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Newcastle go into their match against Swansea at St James Park knowing that only a victory will give them a chance of remaining in the race for survival. The Tynesiders are six points adrift of safety with as many games remaining and manager Rafael Benitez will be aiming to record his first victory since taking over.They also face Manchester City at home on Tuesday and the next two matches could go a long way towards deciding their fate. The Swans head into the match having hit the 40-point mark courtesy of their 1-0 win against reigning Premier League champions Chelsea last time out. Why Rafael Benitez thinks Newcastles match with Swansea could define their Premier League season Team newsMidfielder Jack Colback is available for Newcastle after serving a two-match ban for collecting 10 bookings.He will be joined in the squad by left-back Paul Dummett on his return from a hamstring injury, but Benitez will be without right-back Daryl Janmaat, who was prepared to play with two broken fingers but also has a groin injury.He joins keepers Tim Krul and Rob Elliot (both knee) and defenders Fabricio Coloccini (calf), Steven Taylor (muscle strain), Massadio Haidara (knee) and Kevin Mbabu (hip) on the sidelines Jack Colback is available for Newcastle Leon Britton has recovered from a back injury and rejoins the Swansea squad but faces a fight to return to the starting line-up after the Swans beat Chelsea in his absence last weekend.Jack Cork and Leroy Fer look set to continue in central midfield and Alberto Paloschi should again get the nod over Bafetimbi Gomis in attack as head coach Francesco Guidolin selects from a full-strength squad..Opta statsNewcastle have won just one of their nine Premier League games against Swansea (W1 D2 L6).Swansea have won just three of their last 17 Premier League away matches (W3 D5 L9).The Swans have lost none of their last four Premier League trips to St James Park, including winning the last three in a row.Newcastles 25-point tally after 32 games in their worst at this stage of a Premier League season; surpassing their previous lowest in 2008-09 (30 points) when they were relegated. Gylfi Sigurdsson has scored in nine of his last 14 Premier League appearances Gylfi Sigurdsson has scored in nine of his last 14 Premier League appearances for Swansea.On Christmas Day, Newcastle (17 points) were two points ahead of Swansea (15) after 17 games. Since then, the Magpies have picked up just eight points in 15 games, while Swansea have won 25 points in 16 games.Newcastle have won just one point in their last seven Premier League matches (W0 D1 L6).Paul Mersons predictionNo matter what the result is in the early kick-off between Norwich and Sunderland, Newcastle have to win. A Norwich win and a Newcastle defeat will near-enough send Benitezs side down. Newcastle lost 3-1 at Southampton last weekend If you have watched Newcastle recently, defensively they have been atrocious. However, Im backing Newcastle to win. They have to put everything on the line on Saturday and for me, that will be enough.PAUL PREDICTS: 2-1 (Sky Bet odds 8/1)BettingNewcastle are Sky Bets 5/4 favourites to take a much-needed three points off 11/5 shots Swansea, despite picking up only one point from the last 21 available. The Magpies are odds-on for the drop and will be hopeful that the Swans take their foot off the gas after securing their own top flight survival. The visitors have scored at least two goals against Newcastle in each of their last five meetings and are 2/1 to score two or more at St James Park. Check out tips from our Sky sports pundits including Phil Thompsons tip of Aleksandar Mitrovic to score in a Newcastle win which is Price Boosted to 4/1. Bet here. 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LONDON -- The rebranded FIFA Council lost its first member because of a scandal.Wolfgang Niersbach quit the ruling body on Friday after losing an appeal against a ban from soccer in relation to Germanys 2006 World Cup bid.The FIFA ethics committee imposed a one-year ban this year after finding Niersbach guilty of failing to report findings about possible unethical conduct and conflicts of interest during the bidding process.FIFA said Friday that its appeal committee agreed with the findings of the ethics committee that a one-year ban from taking part in any football-related activity at national and international level was adequate in this case.Niersbach responded to the verdict by announcing he was stepping down from his positions on the rule-making committees at both FIFA and UEFA.The decision is extremely hard for me because I remain of the opinion that the ethics committees judgment is completely excessive, the German said.The 66-year-old Niersbach is the first member of the FIFA Council, which replaced the discredited executivee committee in May, to be sanctioned by the ethics division.ddddddddddddNiersbach, who ruled out appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, was a vice president of the 2006 World Cup organizing committee, in charge of media and marketing.Swiss federal prosecutors, and German criminal and tax investigators, also have wider ongoing criminal cases into the 2006 World Cup -- a hugely successful tournament at the time which the host nation called its Summer Fairytale.Niersbach is a suspect in a Swiss criminal case investigating fraud, money laundering, criminal mismanagement and misappropriation relating to a payment of 6.7 million euros ($7.3 million) to FIFA in 2005.Niersbach had tried to hold on to his positions of leadership within European and world soccer despite resigning as German federation president in November 2015.---Associated Press writer Ciaran Fahey in Berlin contributed to this report. 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