Wolverhampton Wanderers are the visitors to St. James' Park on Sunday (kick-off 4pm GMT) - and Wolves will be buoyed by their victory over Chelsea on Wednesday.
But the Magpies also had a morale-boosting result in midweek, picking up a point at Everton, and have lost just one of their last six games.
Fabian Schär will miss Sunday's game through suspension after receiving his fifth booking of the season at Goodison Park, but Matt Ritchie returns from a ban and Paul Dummett and Kenedy were back in training after recovering from hamstring and toe injuries respectively.
Serena Taylor brought nufc.co.uk this gallery from United's Benton training ground.
