This is nice and open. Just how we like it.

Another chance for Timo Werner but he makes a real mess of it after failing to get a clean contact from just seven yards out.

Now a goal-bound attempt by Timo Werner but it's unintentionally blocked by team-mate Son Heung-min. It wouldn't have counted anyway had it found the net as the offside flag was up.

Newcastle's fans are out of their seats. Harvey Barnes is allowed to drive into the box unchallenged before the ball is put behind. That's Newcastle's fifth corner already. We've only been going 15 minutes or so.

Brennan Johnson looks like he is really settling into life at Tottenham.

That was a great pass to present Timo Werner with a big chance earlier.

Johnson has seven Premier League assists since arriving from Nottingham Forest in September.

That should have been number eight.

Now a header for Harvey Barnes from another corner. It sails behind.

Promising start by both teams.

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Now half an opening at the other end as Anthony Gordon finds Harvey Barnes who cannot find the space to get a shot away inside the Spurs box. The ball is put behind for a corner.

Big chance for Timo Werner.

Great vision by Brennan Johnson to find the German unmarked inside the box but Werner volleys it high and wide.

Now Tottenham are enjoying their first sustained period of possession. They're spraying it around with confidence and Destiny Udogie wins his side a corner.

It's taken short and James Maddison whips it into the box before it is scrambled clear.

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Eddie Howe talked pre-match about his side making a fast start. They've won two corners in the opening four minutes or so. Neither came to anything.

First threat of dangers comes from Newcastle as Anthony Gordon's delivery is hacked clear. Now, Newcastle has the game's first corner.

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Early touches for both keepers.

It could be a busy afternoon for both Martin Dúbravka and Guglielmo Vicario.

There has not been a 0-0 between these two clubs since 1971.

It's the visitors who get the game under way.

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Both sets of players are wearing black armbands in a mark of respect for former Newcastle manager and ex-Tottenham player Joe Kinnear, who has died at the age of 77.

St James' Park is a sea of black of white as the teams walk out to a cauldron of noise.

Great atmosphere. Newcastle's fans are up for this!

Newcastle United

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe: "I admire Tottenham tactically; I admire them physically. A lot of credit must go to Ange Postecoglou for the job he has done and the philosophy he has implemented. I think they have played very well this season."

Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou, speaking to TNT Sports, on Rodrigo Bentancur starting: "He is ready and he's contributed in the last few weeks.

"He did well when he came on last week, we are going to need all the midfielders and even the midfielders off the bench today."

On Richarlison being left out: "He has a bit of a niggle so we have given him an extra week.

"We don't have a game next week so it gives him a full two weeks to recover for the busy finish to the season."

On Newcastle: "Hopefully it is an exciting [game]. When you come up here the crowd get behind the team and it's always a high-tempo game so it will be an exciting one."

On being the manager at Tottenham: "I am loving it. It's where you want to be, I would prefer to be going for the title, but we want to finish the season strong."