Newcastle United vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League team news, line-ups and more

Follow live coverage as Newcastle United face Arsenal in the Premier League today.

Manchester City are reigning champions after beating Liverpool to the finish line in a neck-and-neck 2021/22 title race where a comeback win on the final day of the season against Aston Villa secured a fourth title in five years for Pep Guardiola's side.

Jurgen Klopp's Reds were on course for a quadruple last season but were forced to settle for just an FA Cup and Carabao Cup win and will return trying to win the title again just as they did in 2020.

It was a dramatic season for Chelsea a year ago with Roman Abramovich now replaced by Todd Boehly as owner in west London. He will want an instant return on his hefty investment at Stamford Bridge while Tottenham, back in the Champions League, will want to kick on once more too.

It's not all about the action at the top though with Fulham, Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest promoted to the top tier for 2021/22 and hoping to hold their own against the best English football has to offer and avoid the drop.

We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:

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Arsenal also make just a single change today, as Martinelli is favoured over Trossard on the visitors' left flank. Once again, Gabriel is partnered by Kiwior at the back, with Holding consigned to the bench.

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Newcastle's only change from the team that started last week's win over Southampton sees in-form forward Wilson brought in to replace Gordon. The England striker - who has scored eight goals in his last 10 games - will start alongside club-record signing Isak for the first time in a Premier League fixture.

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SUBS: Matt Turner, Reiss Nelson, Eddie Nketiah, Emile Smith Rowe, Fabio Vieira, Leandro Trossard, Rob Holding, Thomas Partey, Kieran Tierney.

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ARSENAL (4-3-3): Aaron Ramsdale; Ben White, Gabriel Magalhaes, Jakub Kiwior, Oleksandr Zinchenko; Martin Odegaard, Jorginho, Granit Xhaka; Bukayo Saka, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli.

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SUBS: Martin Dubravka, Elliot Anderson, Paul Dummett, Javier Manquillo, Matt Targett, Allan Saint-Maximin, Miguel Almiron, Jamal Lewis, Anthony Gordon.

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NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-3-3): Nick Pope; Kieran Trippier, Sven Botman, Fabian Schar, Dan Burn; Joelinton, Bruno Guimaraes, Joe Willock; Jacob Murphy, Callum Wilson, Alexander Isak.

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Having for so long led the Premier League title race, Arsenal's are no longer in control of matters at the summit, with Manchester City now sitting four points clear at the top of the table. The Gunners ended a damaging run of four games without a win on Tuesday, with a 3-1 victory against Chelsea, and success on Tyneside today would at least guarantee a top-two finish. Beaten at St James' Park this time last year - a loss which ultimately saw them miss out on the Champions League - Mikel Arteta's side were held to a goalless draw by Newcastle in January's reverse fixture.

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With five games left to play, Newcastle United remain favourites to take one of two Champions League places realistically on offer behind today's opponents and Premier League leaders Manchester City. Aiming to consolidate third spot and aid their pursuit of a return to European competition, victory over the Gunners would take them one step closer to securing a top-four finish. A run of eight wins from their last nine league fixtures - including four in succession on home soil - sees the Magpies holding a three-point lead over Liverpool with two games in hand.

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Hello and welcome to live coverage of today's Premier League clash between Newcastle United and Arsenal at St James' Park!

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