Team news
Steve Bruce has said Newcastle will be without Jamal Lewis, Jamaal Lascelles, Federico Fernandez and Ciaran Clark (personal), while Paul Dummett is struggling. However, Allan Saint-Maximin is fit, while Joe Willock will be included.
Southampton are likely to be without Stuart Armstrong (muscular), but have Jan Bednarek available after his red card was overturned. Jannik Vestergaard could feature.
Takumi Minamino, who joined on loan from Liverpool, could play. Oriol Romeu and Kyle Walker-Peters remain out.
Did you know?
Newcastle United have lost just one of their last 15 Premier League home matches against Southampton (W11 D3), and won each of the last three.
Jonjo Shelvey’s strike against Crystal Palace last time out was Newcastle’s third goal in the opening two minutes of a PL match in 2020/21. The last side with more in a season were Chelsea in 2014/15 (4).
Having won November's reverse fixture 2-0, Southampton are looking to record only their third PL double over Newcastle, previously doing so in 1993/94 and 2014/15.
Southampton haven’t lost five consecutive PL matches since September 1998 under Dave Jones, while this current four-match losing run is the longest in Ralph Hasenhuttl’s league managerial career.
Match officials
Referee: Craig Pawson. Assistants: Ian Hussin, Richard West. Fourth official: John Brooks. VAR: Robert Jones. Assistant VAR: Adrian Holmes.
