{"id":170397,"date":"2025-09-30T12:47:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/170397\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T12:47:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:47:09","slug":"newcastle-united-confirm-double-injury-boost-before-usg-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/170397\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle United confirm double injury boost before USG clash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Newcastle United squad are on their way to Brussels for the Champions League clash with Union Saint-Gilloise.<\/p>\n<p>On the back of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/match\/newcastle-united-player-ratings-vs-arsenal-fc-premier-league-2025-woltemade-livramento\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle losing to Arsenal<\/a>, Eddie Howe and his players have no time to feel sorry for themselves. The games are coming thick and fast, as they prepare to take on Union Saint-Gilloise on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/news\/newcastle-united-injury-update-schar-wissa-ramsey-latest-news-return-dates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yoane Wissa and Jacob Ramsey are injured<\/a> and will miss the game, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/news\/luke-edwards-shares-tino-livramento-update-after-newcastle-united-injury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tino Livramento should be absent<\/a> too after he was stretchered off during Sunday\u2019s defeat to Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>His absence will be a major blow, but the Magpies have been handed a double fitness boost ahead of their second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/tag\/champions-league\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Champions League<\/a> game of the season.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2235352615-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Fabian Schar poses with a ball during Newcastle United's Champions League photoshoot.\" \/>Photo by Pat Elmont \u2013 UEFA\/UEFA via Getty ImagesLewis Hall and Fabian Schar return for Newcastle United<\/p>\n<p>The club\u2019s social media team have posted official photos of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/club\/first-team-squad\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle United squad<\/a> boarding a plane to Belgium on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The likes of Nick Woltemade and Joelinton have been pictured at the airport, alongside two players who missed the defeat to Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/tag\/lewis-hall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hall<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/tag\/fabian-schar\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabian Schar<\/a> are flying to Brussels for the game against Union Saint-Gilloise, which would imply that they are fit to return to the side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/news\/3m-newcastle-united-star-spotted-back-in-training-ahead-of-arsenal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Schar has been absent<\/a> due to a concussion he suffered against Barcelona, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/news\/eddie-howe-says-whether-lewis-hall-will-return-for-union-saint-gilloise-vs-newcastle-united\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lewis Hall missed the Arsenal defeat<\/a> due to fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>Their returns are welcome, as the Magpies aim to record their first away win in the Champions League since February 2003.<\/p>\n<p>No Jamaal Lascelles after Newcastle United cameo vs Arsenal<\/p>\n<p>Concussion resulted in Schar missing three games in a row, culminating in the 2-1 loss to Arsenal. <\/p>\n<p>In his absence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/tag\/jamaal-lascelles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamaal Lascelles<\/a> was required to make an appearance off the bench. It is the second time this season that the centre-back has featured as a substitute, having recovered from an ACL injury.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 31-year-old will not be involved against Union Saint-Gilloise. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/news\/newcastle-uniteds-psg-hero-who-is-being-forced-to-miss-blockbuster-barcelona-tie\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lascelles is not in the Champions League squad<\/a>, with the Magpies only able to name a group of 21 due to a lack of club-trained players.<\/p>\n<p>That makes Schar\u2019s return all the more important, and it will be interesting to see if Eddie Howe immediately restores him to the starting XI. That could be difficult, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geordiebootboys.com\/opinion\/eddie-howe-cannot-drop-newcastle-uniteds-signing-of-the-summer-and-its-not-nick-woltemade\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malick Thiaw has played very well<\/a> in Schar\u2019s absence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Newcastle United squad are on their way to Brussels for the Champions League clash with Union Saint-Gilloise.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1669,70692,218,40571,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-170397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-champions-league","tag-fabian-schar","tag-football","tag-lewis-hall","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}