Football. ua presents a preview of the match of the 5th round of the Premier League between Newcastle and Stoke.
Newcastle United - Stoke City Saturday, 17:00, Newcastle, St. James Park.
Approximate compositions:.
Newcastle: Elliott - Manquillo, Lassels, Clark, Mbemba - Hayden, Merino - Ritchie, Ayose Perez, Murphy - Hocela.
Stock: Butland - Wimmer, Indy, Zuma - Diouf, Allen, Fletcher, Peters - Shakiri, Chupo-Moting - Cheses.
Do not play: Dammet, Mitrovic - Ngoy, Irland, Afellay, Cameron.
In doubt: Mbemba, Darlow - Shawcross.
Scorers: Clark, 1 - Chupo-Moting, 2.
Referee: Stuart Attell.
Newcastle in the last round got the second victory in a row. What is noteworthy, the victorious over Swansea "magpie" won without a man, which is associated with all the success of the team - Raphael Benitez. The Spaniard underwent surgery because of a hernia and could not attend the coaching chair. However, Rafa remotely nevertheless followed the fight and his merit in that victory is for sure present.
Reinforced by Benitez, as well as Chancell Mbemba and Karl Darlow, the "magpie" will try to win the third match in a row, but it will not be easy.
In the complexity of confrontation Stock on their own skin was already convinced even Arsenal and Manchester United, who for two have grown to as much as 1 point in games with "potters". True, those 2 duels took place at the Stoke stadium, where the "potters" traditionally play well. In the last 5 games the teams did not score more than 2 goals - and it does not seem that the tradition has changed this time.
Interesting Facts:.
- Stoke did not lose to Newcastle during the last 5 meetings in the Premier League (B3 H2). In 4 of them "potters" did not miss.
- Newcastle for the first time since November 2014 can win 3 Premier League matches in a row.
- The "forty" youngest average age players base in this season - 25 years and 223 days.
- Mark Hughes as a coach won over Newcastle 9 wins. More - just over Sunderland (11).
The trainers say:.
Rafael Benitez, Newcastle: "I watched the match against Swansea sitting on the couch and taking notes. Was calm - the assistants said that everything goes according to plan ".
Mark Hughes, Stoke City: "We are very pleased with how the season began. We excelled against very good teams ".
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