Newcastle are back in Champions League action on Tuesday evening for the first time in 20 years, as they travel to the San Siro to take on AC Milan in their opening Group F encounter.
Newcastle head into their first Champions League match in two decades as they ever-so-slight underdogs for victory in Milan, with talkSPORT BET pricing an away win at 31/20.
AC Milan are the marginal favourites for victory in the opening Champions League match of the season, priced at 29/20. A draw is priced at 23/10.
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Tuesday evening's match in Milan will be Newcastle's first match in the Champions League since a penalty shoot-out defeat at home to Partizan Belgrade in the third round of Champions League qualifying back in August 2003.
It's been a long 20 years for Newcastle fans, which has two different spells in the Championship, but the Magpies are back in the big time, competing with Europe's elite on the biggest stage of them all.
Newcastle's fourth place finish in the Premier League last season ensured a return to the group stage of Europe's premier club competition, with their campaign starting in Milan against least season's semi-finalists at the San Siro on Tuesday evening.
Eddie Howe's side prepared themselves for the match by ending their three match losing streak in the Premier League following a tough start to their domestic campaign, as Callum Wilson's penalty guided the Magpies
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