Premier League talking points: Sky Sports football writers analyse key talking points from midweek fixtures
Newcastle vs Everton - Tuesday, kick-off 7.30pm
The good news for Everton? Old friend Anthony Gordon is suspended for Newcastle for their trip to St James' Park. The bad news? Harvey Barnes looks ready to step into Gordon's shoes.
Gordon was a constant pain for West Ham in Newcastle's 4-3 win on Saturday, winning two penalties and setting up another goal before getting himself clumsily sent off.
That would have been a blow for Newcastle had Barnes not stepped off the bench and scored twice to complete the turnaround. For once, Eddie Howe has an availability problem that actually fixes itself.
Barnes has endured a difficult debut season at Newcastle, with a mid-season foot injury overshadowing some dangerous cameo appearances off the bench. Should the 26-year-old be chosen as Gordon's replacement on Tuesday night against Everton, it will be just his third start since his £50m move from Leicester.
And this may be the perfect game to welcome him back, Barnes has scored against Everton in each of the last two seasons.
Sam Blitz
Nottingham Forest vs Fulham - Tuesday, kick-off 7.30pm
The loan signing of Armando Broja from Chelsea was not cheap but perhaps it has paid for itself in an unusual way if his arrival has had any impact whatsoever in the dramatic turnaround in form of Rodrigo Muniz. It is eight in eight for Muniz since Broja signed.
Fulham have scored 18 goals in total in those games, playing the sort of care-free football under Marco Silva that one might hope to see of a team that has no chance of being relegated and little more chance of forcing their way into the European conversation.
On the beach? Not quite. But it makes this the sort of game that Nottingham Forest need to make count if they are to enjoy a rematch next
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