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BBC STATS AND PREVIEWS
TEAM NEWS
Newcastle head coach Steve Bruce says he is still without up to five players because of coronavirus.
Jonjo Shelvey, Miguel Almiron and Emil Krath are all pushing for recalls after being among the substitutes at Leeds.
Fulham boss Scott Parker has suggested he may rotate his squad given the busy festive fixture programme.
Bobby Decordova-Reid has a minor thigh muscle injury and could miss out, with ex-Newcastle forward Aleksandar Mitrovic an option to replace him.
Players 'overwhelmingly support' continuing to take a knee
Premier League approves permanent concussion substitutes
LAWRO'S PREDICTION
Fulham have picked up a couple of decent draws in the past few days, against Liverpool and then Brighton, but they were hanging on in both games.
Newcastle fell apart at the end against Leeds in midweek but they are at home this time and they will expect to win this game - their recent record at St James' Park against teams below them in the table is pretty good.
Prediction: 2-0
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MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Newcastle have lost just one of the past five Premier League meetings, winning three times and drawing once.
However, the Magpies have registered only one win in the most recent five encounters in all competitions, with Fulham completing the Championship double over them in 2016-17.
Fulham failed to score in four of their last five Premier League fixtures between the sides.
The clubs played out a goalless draw when they last met at St James' Park in December 2018.
Newcastle United
Newcastle can reach 20 points after 13 Premier League fixtures for the first time since 2013-14.
Steve Bruce's side are attempting to win a fourth home game out of six.
The Magpies are without a clean sheet at St James' Park in 10 attempts.
They have won their final pre-Christmas league match in each of the past five seasons.
Newcastle face a newly-promoted side for the third consecutive fixture.
The Magpies have opened the scoring in their past three matches.
Callum Wilson has either scored or assisted 10 goals in his 11 league appearances for Newcastle.
Fulham
Fulham have lost only one of four league games and have recorded back-to-back draws.
They have been beaten in 22 of their past 27 Premier League away games, winning twice and drawing three times.
The Cottagers have won just four of their last 25 top-flight matches played in December.
Fulham could keep back-to-back Premier League clean sheets for the first time since April 2019.
They have registered just two clean sheets in their past 43 top-flight away games, albeit one of those was at Newcastle in December 2018.
Fulham are the only side yet to concede a goal from outside the penalty area this season.
The Cottagers are one short of 300 top-flight away defeats.
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