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title: "Predicted XI: Newcastle (A)"
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author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "Matchday"
published: "2017-08-25T11:36:04Z"
modified: "2017-08-25T11:36:04Z"
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# Predicted XI: Newcastle (A)

West Ham’s away day gauntlet to start the season ends at St. James’ Park this weekend and boy, do we need a win.

The midweek Carabao Cup victory over Cheltenham will boost morale but the Hammers are in desperate need of their first Premier League points of the season after suffering back-to-back defeats on their travels so far.

Newcastle are also stuck in a rut after losing both of their Premier League games to date and fell out of the Carabao Cup at the first hurdle in the week – this is certainly a must win for both sides.

Slaven Bilic has confirmed that everyone in his squad are in full training but a lack of match fitness in regards to Andy Carroll and Manuel Lanzini could limit their involvement.

Here’s our predicted XI for the Newcastle clash.