Eddie Howe’s side faces an uphill battle against Southampton after defender Fabian Schar received a straight red card after just 28 minutes.
Coming off the back of a relatively disappointing season, Newcastle fans would’ve been looking forward to a fresh start with newly promoted Southampton the first hurdle standing in their way.
But after a promising start for the Magpies, they have been dealt a hammer blow to their chances of winning the game.
Switzerland international Schar got into a heated tussle with Ben Breteron Diaz where he pushed his head into his opponents, causing the forward to fall to the ground.
🚨🚨| RED CARD: Fabian Schar is sent off!!!
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It was a South American style “dive”. As Tim Howard remarked, he hardly touched him. Yellow card maybe.