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NEWCASTLE v MIDDLESBROUGH TEAM NEWS
Yakubu is a doubt for Boro after damaging his hp in Saturday's goalless draw with Manchester City. It won;t be know whether he plays or not until the actual line-ups are announced.
Fabio Rochemback misses his second game with a calf problem and joins the usual list of names in Boro's overworked treatment room.
From the top - George Boateng, Ray Parlour, Stewey Downing, Malcolm Christie, Tony McMahon and Szilard Nemeth are all out.
For the Geordies, Michael Owen has broken his metatarsal, as if you didn't already know and keeper Shay Given is a major doubt with a thumb injury. Steve Harper will step in if Given does not make it.
Alan Shearer is the Premiership's leading scorer of all time with 254 goals and is one short of Jackie Milburn's record of 200 goals for the Tyneside club.
Newcastle Squad: Given, Harper, Caig, Carr, Babayaro, Ramage, Boumsong, Bramble, Elliott, Parker, Faye, Luque, Solano, N'Zogbia, Clark, Shearer, Ameobi, Chopra.
Middlesbrough Squad: Schwarzer, Parnaby, Riggott, Southgate, Queudrue, Pogatetz, Doriva, Mendieta, Morrison, Yakubu, Viduka, Hasselbaink, Jones, Maccarone, Bates, Cattermole.
*Milburn's total consists of 177 League goals and 23 in the FA Cup. It does not include the goal he scored in Newcastle's 2-1 loss to Tottenham in the 1951 FA Charity Shield.
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