Same again for Keegan

Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan hopes to be able to name the same side yet again for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Sunderland.

Keegan has no new injury worries other than niggles and could select the 11 men who have started four of the last five games.

James Milner and Stephen Carr have an outside chance of making the squad after recovering from foot and hamstring injuries respectively and Claudio Cacapa (groin) and Peter Ramage (knee) are all closing in on returns, while Shay Given is still fighting his way back from groin surgery.

Provisional squad: Harper, Forster, Beye, Enrique, Taylor, Faye, Edgar, Butt, N’Zogbia, Duff, Barton, Geremi, Owen, Smith, Martins, Viduka, Carroll.