Valentino Livramento Injury: No longer wearing brace

Livramento (knee) is "out of the brace," but there are "no massive changes to the time frame he was given" to return from injury, manager Eddie Howe told media Friday.

Livramento is nowhere near returning to action, but the left-back seems to be progressing well in his recovery from the knee injury he sustained against Arsenal in late September. With Lewis Hall (hamstring) also out, Kieran Trippier and Dan Burn are expected to play as the full-backs for the Magpies until further notice.