and can be positionally clumsy at times, Sissoko's physical presence could cause him problems and lead to Newcastle grabbing a goal on the counter-attack. There were also absolutely no signs of him not wanting to play for the club against Southampton and he gave 100% effort throughout. One problem (considering he is playing on the wing) is he cant cross the ball particularly well and should look to ghost inside while looking for Daryl Janmaat's overlapping runs.
9. Attacking-Midfield Left - Gabriel Obertan (Southampton Rating - 7)
Many would have predicted that Gabriel Obertan would have been swapped for Rolando Aarons or Ayoze Perez after being trusted with a first-team place against Southampton. Yet, based on his performance against the Saints he simply can't be dropped. He was a constant option for the central-midfielders, looked confident going forward and grabbed himself a brilliant assist for Georginio Wijnaldum's well-timed header. The French midfielder will be up against Swansea's Kyle Naughton, who dealt with Eden Hazard and Willian very well last weekend.