Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest will play on Tuesday the 26th of December at 12:30 pm in the 19th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Newcastle upon Tyne at the St. James’ Park. The chosen referee is Chris Kavanagh.
Newcastle United sits in the 7th position in the standings with 29 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Luton Town in its last match in the Premier League. Thus far, it has won 9 times, drawn twice, and lost 7 times.
Nottingham Forest is in the 17th position in the table with 14 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against AFC Bournemouth in its last match in the Premier League. As of now, it has won 3 times, draw 5 times, and lost 10 times.
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 (18 times).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Nottingham Forest with the following players: Martin Dúbravka, Dan Burn, Fabian Schär, Sven Botman, Kieran Trippier, Bruno Guimarães, Lewis Miley, Sean Longstaff, Anthony Gordon, Miguel Almirón and Alexander Isak.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Newcastle United would be 27.09.
Eddie Howe will probably not be able to employ Jamaal Lascelles because of injury.
Nick Pope, 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.
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (7 times or 38.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 3-4-3 (3 times), 3-5-2 (2 times), 5-3-2 (2 times) and 3-4-2-1 (once).
Steve Cooper is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: Matt Turner, Gonzalo Montiel, Murillo, Moussa Niakhaté, Ola Aina, Ibrahim Sangaré, Danilo, Anthony Elanga, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Chris Wood.
In case that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Nottingham Forest would be 25.40.
There are doubts about the presence of Morgan Gibbs-White.
Steve Cooper will probably not be able to employ Serge Aurier because of injury.
Ethan Horvath, Scott McKenna, Joe Worrall and Taiwo Awoniyi will definitely miss the match.
Steve Cooper will not be able to have the presence of Willy Boly who is suspended.