Game On! Newcastle v Southampton
Game On at St James' Park A good day to you all, and welcome to this 'Game On' feature which will build up to and take us through the match with Southampton this afternoon.
Last weekend was momentous for us. We managed to beat Manchester United on their own patch for the first time in 41 years which should assure a decent welcome home for the lads today.
However whilst we were upsetting the red half of Manchester, Southampton set about frustrating the blue half by holding City to a draw at St Mary's - ending a run of three straight defeats in the process. That sounds as though Southampton haven't been performing this season - they have, and under Mauricio Pochettino the hard-working Saints will provide a tough test for Alan Pardew against his former employers this afternoon.
My good friend Marktoon has carefully crafted a match preview for you all to have a flick through if you've not done so already. You can view it here and it features news of injuries and suspension for both clubs, a look at previous meetings between the two sides along with some stats and facts thrown in for good measure.
The match itself will not be broadcast live here in the UK although it is due to be shown on some overseas channels so keep your eyes out for any decent streams as those who aren't lucky enough to be going to the match are going to want to watch. If you do find a good stream then please share it with your fellow NUFC fans and leave a link to it in the 'comments' section below.
Team news will be added in below on full as soon as I can possibly get to it. However if you're to eager and can't wait it usually appears in the comments below courtesy of some of our hawk-eyed regulars who are on it like Sonic! Either way it should be out just after 2pm.
That is just about it. This is an interesting game involving two sides who are probably overachieving at the minute if you take into account pre-season expectations so I guess we'll all have to watch and find out which way it goes.
Howay the lads!
Newcastle: Tim Krul; Mathieu Debuchy, Fabricio Coloccini, Mike Williamson, Davide Santon; Moussa Sissoko, Vurnon Anita, Cheik Tiote, Yoan Gouffran; Shola Ameobi, Loic Remy
Subs: Rob Elliot, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Massadio Haidara, Gabriel Obertan, Sammy Ameobi, Hatem Ben Arfa, Papiss Cisse
Southampton: Paulo Gazzaniga, Calum Chambers, Dejan Lovren, Jos Hooiveld, Luke Shaw, Jack Cork, Steven Davis, James Ward-Prowse, Jay Rodriguez, Rickie Lambert, Dani Osvaldo.
Subs: Cody Cropper, Maya Yoshida, Morgan Schneiderlin, Jose Fonte, Gaston Ramírez, Adam Lallana, Sam Gallagher
