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Alan Pardew makes five changes for this evening's game with Columbus Crew
By Rob Scanlon- Newcastle United Video Reporter.
Magpies boss Alan Pardew has made five changes to the side that lost 1-0 at Orlando City on Saturday night. Steve Harper, Jose Enrique, Sylvain Marveaux, Shola Ameobi and Demba Ba come in for Fraser Forster, Alan Smith, Leon Best, Peter Lovenkrands and Ryan Taylor. Taylor and Lovenkrands both miss out on the matchday squad through injuries picked up during the match in Florida.
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United team in full- Steve Harper, James Tavernier, Steven Taylor, Fabricio Coloccini, Jose Enrique. Jonas Gutierrez, Cheik Tiote, Dan Gosling, Sylvain Marveaux. Shola Ameobi, Demba Ba. Substitutes- Tim Krul, Fraser Forster, Paul Dummett, Alan Smith, Mehdi Abeid, Haris Vuckic, Leon Best
Columbus Crew side in full- Andy Gruenebaum, Sebastian Miranda, Chad Marshall (c), Eric Gehrig, Shaun Francis. Emmanuel Ekpo, Kevin Burns, Cole Grossman, Bernardo Anor. Emilio Renteria, Tommy Heinemann. Substitutes- Chris Konopka, Josh Gardner, Julius James, Korey Veeder, Eddie Gaven, Santiago Prim, Robbie Rogers, Dejan Rusmir, Ben Sippola, Aaron Horton, Justin Meram.