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Swansea City v Newcastle United: match preview

Swansea City v Newcastle United
Swansea City v Newcastle United: probable starters in bold, contenders in light

Swansea and Newcastle will be looking to build on 2-2 draws in their opening matches. Garry Monk confirmed that Ki Sung-yueng returned to training yesterday after limping off with a hamstring injury against Chelsea, but a decision on his fitness will be left to the last minute. Newcastle are without Paul Dummett and Rémy Cabella but £13m striker Aleksandar Mitrovic is in contention to start after coming off the bench last weekend, though the man he may replace, Papiss Cissé, has four goals in his previous three visits to South Wales. Sam Robinson

Kick-off Saturday 3pm

Venue Liberty Stadium

Last season Swansea City 2 Newcastle Utd 2

Referee M Jones

This season G1, Y3, R0, 3.0 cards per game

Odds H 19-20 A 17-5 D 45-17

Swansea City

Subs from Nordfeldt, Cork, Routledge, Éder, Tabanou, Rangel, Bartley, Amat, Fulton, Britton, Emnes, Grimes, McBurnie

Doubtful Ki (hamstring)

Injured None

Suspended None

Form D

Discipline Y3 R0

Leading scorers Ayew, Gomis 1

Newcastle Utd

Subs from Darlow, Taylor, Tioté, Aarons, Mitrovic, Pérez, De Jong, Lascelles, Gouffran

Doubtful Anita (back)

Injured Cabella (calf, 22 Aug), Marveaux (groin, 14 Sep), Dummett (knee, unknown), Rivière (knee, unknown)

Suspended None

Form D

Discipline Y2 R0

Leading scorers Cissé, Wijnaldum 1

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