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Newcastle v Sunderland (12:45 GMT)
The Newcastle team might feature a couple of new players this weekend - Luuk de Jong has joined on loan from Borussia Monchengladbach and they are chasing Lyon midfielder Clement Grenier too.
That would make it one out - Yohan Cabaye to Paris St-Germain - and two in, and they will probably balance the books at the end of it too.
Former Newcastle midfielder Yohan Cabaye
Cabaye joined Newcastle for £4.8m in July 2011 and has moved to PSG for £19m
It has worked for them in the past, although the majority of the players they signed in the 2013 January transfer window did not really make an impact until this season. Cabaye will be a loss but Newcastle can cope without him.
Sunderland boss Gus Poyet has done a fantastic job, which began with a win over the Magpies in his first home game in charge in October.
But I just wonder if some of the tough games the Black Cats have had in midweek in the last few weeks - for example, both legs of the Capital One Cup semi-final - could catch up with them.
Sunderland enjoyed a great win over Stoke in midweek but they have had 24 hours fewer than Newcastle to prepare for this game, and playing on Wednesday night and again on Saturday lunchtime does not give them much of a turnaround.
Lawro's prediction: 2-0
David's prediction: 1-1
