Miley & Ramsey start for Magpies


Newcastle hand starts in midfield to Lewis Miley and Jacob Ramsey as Eddie Howe freshens his side up against Jose Mourinho’s Benfica.

The Magpies lost their first home game of the campaign against Barcelona and are looking for a fightback against the Portuguese side.

Mourinho has only won on three of his 12 visits to St James’ Park.

Newcastle team news

Howe has left Sandro Tonali and Joelinton on the bench in a youthful-looking engine room. Anthony Elanga is also on the bench as Nick Woltemade again is the main man in attack.

Newcastle XI: Nick Pope, Dan Burn, Sven Botman, Malick Thiaw, Kieran Trippier, Lewis Miley, Jacob Ramsey, Bruno Guimarães, Anthony Gordon, Nick Woltemade, Jacob Murphy

Benfica team news

Benfica XI: Anatoliy Trubin, Tomás Araújo, Nicolás Otamendi, António Silva, Amar Dedic, Fredrik Aursnes, Enzo Barrenechea, Richard Ríos, Heorhii Sudakov, Vangelis Pavlidis, Dodi Lukébakio



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