Ben Burgess is Blackpool's only injury doubt for Wednesday night's much-anticipated home clash with Newcastle.

The striker is rated as 50/50 to shake off a swollen knee which flared up once more after he returned to the Seasiders' starting line-up in the weekend defeat at Leicester.

Elsewhere, former Watford forward Hameur Bouazza is expected to make his home debut after signing a deal at Bloomfield Road last week.

Ahead of the game Blackpool boss Ian Holloway has called on his side to cast off their supposed "small team" mentality.

"This sort of air about us, this 'oh we've done well, we've punched above our weight' - what a load of rubbish. I'm sick and fed up of `little Blackpool' because I don't think we are little," he told the Blackpool Gazette.

"I want to banish that because I still think I can see little bits of it. I want my players to be proud of what they do and the way they've been doing it. This is the Championship."