Newcastle Vs Southampton
By Kyle Braithwaite
October 3 2003
Match
Preview |
Venue: St James Park
Match: Newcastle vs Southampton
Newcastle: (Home)
| The magpies will have to do without
French winger Laurent Robert who is suspended for the match.
Also sitting out of the match will be without defender Jonathan Woodgate, who’s been ruled out for up to 6 weeks with a leg injury. However the good news for Newcastle is that Goalkeeper
Steve Harper and Midfielder Nolberto Solano
have both been passed fit for the match, although both players are expected
to start on the bench. |
Southampton: (Away)
| Southampton will be missing both Graeme Le Saux
and Matthew Oakley for the trip to St James Park.
Former Derby defender Danny Higginbotham is set to step in for the injured Le Saux at left-back, while Rory Delap and Anders Svensson fight it out for the place of Matthew Oakley in midfield. Also Kevin Phillips is set to partner James
Beattie in attack despite being sent off last weekend. |
Form:
Newcastle
United |
L
D D W L |
Southampton |
W W W D L |
Likely Teams:
Newcastle
United |
Southampton |
Shay
Given |
Paul
Jones |
Andy
Griffin |
Jason
Dodd |
Olivier
Bernard |
Danny
Higginbotham |
Andy
O'Brien |
Claus
Lundekvam |
Titus
Bramble |
Michael
Svensson |
Kieron
Dyer |
Fabrice
Fernandes |
Gary
Speed |
Rory
Delap |
Lee
Bowyer |
Chris
Marsden (c) |
Hugo
Viana |
Neil
McCann |
Craig
Bellamy |
James
Beattie |
Alan
Shearer (c) |
Kevin
Phillips |