Jose Mourinho has never won at St James’ Park and will have a superb opportunity to change that record on Sunday afternoon.
Rafa Benitez’s men haven’t won at home since October and victory for the visitors will keep them five points above third spot in the table.
Daley Blind, Marouane Fellaini, Eric Bailly and Zlatan Ibrahimovic are the only injured players; the 55-year-old confirmed at a press conference that the latter was back in training.
Here is Sam’s predicted XI for the clash. Be sure to leave your own predicted XI in the video’s comments section.
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