Former Newcastle & Stoke defender Andy Griffin
BBC Radio Stoke at St James' Park

"If the referee is consistent then Jack Colback has got to go. He has already got a yellow card and that challenge deserved another."

Jack Colback is a lucky boy. He's on a yellow card and hacks down Victor Moses but escapes punishment. Looked a booking to me, and with referee Kevin Friend dishing out cards like confetti...

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Newcastle supporters don't seem too impressed when the lively Remy Cabella is hooked off by John Carver and replaced by Gabriel Obertan. Plenty of boos.

Daily Telegraph football correspondent Henry Winter:, external Manchester United not short of attacking intent against West Ham. Rooney, Januzaj, Di Maria, Falcao and Van Persie, with Valencia and Shaw attacking from deep.

Is this game beginning to open up? Newcastle almost pay the price for defensive hesitancy when Victor Moses wins the ball out wide and cuts it across, but it's too close to Asmir Begovic.

Five changes to the West Ham United side that started the 2-0 defeat at Liverpool on 31 January. In come defenders Carl Jenkinson, James Tomkins, Cheikhou Kouyate, midfielder Mark Noble and forward Diafra Sakho. Striker Andy Carroll failed a late fitness test on a damaged ankle. The Hammers also include defender Reece Oxford on the substitutes bench. He will become the club's youngest-ever player at the age of 16 years 54 days if he comes on.

Manchester United also make five changes from the side that started the FA Cup fourth round tie with Cambridge United last Tuesday, with Antonio Valencia, Phil Jones, Luke Shaw, Adnan Januzaj and Radamel Falcao all starting. Midfielder Juan Mata drop to the bench.

West Ham United XI: Adrian, Jenkinson, Tomkins, Kouyate, Cresswell, Song, Noble, Nolan, Downing, Sakho, Valencia.

Manchester United XI: De Gea, Valencia, Jones, Rojo, Shaw, Blind, Rooney, Januzaj, Di Maria, Falcao, van Persie.

After a goal and an assist today, does Danny Ings deserve an England call-up?

Lewis Kulisewa: This is the real reason why England underperform on the international stage. It's too early. Let the boy mature!

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Ben Turner: What about Adebayo Akinfenwa aka The Beast? Bagged himself a brace for Wimbledon against Newport yesterday...

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There's more intensity about Stoke now as they push up and pin Newcastle back into their own half. John Carver reacts by sending on Papiss Cisse for Vurnon Anita. A striker for a midfielder. Nice.

Stoke beginning to apply some pressure now, but two corners from Victor Moses end up on the head of a Newcastle player rather than their intended target.

Former Newcastle & Stoke defender Andy Griffin
BBC Radio Stoke at St James' Park

"This game really is very, very scrappy. It's just all stop-start. There are lots of petty fouls and free-kicks. But a point would be a decent result for Stoke, they may well have taken that before the game started."

There are groans in the crowd as two promising Newcastle situations break down when the ball is given away. Once each side gets into the final third, they lose all class and composure.

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No goals in this one so far but there will be goals aplenty in tonight's Match of the Day 2. And good ones too. Join host Mark Chapman, former Wales international John Hartson and former Aston Villa midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger for all today's highlights, plus a look back to yesterday's games.

It's on at 22:00 GMT on BBC Two for viewers in England and Wales, 22:30 for viewers in Northern Ireland, and 23:00 for those of you in Scotland.

To give Newcastle their dues, they are looking defensively sound this afternoon. First Victor Moses runs into a dead end in the penalty area, before a hopeful ball down the middle is shepherded out of danger by Fabricio Coloccini.

Forward Radamel Falcao is recalled to Manchester United's starting line up, one of five changes from the side that began the FA Cup fourth round win over Cambridge on 3 February. Juan Mata is left out. West Ham are without injured striker Andy Carroll. But forward Diafra Sakho starts his first league game since 1 January.

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Is it just me, or is there a lot of mis-placed passes in this game? There seems to be more than the usual. Very poor fayre. Still no shot on goal in the second half from either side.

Former Newcastle & Stoke defender Andy Griffin
BBC Radio Stoke at St James' Park

"Another defender out for Stoke with Marc Wilson going off. That's certainly not what you want. If any more defenders are ruled out I'll get my kit on."

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One interesting footnote is that Stoke's possession stats just touched 61%, which would eclipse their highest ever total achieved in a Premier League away game. Back to the action, Remy Cabella and Ayoze Perez link up well but the chance breaks down when the latter loses track of the ball.

Stoke are forced into a defensive reshuffle when Mark Wilson gets hurt in a challenge and immediately signals that he needs to come off. A pulled calf muscle possibly. Geoff Cameron is his replacement.

Safe to say there has been little excitement so far, except on the Sunday dinner front (see 30 mins)...

Luke Venn: Making a Ghanaian-themed feast for the big event tonight.

Ivory Coast and Ghana contest the Africa Cup of Nations final in a 19:00 GMT kick-off this evening. We'll have a live text commentary for you to follow on that one.

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There's no sign of this one improving as Phil Bardsley plays the ball down the line, but slices it out of play. Don't worry, Man Utd and West Ham kick off in an hour or so.