Brighton should aim to "get at" Newcastle from the first minute at St James’ Park on Saturday, says former Albion midfielder Warren Aspinall, who believes the home crowd will “turn on” their team.
On the back of a dominant 3-0 victory against Chelsea last weekend, Aspinall doesn’t want a lot to change from Fabian Hurzeler’s side.
"I think Danny Welbeck will come in for Georginio Rutter but that will be it," Aspinall told BBC Radio Sussex's Albion Unlimited podcast.
"It's all about what we do and I'm sick of saying this but, who's going to be the X factor for Brighton on Saturday? Who's going to step up to the plate and keep this run going? That's what I'm asking and I think it will be our wide players.
"They need to put the foot down on the accelerator from the word 'go' – high intensity football like we did in the Chelsea game.
"This crowd will turn on Newcastle. I'm sure some of these players will go into their shell and not many of them go into the trenches when the going gets tough so, I'm hoping we get after them, get an early goal and the crowd will turn on them."
BBC Radio Newcastle's Matthew Raisbeck provided squad news for the Magpies as they're set to navigate injuries in their backline.
"Anthony Gordon's missed two matches with a minor hip injury but they're hoping to get him training this week and as of last Friday, Eddie Howe said they were looking at this Brighton match for him to get back," Raisbeck said.
"No Tino Livramento – he's picked up a thigh injury. Fabian Schar, the centre-half, wouldn't expect him back in the squad just yet.
"But they actually don't have too many injuries which is a good thing because they've been without so many players throughout the season."
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