Callum Wilson injury update as Newcastle United set to face West Ham

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Joe Buck with all the latest news from Newcastle United, including updates on Callum Wilson's injury and whether or not he will be fit to face a West Ham side he has a brilliant record against during his Premier League career.

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00:00So, Newcastle United closing in on their Premier League return against West Ham. Of course,

00:07it will be over two weeks since their last game against Nottingham Forest when they do

00:11host West Ham on Monday night. It's obviously a big game for the Magpies, you know, three

00:16wins in a row before the break. Can it make it four in a row against West Ham? It's going

00:20to be a tricky game, but one that if they can get a good result at home, you're battling

00:25to get a good result against anyone. You know, that will really sort of keep their momentum

00:28that they built before the break and keep it going forward into what we all know is

00:32a tricky part of the season. With Christmas coming up, a busy fixture list, they've got

00:36a tricky test against Crystal Palace. Away from home to come, they've got Liverpool at

00:41home as well, and obviously that Carabao Cup game in a month's time. So, it's going to

00:44be a busy part of the season and anyhow, we'll be hoping his side can get that off to the

00:48best possible start with a win against West Ham. It's unlikely he's going to have too

00:53many changes to make. Of course, we know Dan Burns is suspended. That's one enforced change

00:57that he'll have to make. We expect Lloyd Kelly to come in there, but other than that,

01:02will he have many other players available that he didn't have available for him against

01:06Forrest? I think the only ones really are Kieran Trippier and Callum Wilson. Now, you'd

01:10expect Trippier, if he is fit, you'd expect him to still start on the bench, such as the

01:14form of Tino Liveromento recently, obviously making his England debut and impressing Foney

01:18Gasol this season. And of course, his other option is whether Callum Wilson is fit enough

01:23to make a matchday squad for what will be the first time this season, including pre-season

01:27as well. As you know, it's been a long time since we've seen Wilson in action. He's only

01:31made six Premier League appearances this calendar year, so it'll be really good to see him back

01:35if he can have him back. And obviously, we all know his brilliant record against West

01:39Ham, 12 goals in 14 games for Bournemouth and Newcastle. He's only not scored against

01:46West Ham in a season twice during his career, so he's got a brilliant record against West

01:50Ham. He loves scoring against them. It'll be a great boost to see him back if that is

01:54something that Newcastle can do. Eddie Howe will speak to the media on Friday. No doubt

01:58you'll be asked about the fitness of Wilson, Trippier, ahead of that game, and obviously

02:03all the other players. But I think they're the two that you would hope, or Eddie Howe

02:06would certainly hope to potentially have back ahead of that game. And yeah, as mentioned,

02:12it's going to be a big game for Newcastle. It's a big game for West Ham. They've not

02:14started brilliant under Hula Nobategui, and they will be keen to kick-start that at Newcastle.

02:22Both sides in the last six games at St James' Park have picked up eight points each, two

02:26wins and two draws apiece for each team. So, you know, it's a game, historically, or certainly

02:31in recent history, it's quite close, quite a close match, two teams really. Newcastle

02:38will go into the game above West Ham. As I mentioned on my last video, Newcastle can

02:42start as low as 13th in the table on Monday against West Ham, but they could also finish

02:47as high as third, so it's a big gap. West Ham, similarly, they could start the game

02:51in 16th place, if ever, and then Ipswich get wins on Saturday. So it's a massive game

02:55for both teams. Newcastle will start as favourites and we'll be confident that they can continue

03:00that good form that they had before the international break. But as mentioned, you know, West Ham

03:04have got some quality players. We all know Jared Bowen, he loves the goal against Newcastle

03:08United. Mohamed Kudus, who did last year, he scored twice against Newcastle, he won't

03:11be playing, he's suspended. But other than that, you know, West Ham still got some good

03:14quality players in there and it'll be a tricky game. But as mentioned, as in St James' Park,

03:18under the lights, it'll be one that Newcastle back themselves with and if they can get that

03:21boost of Trevier back or Wilson back, or even the pair, then they'll head into that game

03:26full of confidence on Monday night.

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