Source: Northern_Echo
Best and Lovenkrands start for Magpies
ALAN PARDEW has retained the same starting XI for the second successive Newcastle United game despite Saturday's goalless draw at Blackburn.[LNB] Pardew has opted to hand Peter Lovenkrands and Leon Best another opportunity to shine, despite an anaemic attacking display at Ewood Park.[LNB] That means Shefki Kuqi and Nile Ranger have to take their place on the bench again at Birmingham City, where they come up against former player Obafemi Martins.[LNB] BIRMINGHAM CITY (4-4-2): Foster; Carr, Johnson, Ridgewell, Jiranek; Bentley, Gardner, Ferguson, Larsson; Martins, Zigic. Subs: Doyle (gk), Murphy, Bowyer, Fahey, Beausejour, Phillips, Jerome.[LNB] NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-4-2): Harper; Simpson, Williamson, Coloccini, Enrique; Barton, Nolan, Tiote, Gutierrez; Lovenkrands, Best. Subs: Krul (gk), Campbell, Perch, Guthrie, Ferguson, Ranger, Kuqi.[LNB]
