Lovenkrands starts for Newcastle at Swansea

13 February 2010 12:20
PETER Lovenkrands returns to Newcastle's starting line-up for this lunchtime's televised Championship clash with Swansea.[LNB] After being left on the bench at Derby despite scoring a second-half brace in the Magpies' previous game against Cardiff, Lovenkrands is back in the starting XI in place of Leon Best.[LNB] Chris Hughton has made two more changes to the side that lost 3-0 at Pride Park on Tuesday.[LNB] Fit-again centre-half Fabricio Coloccini replaces Mike Williamson in the back four, with Alan Smith returning to the midfield in place of the injured Jonas Gutierrez.[LNB] SWANSEA (4-5-1): De Vries; Tate, Monk, Williams, Bessone; Allen, Pratley, Cotterill, Orlandi, Dyer; Kuqi.[LNB] Subs: Cornell (gk), Butler, Pintado, Gower, Rangel, Trundle, Richards.[LNB] NEWCASTLE (4-4-2): Harper; Simpson, Coloccini, Hall, van Aanholt; Routledge, Smith, Nolan, Guthrie; Carroll, Lovenkrands.[LNB] Subs: Krul (gk), Williamson, R Taylor, Best, Pancrate, Kadar, Ranger.[LNB]

Source: Northern_Echo