Match Preview: Newcastle United v Liverpool

Newcastle will welcome a number of familiar faces back to St James' Park on Sunday when fellow top-six chasers Liverpool arrive in the North East.

Kenny Dalglish, Andy Carroll and Jose Enrique are all set to take in a Premier League fixture on Tyneside for the first time since severing their respective ties with the Magpies.

Their presence will add extra spice to an occasion which already has plenty riding on it.

Newcastle head into the game sat level on points with fifth-placed Chelsea and only five adrift of the UEFA Champions League places.

Team news

Newcastle will be boosted by the returns of Cheick Tiote and Ryan Taylor.

Midfielder Tiote has missed the last two games with a hamstring problem, while utility man Taylor has been side-lined by a calf strain.

However, central defender and captain Fabricio Coloccini is out with a torn hamstring, joining long-term absentees Peter Lovenkrands., Leon Best, Sammy Ameobi, Steven Taylor and Sylvain Marveaux on the casualty list.

Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam will miss Sunday's trip to Newcastle as he must wait a fortnight for further assessment of a knee problem.

Manager Kenny Dalglish is hopeful some of his other players will be fit to return, however, with defenders Glen Johnson , Martin Kelly and Daniel Agger all missing for last weekend's defeat to Wigan.

Midfielder Maxi Rodriguez has recovered from the illness which kept him out of the last game but forward Craig Bellamy has missed four successive matches and is out again.

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Newcastle probable line-up: Krul, Simpson, Perch, Williamson, Santon, Ben Arfa, Tiote, Cabaye, Gutierrez, Cisse, Ba.

Liverpool probable line-up: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Enrique, Henderson, Gerrard, Spearing, Downing, Carroll, Suarez.

Red's Fury™ Prediction: NEWCASTLE 1-2 LIVERPOOL

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