Six Newcastle United players ruled out of tonight's trip to Leicester - but one set to return

Joe Willock may be eligible to play after missing last week’s dismal defeat to Arsenal, but there’s a host of players Steve Bruce will be missing ahead of tonight’s trip to Leicester.

Here’s the SIX set to be unavailable through injury or suspension:

Fabian Schar - Starts a three game ban after the club had an appeal REJECTED to get his recent red card overturned.

Jamaal Lascelles - Remains our with a stress fracture in his foot. Bruce believes he’s ‘touch and go’ to play again this season after only just coming out of his protective boot.

Isaac Hayden - Ruled out for the remainder of the season after suffering a knee injury in that 3-0 defeat at Brighton a few months ago.

Elliot Anderson - Tipped to get game time over the final few games of the season, however he’s now set for a few weeks on the sidelines with a new hip injury.

Ryan Fraser - Continuing his recovery from groin surgery last month. Remains to be seen if he’ll play again this season.

Karl Darlow - Also recovering from a minor operation on his knee, meaning Mark Gillespie will be on the bench at Leicester tonight.

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