Newcastle travel to Moscow this evening where they will contest the first leg of a two-legged Round of 16 Europa League tie with FC Anzhi Makhachkala.
United will need to be at their best to get anything against an outfit who has had little trouble getting results at home. Armed with an array of attacking talent, Guss Hiddink will be looking for his side to grab something to protect at St James’ Park for the second leg.
In the match preview (which you can read here) it was revealed that Papiss Cisse was doubtful with an illness which has subsequently ruled him out of the game and he has been left on Tyneside to hopefully recover for the visit of Stoke on Sunday. Adam Campbell will replace him leaving a 19-man matchday squad that looks a bit like this:
Rob Elliot, Jak Alnwick, Danny Simpson, Davide Santon, Massadio Haidara, Steven Taylor, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, James Perch, Cheick Tiote, Gael Bigirimana, Yohan Cabaye, Vurnon Anita, Hatem Ben Arfa, Dan Gosling, Sylvain Marveaux, Gabriel Obertan, Moussa Sissoko, Shola Ameobi, Adam Campbell
So a team will need to be picked out of that lot. Personally I don’t think there will be too many surprises and we can pretty much all get close to naming the team that will play. For confirmation purposes though, team news will be published below as and when it becomes available.
We are live on ITV4 this evening, presumably now Liverpool have been eliminated, so there is no excuse to miss the match providing you’re at home and have access to a TV. However some people don’t have TV’s or won’t be at home or don’t live in the UK so can’t get ITV4 so streams will still be needed. I don’t see an issue with picking one up though so if you do find one then by all means feel free to share it with your fellow NUFC fans by leaving a link in the ‘comments’ section below.
Which just about wraps this up and leaves us with the football to talk about. Hopefully we’re talking about it in a positive light come 7pm.
Howay the lads!
Anzhi Makhachkala: Gabulov, Eschenko, Joao Carlos, Zhirkov, Ewerton, Jucilei, Shatov, Ahmedov, L. Diarra, Willian, Eto’o
Subs: Pomazan, Tagirbekov, Logashov, Gadzhibekov, Carcela-Gonzalez, Traore, Smolov.
Newcastle: Elliot – Simpson, Yanga-Mbiwa, Perch, Haidara – Anita, Cabaye- Marveaux, Sissoko, Obertan – Ben Arfa. (4-2-3-1)
Subs: Alnwick, Santon, S.Taylor, Bigirimana, Tiote, Shola Ameobi, Campbell.
Well, I missed the first 15 minutes but I use “miss” in the loosest sense of the word. Still, would be happy with a 0-0.
I see Pards has us all fooled with his pre match talk, the mans a genius!!..
Newkie(Quote)
i reckon we need an away goal
M(Quote)
Munich – I’d agree with that, Simmo and Haidara got a lot of mention (rightly so) but Perch and Mapou have looked very solid too – 1 long distance Éto shot so far. Very pleasing.
Obertan and Marv have been really disappointing for me – Oba in particular just seems to loose or give the ball way everytime he gets it – so frustrating. Oba off and Campbell on after say 60-70mins. An away goal would be great but 0-0 wouldn’t be terrible IMO.
Sharpy17(Quote)
Sharpy an away goal would be super
Big Dave(Quote)
Sharpy17, agree there mate, though Marveaux seems to be doing a lot defensively without creating much going forward. Obertan off after 70 mins I reckon, based on what he has done so far. At the same time we ‘ll probably see HBA coming off due to lack of match practice, and we don’t want to have him getting knackered.
Munich Mag(Quote)
great stuff Perchy
M(Quote)
Anzhi seem to want one touch too many on the ball, and are reluctant to take any risks with a killer pass. I like it 🙂
Munich Mag(Quote)
MM I agree about Benny coming off I think it would be a mistake to risk keeping him on the whole game but I really hope Campbell gets a decent chance as I think he would run them ragged
Big Dave(Quote)
Man Obertan is absolutely pish. At least try and break a sweat you ******…
Munich Mag(Quote)
Big D, get 50 pence on Tiote for HBA and Bigi for Obertan 🙂
Munich Mag(Quote)
theyre dealing with Sissoko very well so far
M(Quote)
good clearance from obertan on our byline
alanthedog363(Quote)
save
alanthedog363(Quote)
nice work eliot
M(Quote)
well done again Elliot
Big Dave(Quote)
Brilliant stop Elliot lad !!!!
Munich Mag(Quote)
Munich – I’d take Benny off and put Tiote or Bigi on alongside Anita and push Cabaye further forward alongside Marv and Sissoko with Campbell up front.
Really good save by Elliott there like!!!
