Newcastle duo to miss out

Newcastle boss Sam Allardyce has resigned himself to losing defenders Abdoulaye Faye and Stephen Carr to injury once again for tomorrow night's Premier League clash with leaders Arsenal.

Faye damaged a calf muscle on his return from a hamstring problem at Blackburn on Saturday.

Carr, who replaced him at Ewood Park, felt a tightness in his own hamstring and also had to come off, and both are major doubts.

Steven Taylor (back) could return, but Claudio Cacapa, Michael Owen and Peter Ramage (all knee), Celestine Babayaro (back), and Damien Duff (foot) are still out.

Provisional squad: Given, Harper, Beye, Enrique, Rozehnal, Taylor, Edgar, Butt, Milner, Geremi, Emre, N'Zogbia, Barton, Smith, Viduka, Martins, Ameobi.