{"id":99140,"date":"2025-10-02T13:39:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/99140\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T13:39:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T13:39:10","slug":"gordon-on-pens-livramento-wissa-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/99140\/","title":{"rendered":"Gordon on pens, Livramento + Wissa updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle United warmed up for Gameweek 7 in convincing fashion with a thumping 4-0 win in Belgium on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Assessing the match from a Fantasy perspective, here are our latest Scout Notes.<\/p>\n

RESULT<\/p>\nTeamOpponentResultGoalsAssists<\/tr>\n\nNewcastle United<\/td>\nUSG (a)<\/td>\n4-0 win<\/td>\nWoltemade, Gordon pens x2, Barnes<\/td>\nTonali, Elanga, Osula<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

SELECTION\/ROTATION<\/p>\nTeam<\/strong>No. of starting XI changes made from GW6<\/strong>Players who kept their places (mins played)<\/strong>Mins for other players<\/strong><\/tr>\n\nNewcastle United<\/td>\n2<\/td>\nPope (90), Thiaw (90), Botman (90), Burn (90), Tonali (90), Gordon (90), Guimaraes (73), Woltemade (73), Joelinton (59)<\/td>\nTrippier (83), Elanga (73), Miley (31), Hall (17), Osula (17), Barnes (17), Schar (7)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

GORDON ON PENS<\/p>\n

The big talking point from Wednesday was Anthony Gordon<\/strong>\u2018s (\u00a37.4m) two goals from the penalty spot.<\/p>\n

There had been some debate over who would succeed Alexander Isak<\/strong> (\u00a310.6m) and Callum Wilson<\/strong> (\u00a35.9m) as first-choice taker at Newcastle following their summer exits.<\/p>\n

Gordon had been third in line while those two were at the club, scoring three of his four spot-kicks for the Magpies before midweek.<\/p>\n

But with Nick Woltemade<\/strong> (\u00a37.1m) arriving, there was a thought that the German striker would assume responsibility.<\/p>\n

Not so, with Gordon taking and scoring two \u2013 both excellent, confident penalties \u2013 in Belgium.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think that Anthony\u2019s been practising them a lot. He\u2019s been working very hard on his routine. You can see that he\u2019s very focused. I was really pleased with how we took the two penalties and I think when you see someone as dedicated as he\u2019s been towards that, yeah, I had no hesitation in giving him that role.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe on Anthony Gordon\u2019s penalties<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Woltemade was visibly miffed at his teammate hogging the duties but Eddie Howe had no issue with that.<\/p>\n

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\u201cNo, I love it. I think the best strikers that I\u2019ve seen and worked with want to score and even if there is a directive, they don\u2019t care. They still want to score and they want they want that responsibility because that\u2019s what they live to do. So, I\u2019ve got no issue with that at all.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe on whether Nick Woltemade wanting penalties was a problem<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

LIVRAMENTO + WISSA UPDATES<\/p>\n

In case you missed our early team news round-up<\/a>, we finally have a timeline on\u00a0Tino Livramento<\/strong> (\u00a35.1m), who picked up a knee injury in Gameweek 6.<\/p>\n

Howe provided the latest after full-time on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFrom yesterday, Tino we think will be roughly around six to eight weeks, which is probably positive from where we were after the game, thinking it might be months.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re probably looking, not this international break but maybe the next one, he could be back. It\u2019s certainly more positive than we initially feared.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe on Tino Livramento, speaking on Wednesday<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There was also an update from Howe on Yoane Wissa<\/strong>\u00a0(\u00a37.4m), who, like Jacob Ramsey<\/strong>\u00a0(\u00a35.3m), remains out until after the October international break.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think we\u2019re still on track for where we were, which is after this international break coming up.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe hasn\u2019t trained on the grass yet, so we haven\u2019t seen him as part of any team training. At the moment, that\u2019s the schedule, but we\u2019ll wait and see.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe on Yoane Wissa<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fabian Schar<\/strong> (\u00a35.4m) returned from a head injury as a substitute last night.<\/p>\n

BURN AT LEFT-BACK AGAIN<\/p>\n

With Livramento out, Kieran Trippier<\/strong> (\u00a35.0m) came back into the side as one of two starting XI changes. Anthony Elanga<\/strong> (\u00a36.9m) for Jacob Murphy<\/strong> (\u00a36.2m) was the other.<\/p>\n

Trippier has a clearer run at right-back<\/a> with Livramento out, even though he may not start every match between now and Gameweek 12.<\/p>\n

Howe has a wealth of options at the back, indeed.<\/p>\n

Dan Burn<\/strong> (\u00a35.0m) lined up at left-back for the second game running, as he used to do between 2022 and 2024. Malick Thiaw<\/strong> (\u00a34.9m) and Sven Botman<\/strong> (\u00a34.9m) were meanwhile very good again at centre-half, with Schar coming on late in the game.<\/p>\n

All four of those centre-halves finished the match, with Lewis Hall<\/strong> (\u00a35.4m) also on the field! A wealth of options for Howe at the back, then, and more week-to-week uncertainty than we\u2019ve seen in the past in Newcastle\u2019s defence.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think this is the best we\u2019ve seen of Sven since his injury. Very, very pleased with the three games that he\u2019s had because that\u2019s a big physical ask for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, I thought he was outstanding and I think himself and Malick at the heart of the defence used the ball really well and I think that was a big part of how we controlled the game. So yeah, very pleased.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ATTACKING SWAGGER RETURNS \u2013 BUT DOES HOWE ROTATE THIS WEEKEND?<\/p>\n

Howe has been more willing to rotate this season, perhaps learning lessons from 2023\/24 when his Newcastle side were run into the ground by the midweek European commitments.<\/p>\n

The Bournemouth match in Gameweek 5 was a good example, when Bruno Guimaraes<\/strong> (\u00a36.5m) and Joelinton<\/strong> (\u00a35.9m) were benched.<\/p>\n

The hope for Gameweek 7, at least for those targeting Newcastle assets, is that it\u2019s a Wednesday-Sunday turnaround this week, rather than the Thursday-Sunday schedule of Gameweek 5.<\/p>\n

Howe could afford to take Joelinton, Bruno, Woltemade, Trippier and Elanga off early in Belgium, too.<\/p>\n

Gordon has now started three games in a row, just as a caveat, and lasted 90 minutes last night. At least he had the three-match domestic ban earlier in the season to rest up!<\/p>\n

The Newcastle boss may be keen to build on the momentum from last night\u2019s attacking display, too, with it being the best offensive performance of the season to date.<\/p>\n

The Elanga-Woltemade-Gordon frontline really clicked, admittedly against limited opposition, with Elanga probably having his best Newcastle game to date. The winger won the Magpies\u2019 first penalty.<\/p>\n

Woltemade\u2019s instinctive flicked goal was his only shot of the game but his link-up play really does seem to benefit the players outside of him.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA lot of times, he\u2019s the pass before the wingers received the ball and so almost their involvement is reliant on his ability to play that pass. So I think you saw the two Anthonys get a lot of ball because of him.\u201d \u2013 Eddie Howe on Nick Woltemade<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While Newcastle conceded 17 shots to their hosts, over half were from outside the box and not one scored more than 0.10 xG:<\/p>\n

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