Hello and welcome to LIVE text commentary of the Premier League clash between Newcastle United and Manchester United. The visitors can move level with fourth-placed Tottenham and ease some of the pressure on manager, Louis Van Gaal with a victory, but know it won't be easy against a team that tends to raise themselves for the big boys. The Magpies may have lost their last four matches, but can point to December wins over Liverpool and Tottenham as proof that they are capable of beating anyone on their day. Kick off 7.45 pm GMT.
Premier League / Matchday 21
St James' Park / 12.01.2016
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- G. Wijnaldum(42')
- A. Mitrovic(67' PEN)
- P. Dummett(90')
- W. Rooney(9' PEN, 79')
- J. Lingard(38')
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Updated 12/01/2016 at 21:42 GMT
15'
STAT: The Red Devils have lost their last two Premier League away games (at Bournemouth and Stoke) – they have not lost three successive top-flight away matches since January 1996.
14'
Twitter going into overdrive over the penalty. It's dividing opinion.
12'
A stat that proves Rooney loves playing against Newcastle... and Aston Villa!
11'
Rooney scored in Manchester United’s last Premier League game against Swansea.
9'
GOAL! Wayne Rooney coolly fires the penalty to the left of Elliot with the keeper diving the opposite way. Harsh spot kick after Fellaini's header was blocked at the corner by the arm of Mbemba.
9'
PENALTY TO MAN UTD! Fellaini attacked the corner at the far post and it looks like the referee has given a spot kick for a handball from Mbemba.
8'
First sign of Man Utd on the attack. Darmian looks to cross from the right but his delivery is diverted behind for a corner.
7'
Ayoze Perez clips a 45-yard free kick into the middle of the visitors' area but Fellaini is there to comfortably power a header away. Newcastle dominant early on.
6'
VIDEO: St James' Park's tribute to Pavel.
5'
DID YOU KNOW? Newcastle have lost more points from winning positions than any other Premier League side this season (12).
4'
In recent history, this is a 'good' ground for Manchester United with just one loss in their last 12 visits.
3'
A right-wing corner for Newcastle is nodded away from Chancel Mbemba. The hosts looking to make a quick start here.
2'
Newcastle drew 0-0 at Old Trafford in August, in Van Gaal's first stalemate of the season... Hopefully we see some goals tonight!
1'
KICK OFF! A great tribute to 'Pavel the Geordie' is followed by a huge roar. Newcastle come together in a huddle before getting this game underway!
19.40
DID YOU KNOW? The Magpies have failed to score and have attempted just eight shots on target in their last three Premier League home games against Man Utd.
19.35
Steve McClaren: "[On the need for a new striker and other reinforcements] It's not rocket science. You need to defend, keep clean sheets and have players who can score you goals... We need to win games 2-1 because we keep getting punished for our (defensive) mistakes... [The] players haven't got down at all. What we need is 50,000 supporters right behind us from the first whistle."
19.32
STAT: Rooney has scored 12 Premier League goals against Newcastle United – only against Aston Villa (13) has he scored more often.
19.30
Great touch by Newcastle. RIP Pavel. There will be a minute's applause in his memory ahead of kick off.
19.28
First Scholes, now Rio... the former United players continue to knock the club's current style of play.
19.25
Louis van GaalOn Paul Scholes's claim that United fans looking 'bored' as they left early during the FA Cup match against Sheffield United: "What do I do now? React to Paul Scholes? You want that? They [the fans] are thinking that we could not score, and maybe because of the traffic they decide to leave a few minutes earlier. There are many reasons to leave the stadium. When I was looking at matches to analyse our opponents, then I would leave the stadium five minutes before. You never know the reason. You can be very negative, but we are in the next round, won two matches out of a very bad period.”
19.20
Via @ManUtd: Three changes from the #mufc team that beat Sheff Utd, with Young, Schneiderlin & Lingard in for Borthwick-Jackson, Schweinsteiger & Mata.