Newcastle United's manager, Alan Pardew, has resisted the temptation to throw Hatem Ben Arfa back into Europa League action. The French midfielder, who has been sidelined since December with a hamstring injury, is back in training, but is more likely to figure in Sunday's Premier League match with Southampton.
Davide Santon has been rested while his fellow full-back Mathieu Debuchy and striker Yoan Gouffran are ineligible, but the January signings Massadio Haidara, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa and Moussa Sissoko are all included.
The sides drew 0-0 in the first leg but the Metalist manager, Myron Markevich, says that does not mean his team are automatically favourites. "As I said after the first game, Newcastle are a very good team and they shouldn't be in the position they are in," he said.
Newcastle from Krul, Elliot, Simpson, Haidara, Coloccini, Taylor, Yanga-Mbiwa, Perch, Tioté, Anita, Bigirimana, Cabaye, Gutiérrez, Marveaux, Obertan, Sissoko, Gosling, Cissé, Sh Ameobi.
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