Published: April 22, 2021 8:03 pm
Last Updated: April 22, 2021 8:11 pm
Photos stemming from Newcastle United’s training ground on Thursday will no doubt bring a smile to the faces of the club’s fans.
Newcastle on the up
Steve Bruce’s men are set to return to action on Saturday afternoon.
The Magpies will make the trip to Anfield, for a daunting Premier League meeting with champions Liverpool.
Newcastle will no doubt head to Merseyside with confidence high in the club’s camp, though, on the back of a timely upturn in form of late.
After being sucked back into the relegation battle, Bruce and co. have managed to secure seven points from an available nine over the last couple of weeks, with their latest outing having seen the Geordie outfit down high-flying West Ham by 3 goals to 2.
Willock’s winner! ?
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— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) April 17, 2021
Liverpool, on the other hand, have been held to successive stalemates in their last two outings, versus Real Madrid and Leeds.
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As such, Saturday’s visitors to Anfield could well fancy their chances of an upset, a result which would all-but secure their top-flight status for another season.
And, on Thursday, Newcastle’s hopes of exactly that have been handed a boost.
This comes in the form of the return of a key member of Steve Bruce’s squad to training. The player in question? Allan Saint-Maximin.
Wide-man Saint-Maximin was of course forced out of the Magpies’ meeting with West Ham last time out, after picking up an ankle problem.
In turn, with the Frenchman having majorly struggled for fitness this season, his participation this weekend was immediately thrown up in the air.
If the latest photos emerging from Newcastle’s training ground are anything to go by, though, then Saint-Maximin looks in line to feature from the off:
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— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) April 22, 2021
Fabian Schar’s return to first-team training has also been confirmed:
Big boost to see Allan Saint-Maximin and Fabian Schar back in training. Saint-Maximin has turned things around for #nufc and getting a game or two from Schar could help clinch safety.
— Lee Ryder (@lee_ryder) April 22, 2021
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Premier League table
| # | Team | MP | D | P |
| 1 | Manchester City FC | 33 | 45 | 77 |
| 2 | Manchester United FC | 32 | 29 | 66 |
| 3 | Leicester City FC | 31 | 18 | 56 |
| 4 | Chelsea FC | 32 | 19 | 55 |
| 5 | West Ham United FC | 32 | 11 | 55 |
| 6 | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 33 | 18 | 53 |
| 7 | Liverpool FC | 32 | 16 | 53 |
| 8 | Everton FC | 31 | 3 | 49 |
| 9 | Arsenal FC | 32 | 8 | 46 |
| 10 | Leeds United | 32 | 0 | 46 |
| 11 | Aston Villa FC | 31 | 9 | 44 |
| 12 | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 32 | -9 | 41 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace FC | 31 | -19 | 38 |
| 14 | Southampton FC | 32 | -18 | 36 |
| 15 | Newcastle United FC | 32 | -18 | 35 |
| 16 | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 32 | -5 | 34 |
| 17 | Burnley FC | 32 | -19 | 33 |
| 18 | Fulham FC | 33 | -18 | 27 |
| 19 | West Bromwich Albion | 31 | -31 | 24 |
| 20 | Sheffield United FC | 32 | -39 | 14 |
| Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 21 |
| Salah, Mohamed | Liverpool FC | 19 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 16 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 15 |
| Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 14 |
| Calvert-Lewin, Dominic | Everton FC | 14 |
| Lacazette, Alexandre | Arsenal FC | 13 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 12 |
| Watkins, Ollie | Aston Villa FC | 12 |
| Gundogan, Ilkay | Manchester City FC | 12 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 10 |
| Wilson, Callum | Newcastle United FC | 10 |
| Ings, Danny | Southampton FC | 10 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 9 |
| Mahrez, Riyad | Manchester City FC | 9 |
| Barnes, Harvey | Leicester City FC | 9 |
| Lingard, Jesse | West Ham United FC | 9 |
| Zaha, Wilfried | Crystal Palace FC | 9 |
| Aubameyang, Pierre-Emerick | Arsenal FC | 9 |
| Soucek, Tomas | West Ham United FC | 9 |
| Player | Team | Red Cards | Yellow Cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maguire, Harry | Manchester United FC | 0 | 9 |
| Lundstram, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 8 |
| Gallagher, Conor | West Bromwich Albion | 0 | 8 |
| Bellerin, Hector | Arsenal FC | 0 | 8 |
| Milivojevic, Luka | Crystal Palace FC | 1 | 7 |
| Luiz, Douglas | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 7 |
| Hayden, Isaac | Newcastle United FC | 0 | 8 |
| Soucek, Tomas | West Ham United FC | 1 | 6 |
| McGinn, John | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 7 |
| Shaw, Luke | Manchester United FC | 0 | 7 |
| Neves, Ruben | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 0 | 7 |
| Reid, Bobby | Fulham FC | 0 | 7 |
| Hojbjerg, Pierre | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 0 | 7 |
| Xhaka, Granit | Arsenal FC | 1 | 6 |
| Andersen, Joachim | Fulham FC | 1 | 6 |
| Phillips, Kalvin | Leeds United | 0 | 7 |
| Cash, Matty | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 6 |
| Evans, Jonny | Leicester City FC | 0 | 7 |
| Egan, John | Sheffield United FC | 1 | 6 |
| Targett, Matt | Aston Villa FC | 0 | 7 |
| Player | Team | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| Kane, Harry | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 13 |
| Fernandes, Bruno | Manchester United FC | 11 |
| Grealish, Jack | Aston Villa FC | 10 |
| De Bruyne, Kevin | Manchester City FC | 10 |
| Son, Heung Min | Tottenham Hotspur FC | 9 |
| Rashford, Marcus | Manchester United FC | 8 |
| Cresswell, Aaron | West Ham United FC | 7 |
| Bamford, Patrick | Leeds United | 6 |
| Vardy, Jamie | Leicester City FC | 6 |
| Sterling, Raheem | Manchester City FC | 6 |
| Mane, Sadio | Liverpool FC | 6 |
| Pereira, Matheus | West Bromwich Albion | 6 |
| Ward-Prowse, James | Southampton FC | 6 |
| Harrison, Jack | Leeds United | 6 |
| Raphinha | Leeds United | 6 |
| Werner, Timo | Chelsea FC | 6 |
| Neto, Pedro | Wolverhampton Wanderers FC | 6 |
| Gross, Pascal | Brighton & Hove Albion FC | 6 |
| Silva, Bernardo | Manchester City FC | 6 |
| Digne, Lucas | Everton FC | 6 |
