Taylor to miss Wigan clash

Newcastle defender Steven Taylor is out of tomorrow’s Premier League clash with Wigan.

The England Under-21s skipper missed Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at Fulham with a groin problem and is not yet ready to return, so Claudio Cacapa, who deputised at Craven Cottage, and Sebastien Bassong are standing by.

Michael Owen is again likely to start on the bench, but although Mark Viduka (Achilles) has returned to training, the game will come too soon for him.

Xisco (hamstring) and Igancio Gonzalez (Achilles) are both on the casualty list, as is Alan Smith (stress fracture of the foot).

Squad: Given, Harper, Beye, Enrique, Bassong, Coloccini, Cacapa, Edgar, Butt, Barton, Guthrie, Duff, Gutierrez, Geremi, Ameobi, Owen, Martins, Carroll.