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TEAM NEWS: Newcastle unchanged after Saints thrashing; Hernandez a doubt for Hull
NEWCASTLE will face Hull on Saturday (3pm) with an unchanged squad from the side that lost to Southampton last weekend.
Alan Pardew is under huge pressure having lost 4-0 to the Saints but he will once against be without midfielders Siem de Jong (thigh) and Rolando Aarons (hamstring) with the former facing months on the sidelines.
Striker Papiss Cisse is closing in on a return from a long-term knee injury, but fellow frontman Adam Campbell (hernia) is likely to be missing for some time and full-back Davide Santon is still out as he continues his recovery from a knee problem.
Meanwhile, Abel Hernandez is a doubt for Hull but the Tigers are expecting him to be fit in time for the trip to St James' Park.
Hatem Ben Arfa is ineligible to face his parent club but fellow loanne Gaston Ramirez could make a full debut.
Newcastle provisional squad: Krul, Elliot, Janmaat, Dummett, Haidara, Coloccini, Williamson, S. Taylor, Tiote, Anita, Abeid, Gouffran, Sissoko, Colback, Cabella, Obertan, Ameobi, Riviere, Perez, Armstrong.
Hull provisional squad: McGregor, Harper, Davies, Dawson, Rosenior, Robertson, Diame, McShane, Elmohamady, Huddlestone, Livermore, Ince, Brady, Jelavic, Aluko, Sagbo, Quinn, Meyler, Hernandez, Ramirez.