Matthias Jaissle names strong Newcastle United line-up v Leverkusen as exciting midfield partnership named
Newcastle United host Bayer Leverkusen at St James’ Park this afternoon.
Newcastle United’s team to face Bayer Leverkusen at St James’ Park has been confirmed.
The two notable inclusions in the starting line-up are brothers Lewis and Mason Miley, who start together in a first-team match for the first time.
Remarkably, it’s not the first time Lewis Miley has played alongside one of his siblings for Newcastle. He also played alongside older brother Jamie in friendly matches for Newcastle.
Now, Mason and Lewis will be hoping to follow in the footsteps of brothers Sean and Matty Longstaff as well as Shola and Sammy Ameobi in playing a competitive first-team match together for Newcastle.
The match also marks Lewis Miley’s return from a three-month injury absence, having broken his fibula in training at the back end of last season. He lines up alongside 18-year-old summer signing Sean Steur in what is sure to be an exciting, youthful midfield partnership.
Matthias Jaissle’s squad will be split over the Visit Malta weekend matches, with players not involved against Leverkusen set to be involved against Strasbourg on Sunday. The bench in both matches is set to be made up of academy players.
It’s just over a week until Newcastle get their Premier League season underway against Liverpool at St James’ Park.
NUFC line-up v Bayer Leverkusen
NUFC XI v Bayer Leverkusen: Hornicek; M.Miley, Thiaw (c), Botman, Hall; Steur, L.Miley; Elanga, Woltemade, Barnes; Wissa
Subs: Harris, Charlton, Pivas, Sanusi, Johnson, Finneran, Neave