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Newcastle United<\/b><\/a> captain Bruno Guimaraes is expected to be out for a couple of months after sustaining a hamstring injury.<\/b><\/p>\n The Brazilian hobbled off in the closing stages of Tuesday night’s 2-1 win against Tottenham Hotspu<\/a>r in just his second appearance since recovering from a separate ankle issue.<\/p>\n Head coach Eddie Howe said at the time Guimaraes was “a little bit worried because he has never had a problem with his hamstrings before”.<\/p>\n Guimaraes is now set for an extended spell on the sidelines in a huge blow for Newcastle<\/a>.<\/p>\n Newcastle<\/a> have, obviously, lost games Guimaraes has played in before, including a 3-2 loss against Brentford<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n However, Howe’s side have failed to win any of the 10 Premier League matches in which the influential Guimaraes did not feature since his debut in February 2022.<\/p>\n Newcastle<\/a>, by contrast, have a 53.1 win percentage with Guimaraes in the side in the top flight.<\/p>\n They have also picked up significantly more points per game (1.8), scored more goals per match (1.9) and conceded fewer goals on average (1.2).<\/p>\n But Newcastle<\/a> are going to have to find a way to win without their talisman as they embark on a crunch run of games, starting with Saturday’s FA Cup fourth-round tie against Aston Villa<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sandro Tonali, Joe Willock and Jacob Ramsey are Newcastle<\/a>‘s only three senior central midfielders available for the trip to Villa Park.<\/p>\n