Everton vs Newcastle latest scores: Aaron Lennon opens scoring in blistering Toffees start at Goodison Park

Updates as the Toffees host the Toon

Aaron Lennon (Getty)

Hello and welcome to coverage from Goodison Park as Everton host Newcastle United.

We'll hand over to the official Twitter feeds of both clubs for full coverage from the ground.

• After an expensive January, in which they were the top spending Premier League club, Steve McClaren will be keen to prove his new boys were worth the £25million outlay.
• Newcastle are still in the relegation zone but a win could move them up above Norwich City and into 17th.
• The good news for the visitors is that on-loan striker Seydou Doumbia has received a permit and is clear to play on Merseyside.
• Andros Townsend could also make his debut for the club, while Jack Colback and Paul Dummett are back from injuries.
• Unfortunately for the Toffees, their own deadline day striker, Oumar Niasse, hasn't yet been cleared to play after his £13.5m move from Lokomotiv Moscow.
• Roberto Martinez's team, winless in five, can move back into the top half with victory on home soil.
• Tim Howard is having a late fitness test but Kevin Mirallas and Muhamed Besic will definitely miss the game. 

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