Eddie Howe has been waiting for the Leicester Metropolis match on Sunday.
A win for Newcastle United would remarkably see NUFC solely three factors behind the ninth positioned Foxes.
Eddie Howe taking his pre-match press convention on Friday morning and insisting that Leicester’s exertions in Europe gained’t assist Newcastle United on this subsequent match.
Thursday evening seeing Leicester beat PSV away, to progress to their European Convention League semi-final.
Newcastle United are although boosted by that very disciplined robust win over Wolves final Friday, making it 4 Premier League dwelling wins in a row for NUFC.
Newcastle have had a little bit of a shocker at St James Park in opposition to Leicester since 2014.
United dropping all six dwelling video games in opposition to the Foxes, 5 Premier League matches and a League Cup knockout.
Present (15 April 2022) Premier League desk forward of Newcastle United v Leicester Metropolis:
Eddie Howe pre-Leicester Metropolis press convention – 15 April 2022:
“I’ve been within the state of affairs earlier than the place we’ve performed groups after they’ve performed in Europe.
“To be sincere, my expertise is that it doesn’t have an excessive amount of bearing on the subsequent recreation.
“I believe they (Leicester) have gotten a squad to manage – they’ve bought an excellent group of gamers,” he mentioned.
“They’ve had lots of accidents all through the season however they’ve now returned, so their squad appears loads stronger, and so they’ve bought a supervisor who may be very skilled at managing the state of affairs.
“In my expertise, it’s by no means actually influenced the subsequent recreation in any respect so we count on a full energy Leicester who’re in superb kind.”
Again to successful kind in opposition to Wolves:
“I believe it’s naturally been a giant carry for the group.
“Nobody needed to see that dropping run proceed, and though it was on the again of a extremely good run earlier than that, I believe we had been nicely conscious that we would have liked to reply and reply rapidly, particularly in entrance of our personal supporters.
“These nights at dwelling have been so particular for us and it was one other a type of for us, underneath the lights.
“I believed it was a superb evening and a giant win for us – and now we’ve to try to again that up with one other efficiency in opposition to an in-form group.”
Eddie Howe on health / damage / sickness/ availability:
“I don’t assume (Fraser’s damage) is just too dangerous, nevertheless it was sufficient to deliver him off.
“We had a scan with him and it confirmed a really small drawback, so hopefully it wont be too lengthy for him.
“We’ll need to see whether or not he makes this recreation.
“Joe (Willock) has made good progress, he’s skilled this week, and we hope to have him match (for Leicester).
“As I sit right here now, we’ve bought a little bit of sickness within the camp – that’s form of been with us for many of the season to be sincere, so we’re that intently.
“Personally they (Kieran Trippier and Callum Wilson) are OK – they’re each in a great place and so they’re each enhancing in keeping with what we anticipated.
“Kieran may be very barely forward of schedule – he’s starting to run again on the grass together with his boots on, in order that’s an excellent signal for us. He’s nonetheless bought to construct up his health and all the things that comes with that, however he’s in a great place.
“Callum’s the identical. He’s hitting balls in direction of the aim – there’s no goalkeeper in in the mean time, so it’s solely in opposition to mannequins – however he’s step by step constructing as much as the place he desires to be, so it’s nice to see.”
