Good afternoon and welcome to our coverage of Newcastle against Crystal Palace. My name is Hayden Gribble and I shall be bringing you all of the action from St James' Park as Neil Warnock takes charge of his first game for the Eagles in what should be a fantastic game. The team news is coming right up...

That goal clocked it at 30 seconds - the quickest in the top flight so far this season! Newcastle are hitting back as Colback wins a corner for the home side, whose fans have been well and truly silenced.

WHAT A START! Palace have roared in front! Chamakh chests the ball down from the edge of the box and sends a low shot towards the bottom corner. Krul tips it onto the post but Gayle is there to thrash it into the roof of the net from close range! 30 seconds on the clock and the Eagles are soaring!

KICK OFF! The Eagles get us underway, kicking from right to left...

Neil Warnock strolls to the dugout as the teams await the referee's whistle...

Mike Jones, today's match referee, leads the teams out onto the pitch as they are greeted by a loud roar from the capacity crowd within St James' Park.

STAT ATTACK: Newcastle have won their last four league games against Crystal Palace without conceding a goal. Ominous.

TEN MINUTES TO GO! The sun is shining at St James' Park and both sides are jogging back down the tunnel as we wait with baited breath for kick-off.

The visiting fans will be delighted to see Wilifred Zaha back with the London club. Will he make a difference from the bench? Can Warnock get the best out of him. Meanwhile, Hatem Ben Arfa is left out of the squad and has become the subject of a transfer rumour regarding a loan move to Birmingham. Would you Newcastle fans be happy with that? Does the Frenchman really have to drop down a league to regain his form?

With both sides desperate to give their Premier League start a kick start, I'm predicting many goals today. Here's hoping I have not jinxed it for you Toon and Eagles fans out there!

I sincerely hope not, Gareth!

The London side are much changed from the team that thrashed Walsall in midweek as Neil Warnock begins his second term in charge at Selhurst Park by making eight changes. Dwight Gayle, whose hat-trick saw off the League One side and retains his place as Damien Delaney and Adrian Mariappa also retain their places in the first eleven.

Alan Pardew makes four changes to the side that saw off Gillingham 1-0 in the midweek Capital One Cup tie. Jack Colback - who was called up to the England squad for the first time by Roy Hodgson - is restored to the side alongside Mike Williamson Yoan Gouffran and Remy Cabella.

Crystal Palace: Speroni, Mariappa, Dann, Delaney, Kelly, Puncheon, Jedinak, Ward, Bolasie, Chamakh, Gayle.

Subs: Hangeland, Zaha, Hennessey, Murray, Williams, Bannan, Campbell

Newcastle: Krul, Janmaat, Coloccini, Williamson, Haidara, Colback, Sissoko, Cabella, De Jong, Gouffran, Riviere.

Subs: Aarons, Obertan, Elliot, Taylor, Dummett, Anita, Ayoze Pérez