Newcastle United host West Ham in the Premier League.
The Magpies have had mixed form at times this season but after some impressive recent results, including a win over Arsenal, three points tonight could take Eddie Howe’s team into the top six and just one point below Chelsea in third.
West Ham have had a much poorer start to their season, with Julen Lopetegui’s side languishing in 14th, just three points above the relegation places.
And with matches against fellow strugglers Leicester and Wolves coming up – as well as a match at home to Arsenal up next – the Hammers desperately need a win as they head into one of the most congested periods in the fixture list in December.
Follow all the latest build-up, news and updates below:
Newcastle host West Ham in Premier League, live on Sky Sports
‘10 GOAL! Soucek stuns Newcastle as West Ham lead (NEW 0-1 WHU)
‘5 NO GOAL! Isak races clear to finish but is offside (NEW 0-0 WHU)
Newcastle XI: Pope, Livramento, Schar, Kelly, Hall; Willock, Longstaff; Guimaraes; Joelinton, Isak, Gordon
West Ham XI: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson, Soler, Soucek, Paqueta, Summerville, Antonio; Bowen.
Newcastle United FC 0 – 1 West Ham United FC
20:10 , Jamie Braidwood
HOW ABOUT THIS?! West Ham take the lead through the big man – Tomas Soucek! West Ham won a corner on the counter-attack, with Livramento heading behind.
But Newcastle are all over the place from the set-piece, Soucek is able to get away from Kelly in the box. He heads past Pope to give West Ham the lead against the run of play!
20:08 , Jamie Braidwood
7 mins: This is already looking like it could be a long night for West Ham. Newcastle are finding a lot of space to play through Lopetegui’s team.
Gordon’s shot is blocked, with West Ham deep and narrow in defence.
20:05 , Jamie Braidwood
4 mins: Isak races away and chips the ball over Fabianski! It’s a lovely finish, but the flag goes up!
Oh… this is tight! But Isak is offside – Kilman was able to step up just in time to catch Isak offside.
20:03 , Jamie Braidwood
2 mins: An early sighter for Isak! Nice build-up from Newcastle. Livramento plays the striker down the line – Isak takes it early, from a wide angle. He blazes wide with Gordon an option. Quite easy for Newcastle to play through there.
20:01 , Jamie Braidwood
Isak gets us underway! This is a big night for Julen Lopetegui.
19:59 , Jamie Braidwood
Quite the reception for Alexander Isak tonight with the Newcastle fans creating a huge display for their star striker at St James’ Park. Isak has goals in his last four games. The players are out and kick-off is next!
19:51 , Jamie Braidwood
Newcastle can leap from 9th to 6th tonight with a win – and they would be just a point behind 3rd place Chelsea with three points. Eddie Howe’s side are growing in momentum.
19:50 , Jamie Braidwood
Julen Lopetegui, speaking to Sky Sports:
“We have to improve a lot of things but we will do it as a team. Newcastle are a very good team with good players.
“Very technically and physically strong. If we want to overcome them, we will have to focus on ourselves.”
19:36 , Jamie Braidwood
West Ham forward Jarrod Bowen, speaking to Sky Sports, ahead of tonight’s match against Newcastle:
“It’s a massive night. We have need reached the standards of previous campaigns.
“It’s been disappointing for us but we are confident and there are lots of opportunities to put things right.
“We are in a results business and results matter. It’s up to us.
“The manager has good ideas with the ball, under the old manager we had a way of playing and were successful but we’ve changed that.
“You have to adapt and find the right balance. It is down to us players to buy into those ideas.”
19:31 , Jamie Braidwood
Speaking on Sky Sports, Jamie Carragher has predicted that West Ham could be “rolled over” by Newcastle tonight and warned that Julen Lopetegui could face the sack if results don’t improve.
“This is a team that have lost five games by two or more goals. This is not what West Ham fans want,” Carragher said.
“Lopetegui is fortunate that they have not pulled the trigger, if it doesn’t change very quickly, I think there could be a change.
“It’s not an easy game tonight, I could see them getting rolled over.”
19:15 , Jamie Braidwood
Last season’s meeting between Newcastle and West Ham was one of the games of the season, with Eddie Howe’s team coming from 3-1 down to win 4-3 at St James’ Park.
