Shane Duffy has been thrown in for his Albion debut at Newcastle today.
The new signing from Blackburn takes over alongside Lewis Dunk in central defence at Newcastle while Bruno switches to his preferred right-back berth.
Sam Baldock gets the nod to partner Glenn Murray in attack and Dale Stephens is on a bench which, in the absence of injured Liam Rosenior, also includes young right-back Rob Hunt.
Uwe Huenemeier, just back from a lengthy injury-enforced absence, travelled but is not risked in the 18. The German defender did a running session on the pitch in the hour ahead of kick-off.
Ayoze Perez leads the Newcastle attack in the absence of both four-goal Dwight Gayle and Aleksandar Mitrovic with head injuries.
Newcastle: Sels; Anita, Mbemba, Lascelles, Dummett; Shelvey, Hayden; Ritchie, Diame, Gouffran; Perez. Subs: Darlow, Clark, Hanley, Colback, Yedlin, Gamez, Armstrong.
Albion: Stockdale; Bruno, Duffy, Dunk, Bong; Knockaert, Kayal, Sidwell, Skalak; Murray, Baldock. Subs: Maenpaa, Hunt, Stephens, Norwood, Murphy, LuaLua, Hemed.
Ref: Keith Stroud
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