West Ham are in the north east to face Newcastle United as they seek to move out of the Premier League relegation zone with a victory.
With only two games remaining, the Hammers are two points behind Tottenham in a straight shootout between the two London rivals to avoid the drop.
They must win, realistically, and could be relegated in midweek if they do not.
Here’s how the sides line up.
Newcastle team news
Newcastle are without midfielder Joelinton due to a thigh injury.
Tino Livramento, Lewis Miley and Emil Krafth are all out for the remainder of the season, and it remains to be seen if Fabian Schar (ankle) will be able to play for the club again before his contract runs out. He misses out today.
Kieran Trippier comes into the XI for his St James’ Park swansong. Anthony Gordon is on the bench with a summer move to Bayern Munich looking to be on the cards.
Newcastle XI:
West Ham team news
Adama Traore (knock) is West Ham’s only absentee as former Newcastle favourite Callum Wilson starts in attack.
West Ham XI:
Where to watch Newcastle v West Ham: TV and online streams
Newcastle v West Ham kicks off at 5:30pm. It will be broadcast on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League. It will be available to stream via Sky Go.
Stats for Newcastle v West Ham
- Newcastle lost this exact fixture 2-0 last season but haven’t lost consecutive home league games against West Ham since February/October 1998.
- West Ham are looking to complete just their third Premier League double over Newcastle, after 1998- 99 and 2018-19.
- Newcastle have kept just one clean sheet in their last 14 Premier League games, a 1-0 win at Chelsea back in March.
- Newcastle have dropped more points from winning positions than any other side in the Premier League this season (27), while also gaining fewer points from behind than anyone else (3).
- West Ham have lost 3-0 against Brentford and 1-0 against Arsenal in their last two Premier League games. They last lost three in a row without scoring in February 2024.
- Newcastle have conceded a league-high 20 goals in the final 15 minutes of Premier League games this season. The only side to concede more and not be relegated in a single campaign are Crystal Palace in 2023-24 (23).
- West Ham have failed to score in each of their last three away league games. They last went four without a goal in April/May 2015, the fourth game of which was at Newcastle in their final away game of the season.
- Former Magpies striker Callum Wilson scored twice for West Ham against Bournemouth in November earlier this season. Only two players have scored two or more goals in a match against two different former sides in a Premier League campaign – Chris Wood in 2023-24 (vs Burnley and Newcastle) and Nicolas Anelka in 2006-07 (vs Arsenal and Man City).
