St James' Park is the venue for the early Premier League kickoff on Boxing Day, as Newcastle United host Nottingham Forest at 12.30pm.
Both teams have weekend mistakes to rectify on Tuesday, as Eddie Howe's men lost 1-0 to Luton Town on Saturday, while Nuno Espirito Santo's first game in charge of the Garibaldi ended in a gut-wrenching 3-2 defeat to Bournemouth.
Four days on from an agonising EFL Cup exit at the hands of Chelsea in the quarter-finals, the former Champions League competitors were undone by an old flame in Andros Townsend, whose 25th-minute header at Kenilworth Road propelled Luton to victory on an emotionally-charged afternoon for the Tom Lockyer-less Hatters.
It was not for the want of trying for Newcastle, who had 65% of the ball and saw an Alexander Isak equaliser ruled out for the tightest of offsides, but the form book now reads five defeats from six games for Tuesday's hosts, who have been demoted to seventh place in the rankings owing to West Ham United's 2-0 victory over Manchester United.
A trip to Liverpool on January 1 also has the potential to spoil the Magpies' New Year party, but Howe's men can take some solace in the fact that four of their five recent losses have come away from St James' Park, where they crushed 10-man Fulham 3-0 on December 16.
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