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Can you remember what you were doing in May 2006? Lewis Miley can’t, because he was busy being born. Kobbie Mainoo can’t either, because he had only just turned one. Miley is now 17, Mainoo 18. They’re both starting in midfield tonight, neither of them looking remotely like a novice, and both were featured in this morning’s paper.
A couple of interesting predictions, both from Opta. On this game, the algorithm says it’s too close to call: Newcastle 36pc chance of a win, Man U 34pc, the draw 28pc. But when it gazes out at the season as a whole, it decides that Newcastle are easily the better side with a 29.6pc chance of making the top four to Man U’s 8pc.