Source: Northern_Echo
Match Preview: Newcastle United v Swansea City
NEWCASTLE Harper Simpson S Taylor Coloccini Enrique Gutierrez Nolan Smith Guthrie Carroll Harewood[LNB] Van der Gun Beattie Dyer Pratley Orlandi Britton Tate Williams Rangel Bessone De Vries SWANSEA[LNB] Newcastle subs (from): Pancrate, Krul, Donaldson, Geremi, Ranger, Kadar, Lovenkrands, LuaLua, Khizanishvili. Swansea subs (from): Butler, Trundle, Allen, Lopez, Dobbie, Serran, Cornell, Monk, Bond.[LNB] NEWCASTLE: Andy Carroll has shrugged off a bout of sickness that forced him to withdraw from Monday night's win at Preston and is in contention to start against the Swans. Shola Amoebi has also been training this week but he is unlikely to return. Defender Danny Simpson remains a doubt with a thigh problem and will be assessed. Suspensions: None Injuries: R Taylor (calf), Barton (foot), Ameobi (foot) Leading league scorer: Nolan 8 Last five League games: WWWWL Next game: Watford (h), 5/12[LNB] SWANSEA: With influential midfielder Ferrie Bodde out for the season with a cruciate knee injury - his second of his career - manager Paulo Sousa has looked for inspiration from other areas. He has got it from Spaniard Andrea Orlandi and Argentine Federico Bessone in recent weeks, as the Swans have lifted themselves up to fourth, eight points behind the Magpies. Suspensions: None Injuries: Bodde (knee) Leading league scorer: Beattie 3 Last five League games: WWWDW Key player: Craig Beattie - the former Celtic striker is a better Championship striker than Premier League.[LNB] Last season: N/A Head to head: Newcastle 16, Swansea 8, Draws 2 Referee: Mark Haywood (Leeds) G15 Y23 R1 Av: 1.6 Last game: v Newcastle (h) 7/8/4, 2-1, Y2 R0 Odds: H evens; A9/4; D9/4[LNB] It's a fact: These two clubs have never met one another in the league in any other division than the second tier. The last time was in March 1984, Newcastle won 2-0. Comment by Scott Wilson: Witnessing the narrow win over Preston convinced me Newcastle will be going up this season, today should further cement that. Prediction: 2-1[LNB]
