Hull vs Newcastle - Preview, early team news, pre-season so far and how to watch

by Alex Waters · 26 July 2024, 22:27

Newcastle United travel to the MKM Stadium to face the Tigers at 2pm on Saturday. The hosts begin the season in just two weeks time so will be looking to play a decent squad in preparation for their opener against Bristol City.

As for Newcastle, they have just returned from their training camp in Germany - which ended with a 3-1 win over SpVgg Unterhaching - and will travel to Japan on Sunday for two friendlies in preparation for our opening game of the Premier League season against Southampton on Saturday 17th August.

On the fitness front, Joe Willock is still working his way back from a long-term Achilles issue but will hopefully feature. It also remains to be seen if Lloyd Kelly, Sean Longstaff or Tino Livramento will play as they too are managing slight concerns, but it would be great to see our new signing play his first game in front of a 4,500-strong Toon Army.

It remains to be seen if Fabian Schar or Miguel Almiron will feature after both returned to Tyneside on Friday following extended breaks. The game will definitely come too soon for Bruno Guimaraes, Anthony Gordon and Kieran Trippier, who are yet to report back after busy summers with their countries.

The Magpies will also be without Lewis Miley (broken foot) and Callum Wilson (back) who are confirmed to be out injured and they will both likely miss all of pre-season. Finally, Sandro Tonali is still serving his ban from the FA, so despite playing a behind closed doors friendly against Burnley, he too will miss the trip to Hull.

Hull - who finished 7th in the Championship last season - have lost their last two pre season fixtures against Fenerbache and Doncaster both my a margin of four goals, conceding nine goals in total. Newcastle have played two fixtures so far, winning 3-1 against SpVgg Unterhaching thanks to goals from Harvey Barnes, Jacob Murphy and Alexander Isak before a behind-closed doors clash at Burnley (score line is yet to go public).

Newcastle have made four signings so far this summer, Lloyd Kelly, John Ruddy, Odysseas Vlachodimos and Lewis Hall. Despite these new additions, many Newcastle fans remain on edge, hoping for a few more signings before the season begins, with a main focus on both a right winger and a centre back.

Hopefully we look fit, sharp and suffer no injuries as we step up our preparations for the new season. If anyone is keen to stream the match, the club are selling a 'match pass' that allows fans to watch all of our pre-season games over the next fortnight.