West Ham United vs Newcastle United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Follow live coverage as West Ham United face Newcastle United in the Premier League today.
The Hammers remain in relegation trouble despite beating Southampton at the weekend; they sit 15th but the congested bottom half means they are only outside the drop zone on goal difference. A positive result against a top-four opponent would be a massive boost to their survival hopes therefore, though even after this fixture they have another game in hand on those around them.
As for the Magpies, Eddie Howe will hope the big weekend performance in beating Man United is replicated to keep their Champions League hopes firmly on track. Newcastle are third, though will drop to fourth if the Red Devils get a better result than them tonight.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
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Trippier sees a cross nodded away by Kehrer, before Bowen is fouled by Burn deep inside his own half. The confidence has drained out of West Ham following Newcastle's early double.
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Guimaraes swings the corner in, but it's met by a West Ham head inside the six-yard box.
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Newcastle win a corner as Kehrer slides in on Burn. The German is furious, and replays suggest he has a case – the ball deflected back off Burn before going behind.
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Newcastle have lost just one of their 22 Premier League games this season when starting with a back four of Kieran Tripper, Fabian Schar, Sven Botman and Dan Burn (W12 D9). West Ham must find a way to beat that resolute rearguard not once, but twice.
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The London Stadium has been stunned into silence now. There was a long wait as VAR David Coote looked at that offside call, and the decision was the correct one – Newcastle are flying!
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Goal Joelinton Cassio Apolinário de Lira
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