The results yesterday mean that it’s easy to see what a win will do for each team. Three points for either side will extend the gap to six points between themselves and the relegation spaces.
If you want to get a bit more technical and look a little bit deeper, then a win for Southampton will take them above Sunderland and West Ham into 13th place whilst a win for Newcastle will be enough to propel us above the Mackems into 14th place. United could jump into 13th place aswell but they’d need to win by three clear goals and would then go above West Ham on goals scored. A draw for either side is no good to anyone.
Southampton go into the game having not played a competitive game for over two weeks whilst United, who named a strong side in Ukraine in midweek, have played twice in the period with a break of only two days between playing in Kharkiv and playing in Newcastle. Tiredness could play a part, but then by the same token the opposite could be true and Southampton could be rusty whilst we’ve continued to grease the machine with competitive games. We shall see.
The match preview is online and can be viewed by clicking here. It features injury news for both sides, a look at the history of the fixture between the two clubs, some stats and facts along with some of my random rambling at the end.
The game itself is not being broadcast live here in the UK as the TV moguls have opted to show Manchester City v Chelsea instead. That means a lot of people who aren’t going to the game today will be looking for a stream so if you happen to stumble across a good one then by all means feel free to leave a link to it in the ‘comments’ section below.
Team news will be published below as and when it becomes available and is once again being provided by Big Dave, who is doing sterling work keeping you guys updated with team sheets in my enforced absence through work. Not good for me, but probably good for United as they always seem to win when I’m at work. Hopefully that streak continues today.
Howay the lads!
Newcastle: Elliot Debuchy Colo S Taylor Santon Tiote Cabaye Jonas Sissoko Gouffran Cisse
Subs: Anita Yanga-Mbiwa Marveaux Sho Ameobi Alnwick Perch Obertan
Southampton: Boruc, Clyne, Yoshida, Hooiveld, Shaw, Schneiderlin, Cork, S Davis, Rodriguez, Lallana, Lambert
Subs: Davis, Fonte, Ramirez, Fox, Prowse, Mayuka, Puncheon
Right more of the same lads no sitting back lets keep at them
Big Dave(Quote)
nice work big Rob
M(Quote)
**** lambert
Newkie(Quote)
Horrible defending by Santon there, he stops his action completely…
HBA39(Quote)
FFS 👿
Big Dave(Quote)
This will be a high scoring game.
Toon TRW(Quote)
Great save from Elliot there
Souls(Quote)
**** off
CC(Quote)
That’s the place where colo would have intercepted and cleared 😕
Newkie(Quote)
Santon out of position again
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Newkie… i have to agree…. the goals that cisse scores are mental then but misses sitters.. he is bonkers though, just like tino was so we will love him anyway.
craig chisholm(Quote)
shitting tits
M(Quote)
****. It’s like a carbon copy of the first half–they burn us down the right and score in the first couple of minutes. And I feel like Saylor is part of both lapses…
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Take Off Jonas and you will win the game for sure. WTFFF with this guy, he doesnt know how to play football…outttt
HBA39(Quote)
holy mother of christ
M(Quote)
Santon caught out again. We need to work out some better way of defending the left flank.
blip(Quote)
not a fan of 2nd halfs like
M(Quote)
Again **** poor defending from Newcastle. Where the flock was Staylor ?
Munich Mag(Quote)
Duh–their right.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
ffs… do we have to concede a goal at the start of every half in order for us to wake up?
craig chisholm(Quote)
They have take the control of the game, because we have stop putting pressure.
HBA39(Quote)
first half momentum lost
CC(Quote)
****, golden rule of football, the first ten minutes and last ten minutes of each half be FULLY AWAKE 🙁
There is no way Southampton deserve to be level.
Munich Mag(Quote)
Lambert is battering Staylor 🙁
Munich Mag(Quote)
Elliott’s distribution is cracking
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
3 streams I have and they’re all **** 👿
Big Dave(Quote)
Can elliot not coach krul? His kicks and throws are superb
Newkie(Quote)
Better pressing now. Come on.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
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Try that dave, foreign tho
Newkie(Quote)
Staylor…shuffle…Staylor….shuffle….lump it 🙁
Munich Mag(Quote)
PELANTY
Newkie(Quote)
Newkie cheers
Get in son
Big Dave(Quote)
Get in dream boat
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
**** YES YOOOOOHAN
Newkie(Quote)
get in
CC(Quote)
Dreamboat 😛
We will win this 5-3.
Toon TRW(Quote)
Yeah newkie, far better distribution
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Chris Foy, i am loving your work so far today
M(Quote)
Debuchy’s volley to win the pen was a good’un
Newkie(Quote)
Cabaye is licking his lips at southamptons high-line
M(Quote)
it seems that physically we are dead, Pardew needs to use his subs
HBA39(Quote)
How lucky was that…careful lads…
Newkie(Quote)
i think jonas off and marv on..
craig chisholm(Quote)
Is Tiote injured or getting instructions to stay deeper?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
my fugging streams keep croaking.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Perchinho on. Do your job.
Toon TRW(Quote)
Shades of the reading match ??
CC(Quote)
divvnt change the channel man
M(Quote)
And Puncheon. Beware of his speed.
Toon TRW(Quote)
Yay 😆 😆
CC(Quote)
this is where AP makes stupid subs and starts trying to defend with 15 mins still to go cos his balls are shrinking by the minute.
craig chisholm(Quote)
Get in 😆 😆 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
wahey
M(Quote)
Sorry but that goal was better than Cisses 😆 😆 😆
Newkie(Quote)
Yes!
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
comonn 3 points for sure noww
HBA39(Quote)
Keep at them Lads there’s more to come
Big Dave(Quote)
Fucking hell–anybody got a working stream?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Nice one from Pardew to bring in Perch. He`s one of our most accurate passers and good to have on to keep possession.
matias(Quote)
Surely we are going to win?
Toon TRW(Quote)
who came off for Perchy?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
hey…. if we score one more do we go over west ham on GD?
craig chisholm(Quote)
Stop being so fucking miserable craig 🙄
Newkie(Quote)
Is Cabaye hurt?
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
We have scored 4+ goals in a game for the first time since April 2011. : goals will dry up when Ba leaves…
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Fans Cabaye off.
Toon TRW(Quote)
thanks TRW.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
Gouffan was excellent today too. Anita a bit more cement in the midfield, I guess. Still, he’s capable of a killer pass here adn there.
Fans Should Own The Club(Quote)
newkie… what did i say? you referring to my subs remark about AP.. well cumon man… he is a donkey when it comes to tactics often or thats what i think anyway.
craig chisholm(Quote)
😀 Elliot nearly fuked up there 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
Been very impressed with Debuchy
SolanosTrumpet(Quote)
Yes for me debuchy and Tiote Man of the match today
HBA39(Quote)
Hope that’s just Pards resting Cabaye!, if he been injured it certainly didn’t look too serious – fingers crossed.
Bit premature but what a great result today, a really gutsy performance and believe in what we are now capable of.
Let me be the first doubter to hold my hands up and say well done Alan Pardew!!, team selection for Thursday and today – spot on 😉
Sharpy17(Quote)
Feckin headed that win 🙂 🙂 Stoked!!!!
Aussie Magpie Fan(Quote)
Good game and excellent 3 pts Howay the Lads
Big Dave(Quote)