Sharpy17(Quote)
shola for benny
M(Quote)
oh benny
richietoon(Quote)
Jesus Benny what a chance there 🙄
KIMTOON(Quote)
ahhh weve had a shot
alanthedog363(Quote)
looks knackered, bless im
M(Quote)
Shola coming on, second half tactic – big lump to the big lump 😆
Munich Mag(Quote)
shame he wasn’t off scoring with his last touch
alanthedog363(Quote)
obertan seems to of woken up, should of had him start playing at 4 o’clock
alanthedog363(Quote)
Alan ,reckon Pards may of read him the riot act half time 😆
KIMTOON(Quote)
beautiful passage of play there
M(Quote)
Very very impressed with Mbiwa so far
KIMTOON(Quote)
Elliot you star cool interception 😎
KIMTOON(Quote)
well done elliott…again
richietoon(Quote)
Richie ,Krul could have a fight on his hands for that jersey I reckon
KIMTOON(Quote)
or maybe he saw campbell warming up
alanthedog363(Quote)
Would be gutted to lose now as we’ve played excellent so far
KIMTOON(Quote)
Kim…aye, and that’s the way it should be for every position ideally
richietoon(Quote)
Anita 😯 hell why not 😆
KIMTOON(Quote)
howay Alan, lets have a look at Campbell
M(Quote)
Richie ,yeah nice position to be in . 😀 😎
KIMTOON(Quote)
M , Agree .
Saylor on , batten down the hatches time then 😉
KIMTOON(Quote)
Shame Benny wasted our one good chance. Bit of a strange swap with Taylor for Anita, thought Anita was doin alright.
Newkie(Quote)
Come on Pards give the young Lad a go
Big Dave(Quote)
wtf Pardew can only lose with this substitution 😯 😯 Why disturb the centre of the defence ? I hope it doesn’t cost us 🙄
Munich Mag(Quote)
Ameobi you knacker, why foul in a great position ?
Munich Mag(Quote)
Ref making some strange calls now 🙄
Newkie(Quote)
speaking of fights for jerseys – how long before Haidara gets a Prem start?
M(Quote)
High wide and handsome thankfully
KIMTOON(Quote)
yippee a corner 🙄
KIMTOON(Quote)
rubbish Marv
KIMTOON(Quote)
Di we have anyone who can take corners? Maybe Elliot would be better than all our outfield players 😆
Newkie(Quote)
Marv 🙄
Big Dave(Quote)
noone worries when we get corners anymore 🙄
KIMTOON(Quote)
manages to play for handball against himself, you can’t teach that lol
alanthedog363(Quote)
Strolla with the touch of an elephant 😀
Big Dave(Quote)
Bah, Oba shoulda gone for the shot
Newkie(Quote)
finishing strong
M(Quote)
Oba ,of all the players to put the pass in 👿
KIMTOON(Quote)
Can someone find Obertan a club please?
Stuart79(Quote)
fuk now’s the last real chance of giving Campbell a chance
Big Dave(Quote)
Diving ******* 👿
KIMTOON(Quote)
no campbell then, lol 😥
alanthedog363(Quote)
Ah well Campbell maybe next time 😥
Big Dave(Quote)
Pards being a tad cautious maybe lads ,would of flung on Campbell and tried to snatch a goal.
KIMTOON(Quote)
Campbell could have been a good defensive move if anything, would probably work harder than Marv 😆
Newkie(Quote)
Good old Strolla doing what Strolla does best falling on his **** 😆
Big Dave(Quote)
man Obertan is frustrating 👿
Munich Mag(Quote)
Marv and Oba the weak links tonight but not awful to be fair ,would of love to see Campbell for Oba for last10 mins.
KIMTOON(Quote)
I love this ref 🙂
Munich Mag(Quote)
I will try Haidara in place of Santon in one premier league games, really good. All the defense was good.
HBA39(Quote)
Staylor 😆 Can see why he never made it as a striker in the academy
Newkie(Quote)
we have done well and good result over all, we’ll just have to hit them hard next week.
Right away to get some food
Big Dave(Quote)
well done lads, good result…away goal would have been nice but ya can’t have everything
richietoon(Quote)
Defensively this is the best we’ve played for some time IMO. Our shape has been solid all night.
To re-address a couple of recent articles. The first being the one that highlighted the importance of squad players, well I think Simmo, Perch, Haidara, Elliott and Anita have all proven their worth tonight like.
The 2nd being the one that questioned Pardews tactical no how, well again I’d suggest that tonight Pardew has got it pretty spot on with the players he had at his disposal to be fair.
Sharpy17(Quote)
Obertan was so poor first half but second half it was ok even if in the last passes he is **** always
HBA39(Quote)
Game over ,well played lads quality performance by all . 😀 😎
KIMTOON(Quote)
well done pardew and lads 😉
batty(Quote)
but very difficult to create some goal chances in this kind of pitch. For the players who like to take on players and run with the ball, its so difficult to control the ball.. its why it was so boring game.
HBA39(Quote)