Welcome to live coverage of the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Fulham at St. James' Park.

The Cottagers have lost just one of their last five league games away from home (W2 D2). However, Fulham have scored only five times in their last six on the road.

Newcastle have won three successive home league matches for the first time since April last year when they won four.

Fulham have won five of the last seven matches against Newcastle in the Premier League (D1 L1).

Fulham make two changes from the 3-2 win over West London rivals QPR, with Stanislav Manolev coming in for injured Ashkan Dejagah (ankle) and the suspended Steve Sidwell - sent off on Monday - replaced by Eyong Enoh who makes his first start since joining from Ajax. Mladen Petric is unavailable because of an adductor problem while Mahamadou Diarra is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.

Yoan Gouffran returns for Newcastle in the only change from the Europa League defeat at Benfica, replacing injured James Perch. The Toon revert to 4-4-2, with Gouffran joining Papiss Cisse up front. Like Gouffran, Mathieu Debuchy was ineligible for Thursday's match but is unavailable today with a hamstring problem. Cheick Tiote (hamstring), Massadio Haidara (knee) and Fabricio Coloccini (back) are also missing but Danny Simpson starts despite a knock to the ankle suffered in Portugal.

Newcastle: Krul, Simpson, S.Taylor, Yanga-Mbiwa, Santon, Marveaux, Sissoko, Cabaye, Gutierrez, Gouffran, Cisse. Subs: Elliot, Williamson, Anita, Bigirimana, Obertan, Campbell, Ameobi. /// Fulham: Schwarzer, Riether, Senderos, Hangeland, Riise, Manolev, Enoh, Karagounis, Duff, Ruiz, Berbatov. Subs: Etheridge, Hughes, Richardson, Frimpong, Emanuelson, Frei, Rodallega