Eddie Howe is a big fan of sticking with a winning side, and his Newcastle United players are repaying his faith in them. However, with three testing away fixtures in the space of seven days on the horizon, the Magpies head coach knows he may have to use his squad wisely.
Newcastle kick off a run of four games away from St James' Park with a trip to St Mary's to take on Southampton on Thursday night, and Howe has the same set of players at his disposal - plus a fit-again Matt Ritchie. With Callum Wilson and Kieran Trippier still ruled out through injury, and Allan Saint-Maximin not quite at full fitness, the temptation may be to stick with the side which won against Brentford and Brighton and drew at West Ham.
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