Newcastle
Line-up
- 1M. Dúbravka
- 15J. Willems
- 22D. Yedlin
- 2C. Clark
- 6J. Lascelles
- 18F. Fernández
- 36S. Longstaff
- 24Almiron, Miguel
- 30C. Atsu
- 8J. Shelvey
- 12Dwight Gayle
- 43Longstaff, Matthew
- 10A. Saint-Maximin
- 9Joelinton
Subs
- 26K. Darlow
- 3P. Dummett
- 17Emil Krafth
- 13Y. Muto
Wolverhampton
Line-up
- 11Rui Patrício
- 27Romain Saïss
- 16C. Coady
- 2M. Doherty
- 28João Moutinho
- 8Rúben Neves
- 32L. Dendoncker
- 37Adama Traoré
- 9Raúl Jiménez
- 29Rúben Vinagre
- 7Pedro Neto
- 19Jonny Castro
- 18Diogo Jota
Subs
- 21J. Ruddy
- 49Kilman, Max
- 4Jesús Vallejo
- 56Ashley-Seal, Bernard
- 10P. Cutrone
I watched the Wolves game last week and it was the same problem as last season. They play well against the bigger teams and then struggle against the likes of Southampton, who defend deep and make it very awkward for them.
Wolves need to get it down and feed it into the partnerships. We expect more quality with what we are seeing from them at the moment.
Meanwhile, Newcastle have the stress and strain of whether they attack or counter-attack, which is more of what they are used to. The supporters would prefer them to have a go, with Joelinton and Miguel Almiron, who has the pace and energy but cannot score goals. Do they commit to going for it, or do they just rely on the Longstaff brothers?
Steve Bruce will know he has to be careful. Newcastle are better deployed sitting in and are better suited playing two up front but they cannot really do that, so it will be another struggle of a game.
CHARLIE PREDICTS: Newcastle 1-1 Wolves
Source: SkySports