Eddie Howe to make three changes - Our predicted Newcastle United lineup to face Burnley

 · 5 December 2025, 13:00
Eddie Howe to make three changes - Our predicted Newcastle United lineup to face Burnley
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Newcastle United take on Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday at St James' Park. It's a 3 pm non-televised kick-off. Remember those?

After dropping two points late in the game against Tottenham on Tuesday, Newcastle will be looking to bounce back with a big win against Premier League strugglers, Burnley.

Former Newcastle players Martin Dubravka and Scott Parker return to St James' Park as Burnley's goalkeeper and manager, respectively, and we'll be hoping they both go home in a bad mood.

Eddie Howe has a few injury concerns going into this one, with Sandro Tonali carrying a knock, Nick Pope and Sven Botman out, but with Yoane Wissa expected to be involved for the first time. Here's how we expect the Mags to line up.

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Three changes from Tuesday

Goalkeeper

Aaron Ramsdale - Faced two shots on target and conceded two goals on Tuesday. Hardly a stellar stat, but neither goal was really his fault. With Nick Pope still out, Rambo will keep his place.

Defenders

Tino Livramento - It's just so good to have him back in the side. He adds so much to our game.

Malick Thiaw - Our player of the season so far. He's just a joy to watch.

Dan Burn - Much better back in his preferred position and with Sven Botman out with a back injury, he's likely to keep his place.

Lewis Hall - See Tino LIvramento.

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Midfielders

Lewis Miley - With Sandro Tonali not 100% we'd go with the youngster again. He's been brilliant in the last couple of games, so we wouldn't hesitate to put him in again.

Bruno Guimaraes (c) - Bruno can switch into the middle of the three in Tonali's absence.

Joelinton - We thought about putting Jacob Ramsey in here as Joey has been off it of late, but we don't want to disrupt the core too much.

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Forwards

Anthony Elanga - Jacob Murphy was anonymous on Tuesday. Mind, Elanga was hopeless when he came on, too. It's a 50/50 call.

Nick Woltemade - Needs to start fearing for his place with Yoane Wissa likely to be on the bench on Saturday.

Anthony Gordon - Scored the penalty that should have won it for Newcastle on Tuesday. Barnes had a poor game before being hooked. We expect Howe to make the change.

Yoane Wissa could expect to get some minutes on Saturday, but we'd be amazed if it's more than half an hour. In fact we expect somewhere between 10 and 20 minutes.

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