Newcastle v West Ham match preview

Newcastle v West Ham

Expected lineups

Newcastle 4-4-2                                                                                                               West Ham 4-3-3

Krul                                                                                                                                        Jaaskelainen

Debuchy                                                                                                                              O’Brien

Yanga- Mbiwa                                                                                                                   Collins

Coloccini ©                                                                                                                         Reid

Dummett                                                                                                                            Demel

Ben Arfa                                                                                                                              Noble

Anita                                                                                                                                   Nolan ©

Sissoko                                                                                                                                 Diame

Marveaux                                                                                                                           Cole

Gouffran                                                                                                                             Maiga

Cisse                                                                                                                                      Jarvis

Outs- Williamson, Gutierrez, Haidara, Remy,                                                       Outs- Carroll, McCartney

Alnwick, R.Taylor

Doubts- Santon, Tiote

I expect West Ham to remain unchanged with no new fitness worries and former Geordie hero Andy Carroll still on the sidelines. West Ham’s away form was poor last season and they will want to improve on that this time around although they did win at St James’ Park last year with ex- Newcastle captain Kevin Nolan getting the winner. This match is huge for Alan Pardew, anything other than a win for his magpies side will put him under enormous pressure and I think a loss could see him out of a job come Monday morning. I think this one could be a bore draw.

Prediction 0-0