Juliette Ferrington
BBC Radio 5 live at St James' Park

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Rafa Benitez has sprung a surprise by giving Mo Diame his first Premier League start of the season as Newcastle look to put the Manchester United result behind them.

The only other start Diame has made this season was in the EFL Cup defeat by Nottingham Forest in August.

Benitez has kept faith with Ayoze Perez for quite some time but maybe he’s going to try to rekindle the telepathy between Diame and Dwight Gayle that was so successful last season.

Rafa Benitez makes one change to the side that started the 4-1 defeat at Old Trafford, with Mohamed Diame in for the suspended Isaac Hayden.

Newcastle starting XI: Elliot, Yedlin, Lejeune, Clark, Manquillo, Murphy, Diame, Shelvey, Ritchie, Gayle, Joselu

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The Hornets are unchanged from Sunday's win at home to West Ham.

Watford starting XI: Gomes, Mariappa, Kabasele, Britos. Femenia, Cleverley, Doucoure, Zeegelaar, Hughes, Richarlison, Gray

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Hello and welcome to our coverage of Newcastle v Watford. Without any further ado, let's take a look at today's team news.