Follow live coverage as Newcastle United face Crystal Palace today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Newcastle United FC 5 - 0 Crystal Palace FC
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
21:02Palace have found some energy with the subs but Newcastle are still relatively comfortable.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
21:02Yellow Card Bruno Guimarães Rodriguez Moura
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:59Munoz's header is blocked by his own team-mate! The wing-back gets up at the back post but Sarr is in the way of the goalward header and Newcastle's clean sheet is preserved, for now.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:57Substitution Jacob Kai Murphy Anthony Michael Gordon
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:57Substitution Joelinton Cássio Apolinário de Lira Joseph George Willock
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:55Yellow Card Jefferson Andrés Lerma Solís
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:53Goal Alexander Isak
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:52Mateta is subbed early again, taken off for Nketiah.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:52Substitution Eberechi Oluchi Eze Daichi Kamada
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:52Substitution William James Hughes Adam James Wharton
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:51Palace look prepared to contain here, with Newcastle still bossing the game. The visitors are preparing a few changes, too.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:49HOW HAS ISAK NOT SCORED?! It feels like Newcastle's main man has missed as many opportunities as across the rest of the season combined tonight. A knockdown finds him six yards out and unmarked but he shoots straight at Henderson.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:46Guimaraes swings a ball out to Barnes, who uses the run of Livramento cutt inside but shoots straight at the defender.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:46Yellow Card William James Hughes
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:44Newcastle look ready to keep attacking. Livramento bursts forwards down the left but his cross is straight into Henderson's arms.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:42Palace get us going for the second half.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:36Who knows what Palace boss Oliver Glasner now says to his players, who conceded five goals at Man City on Saturday and have shipped another four inside a half at St James'. It could well be a case of damage limitation from here, against a Newcastle side that will sense an opportunity to boost their goal difference in the race for the Champions League.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:34Wow! What a stunning first half for Newcastle, who are roaring into third place after taking Crystal Palace to the cleaners. Eze did miss the chance to equalise after 36 minutes but Newcastle have put their foot on the accelerator since then, with a Guehi own goal and strikes from Barnes and Schar surely putting the game beyond their visitors. Murphy had earlier scored the opener from an incredibly tight angle, though replays did appear to suggest it was no fluke, with his eyes darting towards goal in the build-up. Newcastle's xG only sits at 0.96 from their nine shots but it's been such a clinical performance, while Palace boast an xG of 1.47 - including a penalty - for no goal.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:25HALF-TIME: NEWCASTLE 4-0 CRYSTAL PALACE
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:24Assist Jacob Kai Murphy
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:23A long throw lands at the feet of Mateta, who twists but sees a shot blocked behind for a corner.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:19Assist Sandro Tonali
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:18Goal Harvey Lewis Barnes
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:17Seven minutes are added on at the end of an action-packed first half.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:15A chipped pass puts Mateta through but the striker is denied by Pope at his feet, and the flag is then raised anyway.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:14CLOSE FOR ISAK AGAIN! The combinations down the sides of the penalty area have been brilliant from Newcastle so far, this time Guimaraes finding Isak, and the striker sees one shot blocked before firing another wide from close range. A goal for the Swede is all that is missing from this half for Newcastle.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:12The game takes a breath after a three-minute spell that could well prove decisive. Eze's penalty is saved at one end and Guehi puts past his goalkeeper at the other, a potential two-goal swing that Palace will do well to recover from.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:08Own goal Addji Keaninkin Marc-Israel Guéhi
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:06Penalty Miss Eberechi Oluchi Eze
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:06Penalty Save Nicholas David Pope
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:06Referee Darren England is called over to the monitor...AND IT'S A PENALTY TO PALACE! Pope made some contact with Richards as he came off his line to clear, although the Palace man certainly didn't feel the full force of the goalkeeper's glove. That will be one that causes plenty of debate - but the visitors won't care, and they have the chance to equalise.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:05VAR are looking at a potential penalty from that incident, with Pope coming out of his goal and making contact with Richards as he punched clear.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:03Pope comes a long way out of his goal to deal with a ball into the box and doesn't get near the ball, but Lerma can't direct his header from distance towards the vacant goal.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:01The wet surface seems to have caught lots of the players out as we've seen mutliple slips from players in promising situations. Isak is among the worst victims, going down a few times.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
