The International break is over (thankfully, some might say) and it is time for Newcastle to get back down to the business of trying to earn promotion from the Championship at the first time of asking.
Standing in their way of three points this weekend is Derby; who have had a pretty inconsistent start to the season with one win, two draws and two losses. During these five games, they have scored only one goal. This inability to score means that they currently sit 18th in the table. One man who has performed consistently for Derby so far this season is Will Hughes; however, the Rams are sweating over his fitness.
Newcastle, on the other hand, has been pretty consistent of late and are looking to make it four wins out of four after a difficult start to the season. To add to this, all players who were on international duty have returned fully fit and, therefore, Benitez has a full squad to choose from.
In this slideshow, I have selected the XI players that I believe will start against Derby at the iPro tomorrow evening. The formation that I am assuming will be used is 4-2-3-1.
