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Tuesday 29 October 2013

Jovetic: Due a game Newcastle will hope to bounce back from their derby defeat when they take on Manchester City in the Capital One Cup at St James' Park on Wednesday. The Magpies became the first team to lose to Sunderland in the league this season when Fabio Borini's scorcher made it 2-1 to the Black Cats, and there is no respite for Alan Pardew's men as they vie with the Citizens for a place in the quarter-finals of the league cup. The Toon reached the last-16 with a 2-0 win over Championship outfit Leeds United at the back end of September through goals from Papiss Cisse and Yoan Gouffran. City, meanwhile, exacted some revenge on their conquerors in last season's FA Cup as they thrashed Wigan 5-0 in the previous round, but they too head into Wednesday's clash on the back of a defeat, having conceded a late goal to Fernando Torres to lose 2-1 to Chelsea at the weekend. Both managers are likely to tweak their starting line-ups, with Pardew's hand being forced at the back where both Fabricio Coloccini and Steven Taylor are injury doubts. Manuel Pellegrini, meanwhile, is expected to draft in Stevan Jovetic who bagged a brace against the Latics, with Martin Demichelis expected to continue at the back after making his debut against the Blues.

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