After the disappointment of Aston Villa’s late equaliser on Saturday evening, Newcastle now turn their attention to table-toppers Norwich City ahead of the Canaries’ visit on Wednesday night.
Norwich won 3-1 at home to Burton Albion at the weekend, and head to St. James’ Park full of confidence after replacing Huddersfield Town at the summit of the EFL Championship.
When these sides met in this fixture last year, Newcastle ran out emphatic 6-2 winners, with Georginio Wijnaldum bagging four goals.
Since then, both sides have suffered relegation to the Championship, and have made solid starts in their bid to return to the Premier League at the first time of asking.
It is never an easy task to predict a Rafa Benitez XI at Newcastle United, with his rotation policy having been in full swing so far this season, and there will no doubt be changes made after Saturday’s draw in Birmingham.
Here is our predicted XI for Newcastle United’s clash with Norwich City.
