Newcastle welcome high flying Leicester City to St James' Park on Wednesday looking to climb back into the top half of the Premier League table.
The Magpies are seven points clear of the relegation zone but head into the clash on the back of two successive defeats.
Steve Bruce's side have lost just twice at St James' Park this term but he suffered his lowest point so far as United manager when Leicester thrashed Newcastle 5-0 earlier in the season.
Brendan Rodgers' side are currently second in the Premier League table and are on course to qualifying for the Champions League for the first time since 2016.
When is Newcastle vs Leicester?
The match takes place on Wednesday, January 1. The action gets under way at 3pm and is one of nine Premier League games taking place on New Year's Day.
Is Newcastle vs Leicester on TV? How can you follow it live?
Yes, this one is on TV.
The match will be broadcast live on BT Sport 2 with coverage beginning at 2:45pm.
Failing that, 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?
You can no longer buy tickets online for the game.
What are the injury concerns? Who is in the teams?
Newcastle will be without Jamaal Lascelles, Matt Ritchie and Allan Saint-Maximin through injury. Florian Lejeune, Fabian Schar, Paul Dummett, Ciaran Clark, Ki Sung-yueng and Joelinton will all be assessed.
Leicester will be without Matty James through injury but Ricardo Pereira and Jamie Vardy should be OK to return to the side.
Newcastle likely XI: Dubravka; Yedlin, Schar, Fernandez, Lejeune, Willems; Shelvey, Hayden; Almiron, Joelinton; Carroll
Leicester likely XI: Schmeichel; Pereira, Evans, Soyuncu, Chilwell; Ndidi, Praet, Tielemans; Barnes, Maddison; Vardy
Who is the referee?
Martin Atkinson will be the man in the middle on Wednesday.
This will be the fourth time he has taken charge of a match at St James' Park this season.
What are the bookies saying?
Newcastle 5/1
Leicester 4/7
Draw 3/1
