Newcastle returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a win over lowly Southampton, and face Fulham at St. James’ Park next.

Newcastle United's top-four chase gets a visit from a Fulham side seeking to restore their European hopes at St. James' Park on Saturday.

While it was an afternoon which delivered plenty of negatives for Forest, the creativity of Anthony Elanga should have seen him have some form of goal involvement. The winger created a season-high five chances for teammates, extending his run of at least one chance to five games.

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This was just the second time Marco Silva's side failed to score at home in the league this season (0-0 vs Southampton in December).

Bruno Fernandes struck in stoppage time against Rangers to boost United’s hopes in the Europa League, but they remain in 13th in the Premier League table with their only win in their last six games against bottom club Southampton.

Newcastle striker Isak has scored more Premier League goals than any other player (13), also outscoring six different teams in that time

Manchester United have been hit with a fresh batch on injury doubts heading into Sunday's clash with Fulham at Craven Cottage.

Newcastle United host Fulham on Saturday aiming for back-to-back Premier League wins with Eddie Howe hopefully having a near-full complement of players to pick from.

Fulham have enjoyed a strong start to their under-18s league campaign, currently sitting fourth in the table with 19 points from 10 games (six wins, three losses, one draw). Like us, they come into this fixture on the back of a victory, having beaten Southampton 2-1 last weekend.

Manchester United are still struggling to get into the top half of the Premier League table and face a Fulham side sitting in 10th.

Southampton are bottom of the Premier League table with just six points from 23 games; they need another six points to avoid the tag of the worst team in Premier League history.