Newcastle United welcome fellow strugglers Cardiff City to Tyneside on Saturday afternoon, with both sides aiming to get back to winning ways.
The hosts put in a brave performance at Stamford Bridge last weekend, but ultimately lost out to Chelsea 2-1.
Whereas Cardiff played out a 0-0 draw with Huddersfield Town in Wales, and perhaps got rather fortunate to go away with a point.
Speaking of 0-0s; that was the score when these two teams locked horns in August - and again, Cardiff were lucky to get the draw.
Kenedy missed a 96th minute penalty for the visitors - who played the best part of 25 minutes with a man disadvantage - following Isaac Hayden's red card.
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Team News
Newcastle will assess the fitness of centre-back pairing Jamaal Lascelles and Cieran Clark; with both defenders picking up injuries in the midweek FA Cup victory at Blackburn Rovers.
Fabian Schar and Isaac Hayden also picked up knocks in the tie, but are expected to be fit enough, along with Mo Diame and Kenedy.
However, bad news for Rafael Benitez - as Jonjo Shelvey and Paul Dummett have both been ruled out.
Cardiff could give a debut to their new signing Oumar Niasse - who signed on loan from Everton on Friday.
Sean Morrison is expected to be sidelined, though, with the Bluebirds describing it as a "procedure".
The Managers
Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez: "We must play at home against Burnley, Palace and Huddersfield after this, who maybe we can beat at home, too.
"This is a big game and we want to win; it is not rocket science. But we have to keep going even if we win, or if we don't."
Cardiff City boss Neil Warnock on the Niasse addition: "When I look at the squad, there's not many players on loan who are like Niasse.
"I wanted Nathaniel (Clyne) but that meant I wouldn't have been able to get Niasse because of the rules.
"So it could be fate and now he's got this opportunity to put himself in the shop window."
Match Stats
- The 0-0 draw in August ended the Toon's 10-match winning run in this fixture in the league.
- Newcastle have won their last seven top-flight home meetings in this fixture by an aggregate score of 23-0.
- Rafael Benitez is unbeaten in all six competitive games against Neil Warnock as a manager (W4, D2).
- Neil Warnock is winless in 10 competitive games as a manager against the Magpies, with his last win being a 1-0 win for Sheffield United in November 2006.
- Cardiff have only led in the Premier League this season for a total of 93 minutes, the lowest amount of time in the league.
Betting Odds
Newcastle United: 19/20
Draw: 12/5
Cardiff City: 7/2