Newcastle welcome Crystal Palace to St James' Park on Saturday looking to pull further clear of the Premier League's relegation zone.
The Magpies were beaten 1-0 by Burnley last time out but maintained a seven point gap between themselves and the relegation zone.
A win over Crystal Palace will not only lift them above Roy Hodgson's side but also into the top half of the Premier League table.
Palace have lost just one of their last five games, though, and a win on Tyneside could lift them into the Europa League places.
When is Newcastle vs Crystal Palace?
Newcastle take on Crystal Palace on Saturday, December 21. It is one of seven Premier League games taking place on Saturday.
Is Newcastle vs Crystal Palace on TV? How can I follow it live?
This one is not on TV, but you can follow all the action in our live match blog with team news, live updates, reaction and analysis from our writers at St James' Park.
Can you still buy tickets?
Yes, tickets are still available and can be purchased here.
What are the injury concerns? Who is in the teams?
Newcastle will be without Jamaal Lascelles, Matt Ritchie and Allan Saint-Maximin through injury but hope Ciaran Clark, Jonjo Shelvey, Ki Sung-yueng and Miguel Almiron will be fit to return.
Meanwhile, Palace have an injury crisis of their own and are set to be without Joel Ward, Gary Cahill, Jairo Riedewald, Patrick van Aanholt, Jeffrey Schlupp and Andros Townsend through injury. Mamadou Sakho is suspended for the fixture.
Newcastle likely XI: Dubravka; Manquillo, Schar, Fernandez, Dummett, Willems; S.Longstaff, Hayden; Atsu, Joelinton; Carroll
Crystal Palace likely XI: Guaita; Kelly, Tomkins, Dann, Mitchell; Kouyate, McArthur, Milivojevic; Ayew, Zaha; Benteke
Who is the referee?
Simon Hooper will be the man in the middle on Saturday.
The Swindon-born official will take charge of his first game involving the Magpies this term and his fifth top-flight fixture of the 2019/20 campaign.
What are the bookies saying?
Newcastle 6/4
Crystal Palace 9/4
Draw 2/1
