Since Dan Burn left Brighton for Newcastle at the end of January for £13m, Graham Potter’s side have conceded 10 goals in five games and won only once. Over the same period Newcastle have played three times with Burn at centre-half, winning two, drawing one and conceding one goal. It will be intriguing to see how he copes against former teammates he once trained with every day as Eddie Howe’s Newcastle aim to move further away from the relegation zone. Louise Taylor
Saturday 3pm
Venue St James’ Park
Last season Newcastle 0 Brighton 3
Referee Martin Atkinson
This season G16 Y36 R2 2.38 cards/game
Odds H 7-4 A 15-8 D 9-4
NEWCASTLE
Subs from Darlow, Manquillo, Dummett, Lascelles, Fernández, Guimarães, Longstaff, Murphy, Almirón, Gayle
Doubtful Saint-Maximin (calf)
Injured Ritchie (knee, 13 Mar), Wilson (hamstring, Apr), Trippier (foot, May)
Suspended None
Discipline Y68 R2
Form DWWWDW
Leading scorer Wilson 6
BRIGHTON
Subs from Steele, McGill, Alzate, Ferguson, Caicedo, Offiah, Welbeck, Lallana, Duffy, Gross
Doubtful None
Injured Sarmiento (hamstring, 12 Mar), Mwepu (hamstring, 12 Mar), Webster (groin, 16 Mar)
Suspended None
Discipline Y47 R2
Form DDWLLL
Leading scorer Maupay 8