Key to that comeback was Harvey Barnes, who scored twice from the bench. He has an impressive record against West Ham too.
He’s either scored or assisted in each of his last four against West Ham (4 goals, 1 assist) and has scored in each of the last three.
18:51 , Jamie Braidwood
One change for Newcastle as Lloyd Kelly replaces the suspended Dan Burn in defence. There’s the same midfield and attack, with Joelinton joining Alexsander Isak and Anthony Gordon.
One change for West Ham too, with Carlos Soler coming into midfield. Michail Antonio keeps his place in attack.
18:49 , Jamie Braidwood
Newcastle XI: Pope, Livramento, Schar, Kelly, Hall; Willock, Longstaff; Guimaraes; Joelinton, Isak, Gordon
West Ham XI: Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson, Soler, Soucek, Paqueta, Summerville, Antonio; Bowen.
18:40 , Chris Wilson
The line-ups should be announced in five minutes, so here’s a reminder of the early team news…
Sven Botman, Jamaal Lascelles and Emil Krafth remain out, while Dan Burn is suspended. Kieran Tripper and Callum Wilson both need fitness tests for the hosts.
West Ham also have suspensions with Mohammed Kudus and Edson Alvarez banned, while Niclas Fullkrug remains injured.
18:35 , Chris Wilson
Newcastle have lost just one of their last 10 Premier League games against West Ham and are unbeaten in all five meetings under Eddie Howe, winning two and drawing three.
In addition, the Hammers have not kept a clean sheet in any of the past 10 top-flight meetings.
However, Lopetegui’s side have scored a total of 15 goals in their six most recent Premier League games at St James’ Park.
18:25 , Chris Wilson
Tonight will be the 114th meeting between these two sides. Overall, Newcastle have won 48, West Ham have won 36, and 29 have ended as draws.
The last meeting between these two produced an entertaining 4-3 win for the Magpies in March, while the two teams drew 2-2 in east London last season.
18:15 , Chris Wilson
West Ham United boss Julen Lopetegui is not about to lose any sleep over speculation his job is on the line.
The Hammers head to Newcastle on Monday night with the spotlight very much on the future of the Spanish coach following an underwhelming start to the season.
Lopetegui took over from David Moyes in the summer but has seen his side win just three Premier League games and also dumped out of the Carabao Cup after a 5-1 defeat at Liverpool.
Lopetegui rejects talk of pressure after dismal start at West Ham
18:05 , Chris Wilson
NEW – Pope, Livramento, Schar, Kelly, Hall, Guimaraes, Longstaff, Willock, Gordon, Isak, Joelinton.
WHU – Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Todibo, Kilman, Emerson, Rodriguez, Bowen, Soucek, Paqueta, Summerville, Antonio.
18:00 , Chris Wilson
Sven Botman, Jamaal Lascelles and Emil Krafth remain out, while Dan Burns is suspended. Kieran Tripper and Callum Wilson both need fitness tests for the hosts.
West Ham also have suspensions with Mohammed Kudus and Edson Alvarez banned, while Niclas Fullkrug remains injured.
17:50 , Chris Wilson
Newcastle host West Ham at 8pm GMT on Monday 25 November.
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17:40 , Chris Wilson
Newcastle United host West Ham United on Monday night in the Premier League, with both sides in need of the points for somewhat different reasons.
The Magpies had a fairly indifferent start to the campaign but two wins on the bounce before the international break leaves Eddie Howe’s team in eighth, only one point behind the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea before the weekend’s action began.
In a congested top half of the table, consistency will be key to their hopes of attaining European football for next term and staying ahead of the likes of Aston Villa, Spurs and Manchester United will be vital to doing so.
As for the Hammers, Julen Lopetegui has had a very poor start to his time in charge and although he’s not concerned about talk of pressure, three wins from 11 matches tells its own story.
17:30 , Chris Wilson
Good afternoon and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of tonight’s Premier League match between Newcastle and West Ham.
The home side are looking to continue their fight for European football this season, while the Hammers have been struggling of late and are looking to ease the pressure on Julen Lopetegui.
And we’ll have all the latest news, build-up and updates here.
