Matt Ritchie could miss Saturday's trip to Leeds United with a knee injury, but Jeff Hendrick and Dwight Gayle are back in contention for the Magpies at Elland Road.

And Jamal Lewis has also trained all week as he steps up his recovery from the hamstring injury he suffered at Liverpool last month. Eddie Howe is still without the injured Isaac Hayden, Federico Fernández and Callum Wilson.

Marcelo Bielsa, meanwhile, also has a number of key absentees, with last season's top scorer Patrick Bamford suffering a foot injury while Adam Forshaw and Junior Firpo are also likely to miss out. However, Diego Llorente, Tyler Roberts and Joe Gelhardt are all due to return. 

Newcastle have drawn their last two league games, but recent arrival Kieran Trippier says that the Magpies are going into the game with a "winning mentality" as they look to take what could be a significant step towards climbing out of the bottom three.

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