An entertaining start at the King Power between two sides who play easy on the eye football.

The home side win a free-kick on the left side of the penalty box, James Maddison whips it in but Wolves manage to clear without encountering too many problems.

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Joelinton's English is not great judging by his first interview as a Newcastle player being a translated one.

But the universal sign of 'play the ball to my feet' shows exactly what the Brazilian is thinking as a hopeful ball races past him and into Bernd Leno's hands.

Patient football from Arsenal, who are enjoying most of the possession. The Gunners are just knocking the ball around the back four but not really going anywhere.

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Kassim Patel: Willock deserves his chance today. Going to see a master class from the young Englishman!

Kyle: Looking at the Arsenal side. I'm confident Newcastle will win today. Joelinton and Almiron to cause them loads of problems and Newcastle to win 2-1. That Arsenal back four looks awful.

Vishnu J Ladwa: Great to see Chambers and Nelson in the squad today after good loan moves away from the club. 0-3 for me

Chris Waddle
Ex-England winger on BBC Radio 5 Live

They look two very nervous sides, no one has settled yet. Arsenal are playing two sitting midfielders and I don't think they need to - it's a waste of a player. They're the better team though at the minute.

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Twenty three years ago, Newcastle United spent a world transfer record-breaking £15 million to sign a young Alan Shearer to bolster their front line.

This summer, they smashed their transfer record again to bring in Brazilian Joelinton for £40m. Can he be the Toon Army's main man this season?

Just think, you could be on the back of someone's leg if you could hit just half of the Match of the Day pundits' record.

Joelinton has seen a bit of the ball already, dropping deep into his own half to make something happen for the home side.

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Saj Chowdhury
BBC Sport

There was a tentative thumbs up from Bruce to somebody behind me as he strolled a yard on to the pitch to survey the scene.

Will it be more thumbs ups at the end of the match?

First shot of the afternoon falls to Wolves... and Leander Dendoncker balloons a 20-yard ball over the bar. That was akin to what we'd see at nearby Welford Road...

Leicester: Schmeichel, Ricardo Pereira, Evans, Soyuncu, Chilwell, Ndidi, Perez, Tielemans, Choudhury, Maddison, Vardy. Subs: Justin, Morgan, Albrighton, Ward, Iheanacho, Barnes, Praet.

Wolves: Rui Patricio, Coady, Bennett, Boly, Doherty, Dendoncker, Joao Moutinho, Neves, Jonny, Jota, Jimenez. Subs: Pedro Neto, Cutrone, Gibbs-White, Ruddy, Saiss, Ruben Vinagre, Traore.

Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands)

Here's a quick reminder of the teams...

Newcastle: Dubravka, Schar, Lascelles, Dummett, Manquillo, Shelvey, Hayden, Longstaff, Ritchie, Almiron, Joelinton. Subs: Clark, Saint-Maximin, Muto, Willems, Krafth, Fernandez, Darlow.

Arsenal: Leno, Maitland-Niles, Chambers, Papastathopoulos, Monreal, Guendouzi, Xhaka, Mkhitaryan, Willock, Nelson, Aubameyang. Subs: Ceballos, Lacazette, Torreira, Pepe, Luiz, Martinez, Gabriel Martinelli.

Referee: Martin Atkinson (W Yorkshire)

Toot toot! Off we go in Leicester too.

And we're off!

And here is Steve Bruce. I'd like to tell you what the fans' reaction is but I can't hear anything other than Mark Knopfler on my feed. Saj?

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Saj Chowdhury
BBC Sport

We're awaiting the emergence of Steve Bruce. Decibel levels to hit all-time highs?

Erm....

Tactics talked, legs stretched, bodies hydrated... time for business. The players are walking out of the tunnels in Newcastle and Leicester...

Heart-warming moment in Leicester as Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha is introduced to the crowd at the King Power.

Srivaddhanaprabha has been formally named as chairman of Leicester City, succeeding his late father Vichai.

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was killed along with four other passengers when his helicopter crashed outside the King Power Stadium last October.

Huge round of applause in a poignant moment.

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Steve Long: A very narrow Arsenal line-up could play into Newcastle's hands with 3 CB's and the WB's, they'll be no space in the centre and Newcastle could counter, you'd expect Arsenal to change that if they do struggle with that and space behind the WB's will open up.

Stephen: Xhaka & Mkhitaryan are both luxuries in any team where they are capable of performing magic but are liabilities the rest of the 90 minutes. Are they worth it? I'm yet to be convinced.

Mark M: Nervously optimistic about Newcastle's performance today. Great to see Ritchie playing higher up the pitch. Combined with Longstaff, Almiron and Joelinton makes me think there might be goals in this team

Frappuccinos? I'm not having that. This is St James' not Starbucks...

Saj Chowdhury
BBC Sport at St James' Park

Truly atrocious weather is greeting the two teams and the fans, who must have thought they'd be ordering frappucinos today not hot beef flavoured drinks.

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Talking of predictions, we have asked 24 BBC TV and radio pundits to pick their top four with explanations for their selections.

The pressure.

Only one didn't pick a top two of Manchester City and Chelsea...

Find out who that was here.