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Rafa Benitez absolutely must not risk these two Newcastle United lynchpins against Bristol City

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Matt Ritchie

Having played his way through a run of poor form towards the end of 2016, the Scotland international seems to have found the sort of cutting edge that made him such a threat earlier on in the campaign. Most of what Newcastle do well flows through the ex-Bournemouth ace, so the idea of him missing big games is a scary one indeed.

Christian Astu is a capable replacement.

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