Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur: Injury news from Eddie Howe and Thomas Frank heading into tonight’s Carabao Cup game.
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Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur square-off tonight at St James’ Park with a place in the Carabao Cup quarter final on the line.
Whilst both managers will be desperate to progress in the competition, Eddie Howe and Thomas Frank have a number of injury issues to deal with ahead of tonight’s game, with Spurs potentially missing eight first-team players.
Here, we take a look at the latest injury news from both camps ahead of Newcastle United’s clash with Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham Hotspur injury news v Newcastle United
Cristian Romero - out
Romero has not featured in any of Spurs’ last three matches and is very unlikely to be risked for tonight’s game. Speaking about the defender ahead of their trip to Everton at the weekend, Frank said: “Cuti was just out running on the grass with the performance guys.
“So, positive, progressing, but no time frame. I don't expect it to be a longer one.”
Destiny Udogie - out
Udogie suffered a knee injury whilst on international duty with Italy earlier this month. He hasn’t featured for Spurs since picking up that injury and is still a game or two away from returning to action.
“Destiny is not on the grass yet, but still progressing.” Frank said. “Again, not a longer one.”
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Dominic Solanke - out
Solanke enjoys a very good goalscoring record against Newcastle United and netted at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in January during the last meeting between the sides. However, the former Bournemouth man won’t feature tonight despite his manager confirming that his recovery from injury has ‘stepped up’ in recent days.
James Maddison - out
Maddison has been ruled-out for the majority, if not all, of the season after suffering an ACL injury in pre-season. The former Leicester City man picked up the injury during Spurs’ 1-1 draw with Newcastle United in South Korea in August.
Dejan Kulusevski - out
Kulusevski hasn’t featured for Spurs since their Europa League final win over Manchester United in May. The Swedish international winger is expected to be out until the end of November and Frank is hopeful of having him available for selection during the busy festive period of matches.
“He's a key, key player for us. Instead of putting an exact month on [his return]. I just want him back as quick as possible.
“I know the medical team and Dejan are working very hard on that. It's not tomorrow, hopefully not too far away.”
Radu Dragusin - out
Dragusin has been out since March with an ACL injury. He will not feature at St James’ Park tonight.
Ben Davies - out
Davies has been sidelined with an ankle injury and won’t feature on Tyneside.
Yves Bissouma - out
Bissouma picked up an ankle injury whilst on international duty with Mali earlier this month. He won’t feature on Tyneside tonight.
On Bissouma’s injury, Frank said: “Biss, unfortunately, had a situation with the national team, I think everyone saw that, so he got a ligament injury to his ankle that will keep him out for weeks.”
Newcastle United injury news v Tottenham Hotspur
Lewis Hall - out
Howe has confirmed that tonight’s game will come too soon for Hall to be involved. The former Chelsea defender has been sidelined with a hamstring injury and has not been seen in action since their win over Union Saint-Gilloise in the Champions League earlier this month.
Yoane Wissa - out
A PCL injury has kept Wissa sidelined since the beginning of September. There is hope he can feature before the November international break, although a return after that international period seems most likely for him.
“I don't know, it's very difficult for me to give a game for you,” Howe said when asked about a possible return date for Wissa.
“Yoane’s in a different boat to the other two [Hall and Livramento] because he's coming from further back fitness-wise. He's been out longer.
“Lewis's return will be quite quick, in the sense that once he's fit and available, he'll be back involved with the group. Same with Tino, really. Yoane, he's still on track but we need to make sure that he's gone through a mini pre-season with us as well.”
Tino Livramento - out
A knee injury has kept Livramento sidelined since the end of September. The defender has returned to work on grass but isn’t expected back in action until after next month’s international break.
On Livramento’s progress, Howe said on Tuesday: “I'd say he's still on track. I think the two-week international break dictates that he won't be able to bring that forward by two weeks.
“I think we're looking at the Manchester City game for him as a pencilled-in date for hopefully that he can be available for. But he's doing well. He feels really good.
“There's no adverse reaction to his injury. So, positive signs for Tino and for Lewis and for Yoane at the minute. They're all on track for their respective returns.”
Harrison Ashby - out
Ashby has not been training with the first-team squad due to a thigh injury but no estimate has been given on his return date. The defender is yet to make his competitive debut for Newcastle after joining the club from West Ham in January 2023.
On the former Hammer, Howe said: “At the moment, Harrison [Ashby] is injured and he’s been injured for a period of time with a thigh injury so we’re waiting for him to be fit again.”
Sven Botman - doubt
A ‘nasty looking’ cut suffered by Botman on Saturday means he is a doubt to feature tonight. The Dutch defender was withdrawn after a collision with Sasa Lukic as he equalised for Fulham.
Fortunately for the player and club, Botman didn’t suffer a concussion. However, Howe put his participation in tonight’s game into doubt on Tuesday, stating: “As I said after the game [on Saturday] there’s no concussion. It was a cut, a nasty looking cut for Sven.
“He’s had it stapled together. He didn’t train yesterday [Monday] so we will see how he is.”