Hatem Ben Arfa will miss Newcastle's second leg last 32 Europa League tie at Metalist Kharkiv despite having recovered from his hamstring injury.
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The 25-year-old France midfielder has returned to training having been sidelined since December.
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Full-back Davide Santon has been rested but January signings Massadio Haidara, Mapou Yanga Mbiwa and Moussa Sissoko are all included.
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Metalist fact Before meeting Newcastle, Metalist's only clash with English opposition came in the 2007-08 Europa League against Everton.
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The first match at St James' Park ended in a 0-0
draw.
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Newcastle created several chances to score, with striker Papiss Cisse missing good opportunities and having two goals disallowed for offside.
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Fellow forward Shola Ameobi is confident his team- mate will find the net on Thursday.
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"Papiss is pretty easy-going and he knows he is going to get chances playing in this team," said the 31- year-old.
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"With the players he has got behind him feeding, he is going to get chances to score goals, and hopefully he can do that on Thursday.
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"When he gets on a roll, there's no stopping him, so hopefully he can keep getting into those positions and he can start banging them away."