On Wednesday, December 13, at 10:00 p.m. on the street James’ Park and will be broadcast live on Digi Sport 2, Orange Sport 2 and Prima Sport 2.

Newcastle (5 points) and AC Milan (5 points) meet in a win-only tie-breaker (draw, both teams are eliminated!), but qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League depends on each of the two teams, and the result of the other match in group between Dortmund (10 points) and PSG (7 points).

Newcastle had a terrible November in the Champions League, picking up just one point from two matches, both away games, 0-2 at Dortmund and 1-1 at PSG (there was a draw in extra-time after Mbappe’s penalty kick! ).

Eddie Howe’s side have a head-to-head advantage against PSG (4-1 home and 1-1 away), so a draw on points with the French champions would see them finish 2nd and qualify for the play-offs (if they beat Milan , and PSG gets only a draw in Dortmund).

In the Premier League, Newcastle are coming off the back of two painful defeats, 0-3 at Eveton and 1-4 at Tottenham, both away from home, to sit in just 7th place after 16 games with 26 points. seven from the top-4.

Kofenele have several absences for the Milan match, the most important of which are Burn, Pope, Willock (all injured) and Tonali (banned for 10 months for taking part in online betting).

Milan picked up three points from games played in November, 2-1 at PSG and 1-3 at Dortmund, both at home, and would be at a disadvantage against the French champions in the event of a tie on points (0-3 away and 2:1 at home), in case of victory in Newcastle, the Parisians would draw in Germany.

Stefano Pioli’s team is having a hard time in Serie A as well, where after 15 stages they are in 3rd place with 29 points, nine behind the leader “Inter”, and at the last stage of the championship they lost to Atalanta. , score 2-3.

“Devil” cannot count on Kalula, Kier, Okafor and Tia (all injured) in the match in England.

Milan and Newcastle played out a 0-0 draw at the San Siro in the first leg of the tour on 19 September.

Probable teams

Newcastle: Dubravka – Trippier, Lascelles, Schar, Livramento – Miley, Bruno Guimaraes, Joelinton – Almiron, Isaac, Gordon.

Milan: Mainz – Calabria, Tomori, Florenzi, Theo Hernandez – Moussa, Rangers, Loftus-Cheek – Pulisic, Giroud, R. Leao.

Superbet offers odds of 1.65 on the PsF1 prediction: the hosts will lead at half-time or dominate at the end of the Newcastle v AC Milan match.

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