Newcastle United and Milan will play on Wednesday the 13th of December at 8:00 pm in the 6th week of the Champions League. The match is going to be staged in Newcastle upon Tyne at the St. James’ Park. The referee will be Danny Desmond Makkelie.
Newcastle United is in the 3rd place in the standings with 5 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Paris Saint Germain in its last match in the Champions League. Until now, it has won once, drawn twice, and lost twice.
Milan occupies the 4th place in the league with 5 points. It comes from a 1-3 loss against Borussia Dortmund in its last match in the Champions League. Until now, it has won once, drawn twice, and lost twice.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Newcastle United
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (5 times).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Milan with the following players: Valentino Livramento, Jamaal Lascelles, Fabian Schär, Bruno Guimarães, Joelinton, Lewis Miley, Anthony Gordon, Miguel Almirón and Alexander Isak.
If this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Newcastle United would be 25.44.
There are doubts about the presence of Martin Dúbravka.
Nick Pope, Sven Botman, Dan Burn, Elliot Anderson, Jacob Murphy, Matt Targett, Joseph Willock and Harvey Barnes will definitely miss the match.
Eddie Howe will not be able to have the presence of Sandro Tonali who is suspended.
Milan
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (5 times).
Stefano Pioli is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: M. Maignan, A. Florenzi, T. Hernández, F. Tomori, R. Loftus-Cheek, T. Reijnders, Y. Musah, C. Pulišić and O. Giroud.
Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Milan would be 27.44.
There are doubts about the presence of Rafael Leão.
Stefano Pioli will probably not be able to employ N. Okafor because of injury.
M. Sportiello, M. Caldara, P. Kalulu, S. Kjær, M. Pellegrino and M. Thiaw will definitely miss the match.
