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Newcastle V West Ham
TEAM NEWS
New signings Jonjo Shelvey and Henri Saivet may make their Newcastle debuts, while Rolando Aarons and Emmanuel Riviere are back after injuries.
Siem de Jong, Kevin Mbabu and Papiss Cisse are all out, while Cheick Tiote will not feature as he is negotiating a move to Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua.
West Ham trio Victor Moses, Cheikhou Kouyate and Mauro Zarate are fit again.
But the Hammers are without Manuel Lanzini, Diafra Sakho and Andy Carroll for the trip to St James' Park.
Carroll suffered a hamstring injury in midweek and is expected to be sidelined for between four and six weeks
WHAT THE MANAGERS SAY
Newcastle head coach Steve McClaren: "West Ham are solid, with good balance and have four or five attackers who can impact a game. That's why they are doing well.
"I admire and respect Slaven Bilic a lot. He came into a difficult job at a difficult time but has settled straight away.
"We've got to start turning the corner and following up one good result with another one."
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic: "Are we favourites now to finish in the top four? We are not. But nobody can take the hope and the belief out of you.
"My philosophy in life is that there is nothing wrong with being confident, optimistic or positive. For me, on the contrary, you have to be like that if you want to get any chance to make it, whatever you do in your life.
"If you go to take a driving test and you say 'I can't do it', of course you're going to fail. If you're approaching a girl in a nightclub and you think she's going to tell you off and all that, no chance."
