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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A scramble from the resulting corner sees Saint-Maximin shoot from the edge of the area, but a crowd of West Ham defenders combine to block his effort near the goal line!
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BIG SAVE FROM FABIANSKI! That deserved to be a fourth Newcastle goal! Saint-Maximin latches onto a cross-field ball and exchanges passes with Joelinton, before the Brazilian sends a lovely back-heel into Murphy's path. He bends a low shot towards the bottom-left corner, but Fabianski turns it away to keep West Ham in the contest.
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Saint-Maximin and Joelinton link up on the left before the latter swings a cross into the area. There's a brief moment of panic as a game of head-tennis breaks out inside the West Ham box, but the hosts eventually hack it clear.
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Having clinched a brace in this game, Wilson has now scored twice as many Premier League goals against West Ham (12) than against any other opponent.
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West Ham have scored a second-half goal in just one of their last nine Premier League games, when they netted four goals against Nottingham Forest in February. They need to find at least two here, or they will remain level with Everton, Forest and Bournemouth on 27 points in the battle to avoid the drop.
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Yellow Card Joelinton Cassio Apolinário de Lira
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