Newcastle United are now ready to stage a friendly for public consumption, as they head to Hull City on Saturday afternoon. The Magpies pre-season training camp in Herzogenaurach, Germany wrapped with a behind-closed-doors friendly win over SpVgg Unterhaching.
And no, please don’t ask me to try and pronounce the name of that opponent. They are not a side of which I am familiar.
Newcastle United at Hull City FYIs
Kickoff: Sat. July 27, 2pm local, MKM Stadium, Kingston Upon Hull, England
Competition: club friendly
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For that practice game, Geordies boss Eddie Howe started a normal looking, strong first team. And it read like this:
Nick Pope, Jamal Lewis, Emil Krafth, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall, Jacob Murphy, Joelinton, Sean Longstaff, Joe White, Harvey Barnes, Alexander Isak
Then, for the second half, he started a team of youngsters, and the XI took this form.
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Jamie Miley, Cathal Heffernan, Ellis Stanton, Leo Shahar, Johnny Emmerson, Jay Turner-Cooke, Alfie Harrison, Trevan Sanusi, Garang Kuol, Ben Parkinson
So now, as they prepare to take on Championship side Hull City, what will Howe go with? We’re predicting a mix-and-match, which looks like this:
Newcastle United Starting XI Prediction at Hull City
Odysseas Vlachodimos, Jamal Lewis, Emil Krafth, Dan Burn, Lewis Hall, Ellis Stanton,, Joelinton, Jay Turner-Cooke, Joe White, Harvey Barnes, Alexander Isak
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