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

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.

Newcastle United currently sit in 12th position in the Premier League. Three points today will take them above Everton and provide a vista of the top half of the table. Their league form since the restart has been good, with seven points taken from a possible nine. Although they were knocked out of the FA Cup by Manchester City last weekend, they bounced back on Wednesday with a thumping 4-1 win at Bournemouth.

David Moyes makes no changes to the West Ham team that beat Chelsea four days ago.

Just two changes for Newcastle, as Isaac Hayden and Miguel Almiron replace Nabil Bentaleb and Sean Longstaff in the starting team.

And your visitors, West Ham United:

Your genial hosts today, Newcastle United: