Match preview: Albion face Newcastle in final US match

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We complete our Premier League Summer Series tour in New Jersey.

Charlie Hanson

2023-07-28T06:00:00Z

Simon Adingra gave us a glimpse of his ability in an Albion shirt, firing in twice in our 2-0 win over Brentford.

We round off our pre-season tour of the USA on Friday as we take on Newcastle United at the Red Bull Arena, New Jersey.

We kick-off at 7.30pm local time (12.30 in the morning in the UK). Supporters outside of the UK and USA can watch the game live on the club website, while Sky Sports will be showing the game in the UK and NBC will be broadcasting to our fans in the USA.

Having narrowly lost our opening Premier League Summer Series match 4-3 to Chelsea, we responded with a 2-0 victory over Brentford in Atlanta on Wednesday night.

The Magpies on the other hand have drawn both of their matches against Aston Villa (3-3) and Chelsea (1-1).

The opposition

Eddie Howe has been active in the transfer market so far, bringing in key targets in Sandro Tonali from AC Milan and Harvey Barnes from Leicester City.

They have bolstered a team that finished fourth in the Premier League last season, seeing them qualify for the Champions League for the first time since 2003.

Our last meeting - Newcastle 4 Albion 1, May 2023

Deniz Undav’s own goal and Dan Burn’s effort just before half-time put Newcastle in control, before our German striker pulled one back just after the break. We would be punished for looking for late goals though, as Callum Wilson and Bruno Guimaraes fired in late on to make it 4-1.

Match officials

Referee: Sergii Demianchuk.

Assistants: Chris Elliott, Walt Heatherly.

Fourth official: Ernie Constantine.