Newcastle United welcome back Jamaal Lascelles and Christian Atsu and have a clean bill of health.
Leicester City have no new injury concerns with Matty James (Achilles) and Robert Huth (ankle) the only absentees.
Did you know?
Newcastle United have lost only two of their last 17 home league meetings with Leicester City, although the Foxes won on their last visit to St James' Park in November 2015.
Jamie Vardy is one away from becoming the first Leicester City player to hit 50 Premier League goals.
The Magpies haven't failed to score in three consecutive home Premier League matches since February 2014 while manager Rafael Benitez has never lost three consecutive home Premier League fixtures.
Shinji Okazaki scored in both fixtures the last time these sides met in 2015/16, making Newcastle the only team he's scored in more than one match against in the Premier League.
What the managers say
Rafael Benitez: "We have to improve as a team to make sure we can compete... We have to maximise what we have."
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Claude Puel: "We have a lot of respect for Newcastle because they have a great manager with quality in his team. They know themselves very well because they played together in the Championship."
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Referee: Neil Swarbrick
Assistants: Harry Lennard, Richard West
Fourth official: Lee Mason
