Sam Allardyce will assess Michael Owen's fitness before naming his starting line-up for the visit of Wigan to St James' Park.Emre Set To Miss Wigan Fixture
Sam Allardyce will assess Michael Owen's fitness before naming his starting line-up for the visit of Wigan to St James' Park.Peter Ramage (knee), Stephen Carr and Celestine Babayaro (both hamstring), Joey Barton (metatarsal) and Damien Duff (ankle) are all out.
Marcus Bent goes straight into the Wigan squad after joining the Latics on a season-long loan from Charlton.
Rachid Bouaouzan, who has completed a £400,000 move from Sparta Rotterdam, will also travel, but is not included in the squad.
After making eight changes to the side for the Carling Cup defeat to Hull in midweek, boss Chris Hutchings is likely to revert to the side that drew at West Ham last Saturday, with Antonio Valencia the only doubt with a knee injury.
NEWCASTLE (from): Given, Harper, Solano, Enrique, N'Zogbia, Rozehnal, Taylor, Cacapa, Edgar, Huntington, Milner, Geremi, Butt, Smith, Emre, Pattison, Viduka, Martins, Ameobi, Owen.
WIGAN (from): Kirkland, Granqvist, Hall, Sibierski, Camara, Heskey, Kilbane, Koumas, Brown, Landzaat, Aghahowa, Boyce, Scharner, Bent, Bramble, Cotterill, Skoko, Melchiot, Pollitt.