Newcastle vs Liverpool LIVE: Premier League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Calm before the storm: Newcastle host Liverpool at St James’ Park on opening weekend in the Premier League Getty George Flood , Senior Sport Editor @ GeorgeFlood24 | Tashan Deniran-Alleyne 28 seconds ago Newcastle vs Liverpool LIVE!

Newcastle take on Liverpool today in one of the headline fixtures of opening weekend in the Premier League . Both clubs and fanbases will pay tribute to late icon Kevin Keegan on what is set to be an emotional afternoon at St James’ Park, with the English football great having died in July following a battle with cancer. There are new managers in both dugouts on Tyneside, with Matthias Jaissle now in charge of the hosts following Eddie Howe’s shock exit and Andoni Iraola selected to succeed Arne Slot as Reds boss.

Neither coach enjoyed a smooth summer, with Newcastle also hit by the exits of key players in Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon, while Liverpool’s transfer progress has been slow as they continue to work on replacing Mohamed Salah. Either Ronald Araujo or fellow new signing Jeremy Jacquet will need to start alongside Virgil van Dijk in defence here, while the likes of Lukas Hornicek, Amar Dedic, Sean Steur, Aladji Bamba and Bazoumana Toure are all hoping to make their Newcastle debuts.

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Newcastle are without both Joelinton and Tino Livramento for the start of the new Premier League season.

Brazilian midfielder Joelinton is expected to miss the first couple of weeks of the campaign with an unspecified issue sustained in training, while right-back Livramento is still working his way back from surgery on a calf injury suffered on the eve of England’s World Cup campaign in North America back in June.

New Magpies boss Matthias Jaissle is expected to hand out several competitive debuts at St James’ Park this afternoon as the likes of new signings Lukas Hornicek, Amar Dedic, Sean Steur, Aladji Bamba and Bazoumana Toure all push to start.

Getty How to watch Newcastle vs Liverpool TV channel: In the UK, Newcastle vs Liverpool will be televised live on Sky Sports Premier League and Sky Sports Main Event, with coverage starting immediately after the conclusion of the two 2pm kick-offs - Manchester City vs Bournemouth and Brighton vs Aston Villa.

Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers can also catch the contest live online via the Sky Go app.

Good afternoon and welcome to Standard Sport’s live coverage of Newcastle vs Liverpool in what is the penultimate fixture of matchweek 1 of the new Premier League season.

There are new managers in both dugouts and expected debutants on both sides as each club embarks on a fresh era today.

But first we will see emotional tributes paid to the late Kevin Keegan, an icon for both of these fanbases who sadly died in July aged 75 following a battle with cancer.

Kick-off at St James’ Park is at 4:30pm BST, so stay with us for match build-up, team news and live game updates.