Overview
- The match kicks off at St James’ Park on Saturday at 15:00 BST with Newcastle aiming to recover from recent heavy defeat and Hull looking to extend an unbeaten four‑game start.
- Newcastle’s 4-1 loss at Leeds on Monday sharply highlighted defensive fragility, with the club facing the most shots in the league and few recent clean sheets.
- Head coach Matthias Jaissle confirmed Anthony Elanga is heading for an MRI and will miss the game and Amar Dedić is ruled out, while Hull are likely to be without Nobel Mendy because of a concussion and have several other absences.
- Tactically the game pits Jaissle’s intended high‑intensity 4-2-3-1 press and vertical play against Sergej Jakirović’s pragmatic 5-4-1 that sits deep and breaks quickly.
- The fixture is not shown live in the UK because of the 3pm broadcast blackout but is available to international viewers on services such as Peacock and Stan Sport, and the result carries extra weight before the upcoming international break for both squads.