Good afternoon and welcome to live coverage of Newcastle United and West Ham United in the Premier League. Teams to follow shortly.

Another great run from Saint-Maximin, gliding forwards from his own half and deep into West Ham's. He is fouled and wins a useful free-kick thirty yards out on the right.

Saint-Maximin gets Newcastle going again, feeding Krafth again down the right but the cross is blocked this time.

Shelvey plays a nice one-two in the middle of the pitch and tries to release Gayle. There's just a bit too much on the pass though and Fabianski comes out to gather.

CLOSE! Newcastle have their tails up now and win two quick corners in succession. The second, from Shelvey on the left, is whipped in to the front post and after a tentative punch from Fabianski the visitors scramble the ball clear.

Newcastle craft a lovely goal of their own to pull level! After working the ball to the right to Saint-Maximin, he feeds Krafth down the right. His low cross into the six-yard box picks out Almiron, who guides a smart finish past Fabianksi for the equaliser.

A bit of a lull here after a lively ten minutes. West Ham have done little so far, bar crafting one superb goal.

Intricate work from Joelinton and Gayle in the West Ham area here. They try to work a shooting opportunity but it's blocked behind for a corner.

Rice lofts a ball to Antonio at the back post. He's on the stretch, but Antonio manages to hook a shot at goal which is comfortably gather by Dubravka.

GOOD SAVE! Gayle tries to go under the wall, and it catches a stray boot to send the ball to the opposite corner. Fabianski adjusts though, and palms the ball away to safety.

Ogbonna brings down Gayle, and it's a free kick in a great position for Newcastle, just to the right of centre and around 23 yards out.

Shelvey lets rip from 25 yards out. It hits Ogbonna though, and ricochets away to safety. There are half-hearted appeals for a penalty; it did hit Ogbonna's arm, but it was right by his side.

What a start for West Ham, that came from absolutely nothing. Newcastle look a bit stunned by that but are settling in to possession now.

A lovely goal from West Ham, who cut Newcastle right open. Antonio lays it off to Fornals, who slides a lovely ball through to release Bowen on the right. He squares it across the six-yard box to Antonio, who takes a touch before driving the ball into the roof of the net.

It's a glorious day in Newcastle, and it's a slow start from both sides so far as they settle in to the match.

We're underway at St James Park.

The players take the knee, because black lives matter.

The teams are ready to come out here. Your referee today will be Craig Pawson.

In the reverse of this fixture back in November, Newcastle United were three ahead in 51 minutes at the London Stadium. Two late goals by West Ham weren’t enough to stop the visitors taking all three points. Newcastle slowly started to pull away from the bottom end of the league from here, while West Ham sank towards it.

Newcastle have the edge between the two historically, with 55 wins to West Ham’s 42 and 37 draws in all competitions.

Given that they’d lost their previous three Premier League matches leading up to it, it’s difficult to understate the importance of West Ham’s dramatic late victory against Chelsea on Wednesday. They are now three points clear of the relegation zone with a healthier goal difference. In their last six they still have to play Norwich City, Watford and Aston Villa who are all below them; a win here for David Moyes would be a huge boost ahead of the run-in.