Follow live coverage as Newcastle United face Leicester City today in the Premier League. Another top-flight season will be covered in full right here with The Independent, as reigning champions Manchester City look to make it an unprecedented five titles in a row come the end of 2024/25.
The likes of Arsenal and Liverpool will be chasing Pep Guardiola's side, but just as fascinating will be the race for Champions League places, with more teams than ever before having designs on top-four finishes. Chelsea remain big-spending, Manchester United's latest rebuild continues and both Tottenham and Newcastle will expect improvements this year - yet it was Aston Villa who snared fourth last term.
Meanwhile, it's Southampton, Leicester City and Ipswich Town who made it back to the elite after promotion last year and each will have hope they can make it more than a one-year stay. Follow the latest live action from the Premier League below:
Newcastle United FC 1 - 0 Leicester City FC
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:27
Decent strike! Joelinton tries to curl one into the top right corner, but it's a comfortable save for Hermansen in the Leicester goal.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:26
Leicester can't get out of their own half at the moment, they have everyone back defending as Newcastle continue to press forward and look dangerous in the box.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:23
Into the wall! Tonali steps up to take a free-kick around 25 yards out, but he drills his strike straight into the Leicester wall who do their job well.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:22
Good counter! Great run from Isak, who shows great feet to get all the way to the edge of the box and evade the challenge from Skipp. The striker lays it off to Murphy down the right, who fires a shot at goal, but his curling strike flies well wide.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:21
Yellow Card Oliver William Skipp
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:21
Good strike! Joelinton tries his luck from the edge of the box, but his drilled effort is too close to Hermansen, who makes a decent stop.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:19
Newcastle are dominating possession at the moment, they're keeping it well, with Leicester unable to get it up the pitch towards Vardy.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:17
This is Van Nistelrooy’s seventh game in charge of a Premier League side in all competitions this season but the first time he’s managed a game away from home. In his playing career, the Dutchman played five games at St James’ Park and scored in every single game, the joint best 100% scoring ratio by a player at a venue along with Vardy at the Hawthorns.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:14
Decent chance! Gordon does well down the left wing, flicks the ball to Hall on the overlap who whips a cross into the box and it's met by Guimaraes at the far post. However, the Newcastle skipper heads over the bar.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:12
Newcastle have come to life now, those two goalscoring chances seem to have given them confidence and they look dangerous in the final third. The crowd are well and truly behind them as well, urging them forward.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:11
CHANCE! Another opportunity for Newcastle! This time it's Burn with the chance in front of goal. The centre-back rises above his marker as a cross is whipped into the box from the left and the defender powers a header towards goal. However, he gets too much on it and it flies over the crossbar! He should be doing better from there.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:10
CHANCE! Huge save by Hermansen to deny Gordon! The winger cuts in from the left wing, shifts the ball past a couple of Leicester defenders and then fires a shot towards the top left corner. However, Hermansen gets across and makes a great diving save to turn it away for a corner.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:10
This is a bit better from Newcastle, keeping it well at the back and taking their time to play the ball forward, with Leicester keeping their shape well and not allowing them much time or space in the middle of the pitch.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:06
Bright start here by the visitors, they're pressing forward in numbers and Newcastle don't look particularly comfortable at the back at the moment.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:05
Sloppy play early on by Newcastle, they've given the ball away very cheaply on two occassions already, with Murphy the latest to play a pass straight to Vardy. The striker sets Leicester up on the counter, but Murphy makes the foul and hands Leicester a free-kick in a decent position.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
15:01
We're under way!
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
14:58
The teams are out on the pitch and kick off is just a few minutes away, stay tuned for all the match action!
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
14:53
Newcastle have shipped 3+ goals in each of their last two Premier League games (3-3 vs Liverpool, 2-4 vs Brentford), last doing so in three games in a row in December and January last season. The Magpies have done so on 10 occasions in 2024, only doing so more often in 2021 (12) and 2014 (11) in a single year.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
14:53
The visitors have also made three changes, with Skipp, Choudhury and Mavididi all coming into the side, as Ruud Van Nistelrooy replaces Ndidi, Soumare and Ayew.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
14:48
Eddie Howe has made three changes to his starting line-up, with Pope missing out through injury, so he has been replaced in goal by Dubravka. Longstaff and Barnes are the others to miss out as they drop to the bench, with Tonali and Gordon coming into the team.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
14:43
LEICESTER SUBS: Danny Ward, Wout Faes, Caleb Okoli, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Jordan Ayew, Patson Daka, Luke Thomas, Facundo Buonanotte, Henry Cartwright.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
14:43
LEICESTER (4-2-3-1): Mads Hermansen; Victor Kristiansen, Jannik Vestergaard, Conor Coady, James Justin; Oliver Skipp, Hamza Choudhury; Stephy Mavididi, Bilal El Khannouss, Kasey McAteer; Jamie Vardy.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
14:38
NEWCASTLE SUBS: Kieran Trippier, Harvey Barnes, Matt Targett, William Osula, Odysseas Vlachodimos, Miguel Almiron, Lloyd Kelly, Joe Willock, Sean Longstaff.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
14:38
NEWCASTLE (4-3-3): Martin Dubravka; Lewis Hall, Dan Burn, Fabian Schar, Tino Livramento; Joelinton, Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali; Anthony Gordon, Alexander Isak, Jacob Murphy.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
14:33
Newcastle are winless in their last four Premier League games, having lost two and drawn two, with their last game ending in a 4-2 defeat away at Brentford, to leave the Magpies 12th in the table. Meanwhile Leicester have picked up four points in their last two games, beating West Ham 3-1, before a 2-2 draw with Brighton last time out, a game in which the Foxes trailed until the 86th minute, but scored two late goals to take a point.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
14:30
Hello and welcome to our LIVE match commentary of the Premier League clash between Newcastle United and Leicester City at St James’ Park.
Newcastle United vs Leicester City
13:00
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