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Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Manchester City's trip to Newcastle from St James' Park. Manchester United's slip up against Burnley means City can open up a colossal 15-point lead at the top of the Premier League table tonight with an 18th consecutive win. Newcastle, though, will want to build on the momentum from beating West Ham 3-2 on Saturday which put an end to their nine-match winless run. A shock victory for Rafa Benitez's side would lift them further away from the relegation zone. I'm Pete Hall, and I will be bringing you the action, as it happens, live!

Premier League / Matchday 20
St James' Park / 27.12.2017
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Pete Sharland

Updated 27/12/2017 at 21:36 GMT


19:11
League leaders in the house...
19:08
Jose has been up to his old tricks. Is he right about City?
18:51
Still no David Silva for City, as he has reportedly had to head back to Spain for personal reasons. Three changes in all by Pep Guardiola, with Bernardo Silva, Ilkay Gundogan and Danilo all starting. Leroy Sane is on the bench. Even though they won their last game, Newcastle make five changes with Chancel Mbemba, Paul Dummett, Daryl Murphy, Jonjo Shelvey and Rolando Aarons all starting for the hosts. It is Aarons' first start of the season.
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18:48
TEAM NEWS - NEWCASTLE: Elliot, Mbemba, Lascelles, Dummett, Yedlin, Shelvey, Diame, Manquillo, Murphy, Aarons, Joselu... Subs: Clark, Gayle, Ritchie, Perez, Merino, Darlow, Atsu. /// MANCHESTER CITY: Ederson, Walker, Kompany, Otamendi, Danilo, De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Sterling, Aguero... Subs: Bravo, Mangala, Sane, Adarabioyo, Gabriel Jesus, Toure, Diaz.
18:46
The teams are in...