Newcastle star who severely underachieved his xG among club's international break winners and losers
Lukas Hornicek had a tough international break despite impressing in the early stages of his Newcastle career.
The extended break has given Matthias Jaissle a chance to take stock after a whirlwind first six weeks at Newcastle.
Their 2-1 win over Hull before international football returned was vital towards boosting confidence in his managerial abilities among fans and players.
Coventry are the latest newly promoted side standing in the Magpies' way as they travel to the East Midlands for a Monday night clash.
The Newcastle players who have been away on international duty have experienced mixed fortunes away from Tyneside.
Football Insider have looked at three winners and three losers from Jaissle's squad over the last few weeks.
Lewis Hall loving life away from Newcastle after England emergence
One of the biggest positives for all connected to Newcastle will be Hall's impressive outings for England in their Nations League fixtures.
He took huge strides towards being Thomas Tuchel's starting left-back with three successive starts in wins over Croatia and Czechia, and an assist in Tuesday's clash against the latter.
Malick Thiaw shone for Germany, playing 90 minutes twice they kept clean sheets in Nations League clashes with Serbia and Greece.
Much like Hall, he looks to have hugely bolstered his case to be included in international squads more regularly as he nails down a starting spot at St James' Park.
Nick Pope will also be emerging from the break feeling confident, not least because he was linked with a move to Bayern Munich earlier this week.
Ewen Jaouen's latest setback on France under-21 duty is set to keep the veteran Magpies stopper in Jaissle's matchday squads for the foreseeable future.
He still seems a way off pushing Lukas Hornicek to start, but can only keep plugging away in the hope of some game time, especially with a Carabao Cup clash against Everton on the horizon.
Hornicek glad to see the back of tough international break
Hornicek has impressed for Newcastle this season, yet he struggled for Czechia while sharing keeper duties with Antonin Kinsky and Matej Kovar.
The 24-year-old started their first and last games of the break, conceding five goals across two defeats to Croatia and England.
He committed an error that led to a goal in the first game, and conceded three against England despite Tuchel's side garnering just 2.05 xG.
Matias Fernandez-Pardo is yet to burst into life in this campaign for Newcastle or Belgium.
The Magpies' big-money summer signing was handed just 12 minutes of action across his country's four games, failing to make the squad against Turkiye and staying an unused substitute against France on Monday.
Bazoumana Toure's poor start to his Newcastle career seemed to directly affect his international chances, as he was rooted to the bench for Ivory Coast's games against Ghana and Somalia.
His strike against the latter earned a start against Cameroon last Saturday, but he failed to impress in a 1-0 loss and will surely remain sidelined when international duty returns next month.