Newcastle will hope to keep their hopes of a domestic cup double alive this evening when they visit League One leaders Birmingham in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
The Magpies beat Arsenal 2-0 on Wednesday night to secure a 4-0 aggregate win and a place in the EFL Cup final against Liverpool.
They won’t find things easy at St. Andrew’s though with Chris Davies’ side going well after some heavy investment in the playing squad from the club’s American owners.
Birmingham are unbeaten in all competitions since November 23 and sit four points clear, with two games in hand, in the English third tier.
Birmingham Team News
Davies made five changes to the side that won 1-0 at Stevenage in the EFL Trophy in midweek.
Ethan Laird, Ben Davies, Tomoki Iwata, Keshi Anderson and £15million striker Jay Stansfield all return.
Birmingham: Peacock-Farrell, Klarer, Cochrane, Davies, Laird, Leonard, Anderson, Iwata, Wright, Dowell, Stansfield
𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 🔵
Five changes from Tuesday 🔁
Dowell in from the off 💫
Jay up top 👊#EmiratesFACup pic.twitter.com/3DfeLhNccU— Birmingham City FC (@BCFC) February 8, 2025
Newcastle Team News
Eddie Howe made nine changes to the side that beat Arsenal with only Dan Burn and Bruno Guimaraes retaining their places.
Nick Pope, Matt Targett, Emil Krafth, Tino Livramento, Joe Willock, Sean Longstaff, Lewis Miley, Callum Willson and William Osula all come into the starting line-up.
Out go Martin Dubravka, Kieran Trippier, Sven Botman, Fabian Schar, Lewis Hall, Jacob Murphy, Sandro Tonali, Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon.
Newcastle: Pope, Livramento, Krafth, Burn, Targett, Longstaff, Miley, Guimaraes, Osula, Wilson, Willock
Today’s team at St. Andrew’s 👊 pic.twitter.com/eh2W4jFiFQ
— Newcastle United (@NUFC) February 8, 2025