20:00Newecastle are frustrated as the referee halts play when Sarr goes down from their corner. VAR rule out any potential review.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:58Hughes is arguably lucky to avoid a booking as Barnes skips away down the left and has his arm tugged back.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:57Palace have calmed things down somewhat, keeping possession in the Newcastle half for the most sustained period of the match.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:53Schar is in the mood after his halfway-line effort that hit the crossbar at Leicester last week - but this time a 30-yarder does not threaten the net.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:51Joelinton's heavy touch allows Sarr to intercept and the Brazilian catches the Palace man late. Another booking for Joelinton tonight would see him receive a two-match ban.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:49Palace look to hit back straight away as Eze looks to weave through the penalty area, before Hughes shoots high and wide from the edge of the box.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:45Goal Jacob Kai Murphy
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:45Sarr breaks into space between Newcastle's defence and midfield but chooses to pass wide when Mateta is making a dangerous run through the middle. The wrong choice from the Palace forward.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:43A breathless start has seen both teams do plenty right but not find the back of the net. We've had four shots and a few other nearly moments.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:41Another chance for Isak! Tonali pngs a pass out to Trippier, who knocks the ball back for Murphy. Another wicked cross from the winger finds Isak but the header is over the top.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:39Palace break quickly themselves and Munoz's cross is cut out just as it seems destined to get through to Mateta. The subsequent corner is nodded over the top by Richards.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:39ISAK GOES CLOSE! Newcastle break rapidly as Guimaraes frees Murphy down the right. The winger pulls the ball back to Isak, who forces a good stop from Henderson from 18 yards.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:38The ball is played into Mateta's chest on the halfway line and the Palace forward proves his worth by winning a free-kick from Schar.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:36Sarr holds the width as Palace players flood the box but his cross is straight into the arms of Pope.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:35It's a big night for Trippier, who becomes the third player in the Newcastle squad - after Burn and Pope - to have passed 200 Premier League appearances this season. made his 200th Premier League appearance
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:33CLOSE WITHIN 20 SECONDS! Murphy drifts a lovely cross into the box, which is agonisingly beyond the stretches of both Isak and Joelinton. Fast start from the hosts!
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:32Newcastle get the game under way.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:29The teams are out at St James' and we're just about ready to go. Newcastle are considered strong favourites by the Opta Live Win Probability calculator, rated as 54.5% likely winners, but Palace do have a fighting chance at 22.2%.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:14Palace welcome Guehi back into their starting XI after he missed Saturday's defeat at City with suspension, while Hughes is also recalled at the expense of Wharton. Mateta was substituted after 45 minutes at the Etihad but is in from the start.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:14Newcastle - led by Jason Tindall - understandably name an unchanged XI from Sunday's 4-1 win over Manchester United. Isak hasn't scored any of his side's last eight goals and will be eager to get back in the mix in this game.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:07CRYSTAL PALACE SUBS: Eddie Nketiah, Matheus Franca, Nathaniel Clyne, Daichi Kamada, Adam Wharton, Romain Esse, Ben Chilwell, Matt Turner, Justin Devenny
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:07CRYSTAL PALACE (3-4-2-1): Dean henderson; Chris Richard, Maxence Lacroix, Marc Guehi; Daniel Munoz, Will Hughes, Jefferson Lerma, Tyrick Mitchell; Ismaila Sarr, Eberechi Eze; Jean-Philippe Mateta
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:07NEWCASTLE SUBS: Martin Dubravka, Callum Wilson, Anthony Gordon, Matt Targett, Emil Krafth, William Osula, Joe Willock, Sean Longstaff, Lewis Miley
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:07NEWCASTLE (4-3-3): Nick Pope; Kieran Trippier, Fabian Schar, Dan Burn, Tino Livramento; Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton; Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak, Harvey Barnes
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:02Crystal Palace still harbour their own hopes of qualifying for Europe and won't be cowed by Newcastle's fine form. The Eagles have won six of their last eight matches but must recover from Saturday's 5-2 beating at the hands of Manchester City.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:02On a midweek in which no other Premier League teams are in action, Newcastle have a fantastic opportunity to move up to third in the Premier League and take a big step closer to securing Champions League qualification. The hosts have won five straight matches in all competitions - but are without manager Eddie Howe, who is recovering from pneumonia.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
19:00Hello! Welcome to live coverage of Newcastle United v Crystal Palace in the Premier League from St James' Park.
Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace
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