As it stands, Newcastle are fourth in league table holding onto a Champions League place by just 2 points over Forest and Villa. Today’s match at Brighton could have massive implications by season’s end.
Newcastle must at least gain a point to ensure their continued place in the top five with Forest and Chelsea still to play. A victory could be monumental and thrust the Magpies back to third and a five point cushion over Villa.
As expected, Eddie Howe has named an unchanged team from the win over Ipswich.
An unchanged starting XI ? pic.twitter.com/GYqlvL11s0
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) May 4, 2025
Here is who Seagulls boss Fabian Hurzeler has selected for the visitors.
TEAM NEWS! ? Here's our starting XI to face Newcastle this afternoon. ?? pic.twitter.com/bVmlcXS7Ky
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) May 4, 2025
Howay The Lads!
901 comments so far
magicmac54
May 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Comment #1Back of the net.
Lovem Hatem
May 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Comment #2I think Howe likes tall players, has to be over 178cm (Tripper being the exception to this rule)
Therefore any player signed will be this height or taller.
I think any centre back signing will be as tall as our current centre backs, so I don’t think we will sign Guehi.
CB’s like Diomande, Bisseck, Huijsen, Tomori, Thiaw are more likely signings in my opinion.
Right wing options would be played like Elanga, Dibling, Bakayoko, Madueke or Akliouche.
Also our signings tend to be English too.
Therefore I think our most likely signings are:
GK – Trafford
CB – Huijsen or Bisseck
RW – Dibling
ST – Delap
RUNAWAY777
May 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Comment #32nd again lol
RUNAWAY777
May 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Comment #4Maybe 3rd pmsl
RUNAWAY777
May 4, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Comment #5Anyway way 3…1 the toon
Next week’s is my last game before our move to Portugal.
Pottsclock
May 4, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Comment #6No Mitoma for Brighton, not even on the bench. That’s good
Essex Geordie Bill
May 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Comment #7So We can see the subs as well!
Newcastle United: Nick Pope; Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schär, Dan Burn, Tino Livramento; Bruno Guimarães, Sandro Tonali, Joe Willock; Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak, Harvey Barnes.
Substitutes: Martin Dúbravka, Emil Krafth, Sven Botman, Sean Longstaff, Lewis Miley, Anthony Gordon, Will Osula, Callum Wilson, Sean Neave.
Essex Geordie Bill
May 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Comment #846 Minutes to KO.
Essex Geordie Bill
May 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Comment #9Huisjen would be a brilliant signing he was massive against Arsenal.
magicmac54
May 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Comment #10So Brighton are missing both Pedro and Mitoma today!!
that`s a huge bonus for us, and should really negate us missing Joelinton,
i`m feeling a lot more confident about our prospects today on learning, that neither Pedro or Mitoma will feature.
HWTL
Charlie in the Gallowgate
May 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Comment #11We’ll have to start a lot better than last two games been awful so slow out the blocks first twenty minutes
cyprus
May 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Comment #12Andy Gray: looking at the Villa run in, I think they get 69.
Keys: I’ll give you 66.
Cyprus: I’ll give you 65.
AncientC
May 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Comment #13This should be a cracking game (without wanting to curse it).
I always worry about Welbeck, but the firepower between Barnes, Isak and Murphy should be too much. Not forgetting Tonali, who likes to pop up and has a stinging shot on him.
AncientC
May 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Comment #14Interesting that the bookies have Liverpool at 2/1 against Chelsea.
Cannot see Liverpool rolling over for Chelsea. Surely they will want to keep Chelsea out of the CL if possible.
IrishRob
May 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Comment #15I’ll be shocked if we get anything from this today.
ChicoUSA
May 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Comment #16HWTL!!!
JaveaToon
May 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Comment #17Just back in time, TV on, beer poured,
HWTL!!
fray bentos
May 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Comment #18Matchday wouldn’t be a matchday without a spoonful of that special IrishRod positivity we all savour so much lol
Who knows what will happen in this game but you can guarantee if we lose, Rod will be on here to tell us “he told us so” ha
Not dissing, just bantz
magicmac54
May 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Comment #19Come on Newcastle United,
Let`s lay down a meaningful marker today.
HWTL
mctoon
May 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Comment #20Another tough away game but hopefully we’ll have the momentum to grab all 3 pts, to take us closer to the brink of UCL
2-1 the Toon
HWTL
magicmac54
May 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Comment #21JaveaToon
A match cam at some stage tomorrow would just go down a treat young fella.
Oh and enjoy that beer lad 😀
HWTL
Romford mag
May 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Comment #22HWTL !!
jane
May 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Comment #23I’ll be shocked if we didn’t get anything from this today.
JaveaToon
May 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Comment #24Magic…Aye it would mate. Bit baffling why there wasn’t one for the Ipswich game tho.
JaveaToon
May 4, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Comment #25I’ll be shocked if neither Rob or Jane are proved correct.
Optimistic geordie
May 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Comment #26Hard away game againstca tea
We have a very mixed bag of results against , hopefully we don’t do anything daft early doors ,grow into the game and blow them away with our skill passion and
Endeavour ,hard fought 3 -1 away win
jimiley
May 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Comment #27Willock and the dangling leg tackle
magicmac54
May 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Comment #28JaveaToon
It was indeed baffling what there was no match cam for the Ipswich game, mind you i did search in vain to no avail mate 😀
HWTL
JaveaToon
May 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Comment #29Magic…Aye same here. Must have forgotten to take the lense cap off.
magicmac54
May 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Comment #30JaveaToon@29 😀 😀
JaveaToon
May 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Comment #31Ffs Minteh scores
IrishRob
May 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Comment #32Game over. We never win when we go behind
IrishRob
May 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Comment #33That was shocking from Tonali looking back at it
magicmac54
May 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Comment #34That goal makes me despise PSR even more.
jimiley
May 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Comment #35It would be nice if Isak got involved
cyprus
May 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Comment #36The good news. They’re not playing very well.
The bad news. We’re not playing very well.
JaveaToon
May 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Comment #37Aye we’ve only won at least 7 times after going behind this season. 😉
jimiley
May 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Comment #38Bruno cannot shoot like Tonali
Optimistic geordie
May 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Comment #39He never played for us Howe didn’t want to sell him psr forced us to Predictably he scores against us and is fully entitled to celebrate it , now let’s crush these Cnuts hat trick Isak
IrishRob
May 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Comment #40Isak is absolutely anonymous