Newcastle V West Ham - As it happened.
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FT: Newcastle 3-0 West Ham
Newcastle run out 3-0 winners thanks to goals from Joselu, Clark and Mitrovic.
Full time!
The whistle goes here at St James' Park.
Perez fires over
Mitrovic teed him up on the edge of the box but his shot was poor.
4 minutes added on
Newcastle sub
Murphy replaces Ritchie.
Newcastle 3-0 West Ham
The big striker is put through one-on-one again and he makes no mistake this time, rounding Hart before rolling the ball into an empty net.
GOAL! NEWCASTLE!
Mitrovic!
Great save from Hart!
Mitrovic is played in by Perez but the England goalkeeper denies the striker.
Lanzini blazes a free kick over
It never looked like threatening Rob Elliot's goal.
Merino is booked
He tripped Hernandez.
Newcastle make a change
Former West Ham man Diame comes on for Hayden
Mitrovic gets away with one
He elbows Lanzini after playing the ball but he gets away with it.
Perez has a great chance!
He looks to be in on goal but the referee pulls play back for a foul by the Spaniard. His effort hit the post anyway.
Sakho is booked
He catches Merino in an aerial challenge and is given a yellow card.
Mitrovic heads wide
He meets Hayden's cross at the back post but he never looks like scoring.
Newcastle threaten again
Ritchie sees an effort blocked after a cross from the left.
Newcastle 2-0 West Ham
Lanzini is dispossessed down by his own corner flag by Ritchie, who then plays a pin-point cross into the middle with the centre-back doing the honours from six yards, with a little help from the far post.
GOAL! NEWCASTLE!
Clark!
Newcastle make a change
Goalscorer Joselu is replaced by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Double change for West Ham
Sakho and Kouyate come on for Ayew and Noble.
Diafra Sakho will come on for West Ham
Newcastle waste a good opportunity
Perez puts Atsu in down the left but his cross from deep is poor and the visitors clear.
Yellow card for Fernandes
He goes into the book for a late tackle on halfway.
Great chance for Newcastle!
Perez holds the ball up brilliantly down the right and finds the onrushing Ritchie. He is in acres of space and he bares down on goal but his left-footed effort is kept out by Hart and it is scrambled away before Joselu can turn the loose ball home.
Hayden goes down
He needs some treatment after a challenge with Ayew but he'll be fine to continue.
Poor from Perez
Newcastle have a chance to fashion a shooting opportunity but Perez's ball into Joselu is poor and the opportunity is lost.
Chance West Ham!
Rob Elliot palms Aaron Cresswell's strike straight into the path of Javier Hernandez. The Mexican sends it back goal-wards and Elliot get a weak hand to it before Clark clears the ball off the line. So close for the 'Hammers'!
Ritchie has a go
He cuts in from the right and has a go but Hart can watch his effort bounce wide.
One change for West Ham at half-time
Manuel Lanzini comes on for Declan Rice.
We're back underway!
The players are back with us!
West Ham will get us back underway.
HT: Newcastle 1-0 West Ham
Newcastle lead at the half thanks to that goal from Joselu.
Half-time!
That's it for the first 45.
Atsu is a growing influence here
He drives from halfway before testing Hart with a low effort from range. Newcastle need to get him the ball more.
Great tackle from Rice
Atsu was looking to get a cross in but the youngster dealt with the danger superbly.
6 minutes added on
Due to that injury to Andre Ayew.
Ritchie receives some treatment
Merino has a go!
But Hart gathers.
Great play from Antonio
He beats his man on the byline but his cross is blocked away.
Newcastle 1-0 West Ham
Rice is dispossessed in midfield and Merino plays in Atsu. The Ghanaian is one-on-one but he unselfishly pulls the ball back for Joselu to tap into an empty net.
GOAL! NEWCASTLE!
Joselu scores!
Cresswell fires over
A cross from the right finds its way to the defender at the far post but he lashes his volleyed effort over Rob Elliot's crossbar.
Ayew fires well over
He cuts in from the right and whether it was a cross or shot it was never in danger of finding its target.
Newcastle go close!
Not that they meant it! Manquillo is found by Hayden down the right but the Spaniard's attempted cross is mis-hit and it almost finds the far corner of Joe Hart's goal.
Ayew will be okay to continue
He's bandaged up but he'll be okay to carry on.
Looks nasty this
Ayew is still down. This will be a big blow for Slaven Bilic.
Ayew needs some treatment
He's bleeding, looks like he may have been caught by a boot in the aftermath of a tackle.
Hayden flashes an effort over
Set-pieces look like Newcastle's best chance of scoring today as West Ham struggle to deal with their Aerial threat. A corner is sent back into the box and when it is cleared Hayden hits a good effort just over from the edge of the box.
Chance Newcastle!
Joselu sends in a cross from the right and Atsu's header is deflected behind for a corner.
Half a chance for Newcastle
A corner from Matt Ritchie is met by Lascelles at the far post, he finds Clark but he is crowded out before he can get a shot away.
No chances of note so far
Cagey is the word I would use to describe this game.
Free kick West Ham
Noble is brought down by Ritchie on the right but the delivery is over-hit and comes to nothing.
Careful!
Joe Hart is almost caught in possession as he dilly dallies in his own six yard box.
Newcastle threaten
Good play down the right between Ritchie and Hayden sees the latter send in a low cross that Joselu smashes well wide. Promising signs though for the hosts.
Ouch!
Zabaleta crashes into Atsu and leaves him in a heap but the former Chelsea man will be fine to continue.
A steady start
Both sides are rather feeling each other out here in the early exchanges.
We're off!
Newcastle get us underway!
Here we go!
Both of these sides are yet to win a game so far this season, will that change today?
The teams are on there way out of the tunnel
St James' is a cauldron of noise.
It's nearly time!
Ten minutes 'til kick-off at St. James' Park! #NUFC pic.twitter.com/AlcOfN9WKz
— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) 26 August 2017
Can Joselu open his Newcastle account today?
The striker made the move from Stoke earlier this summer.
Newcastle could do with a win today
It doesn't sound like a happy camp at the moment judging by Rafa Benitez's recent comments.
Pre-match build-up
Manuel Lanzini returns to the West Ham bench today whilst Angelo Ogbonna makes his 50th appearance for the club.
Join us for live text commentary of the Premier League game between Newcastle and West Ham from St James' Park.
The teams are in!
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— West Ham United (@WestHamUtd) 26 August 2017
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— Newcastle United FC (@NUFC) 26 August 2017
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