Pennant gives inside info

Rafa Benitez signed Pennant from tonight's opponents in the Summer and ahead of the game he has asked the winger for the inside track on Steve Bruce's side.

"I was asking him about how they will play and which players, things that we know but he knows especially," said Benitez.

"He said it would be a very difficult game because they will press us, play a physical game and be good in the air."