Welcome to Sports Mole's live text coverage of the Premier League clash between Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur at St James' Park.
These sides are meeting on the opening weekend of the Prem season for the fourth time, making this the most contested curtain-raising fixture of the lot.
Spurs endured a frustrating summer as they failed to bring in a single new face, while Newcastle - themselves hardly heading into the new campaign on a high - did at least manage to add a handful of recruits to their squad.
Follow all of the action as it unfolds on Tyneside with our extensive updates below.
STARTING XI: Lloris; Aurier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies; Dier, Sissoko; Eriksen, Dele, Lucas; Kane
SUBS: Vorm, Alderweireld, Walker-Peters, Amos, Dembele, Son, Llorente
STARTING XI: Dubravka; Yedlin, Lascelles, Clark, Dummett; Ritchie, Shelvey, Diame, Kenedy; Perez; Joselu
SUBS: Darlow, Manquillo, Schar, Ki, Atsu, Muto, Rondon
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Rafael Benitez: "I am not happy we are looking to just survive every year. When I decided to stay here it was because it was a project. Everyone knows that we can't compete against Man City or Man United, but we can do things in the right way. Maybe we can be more competitive or closer to European positions, maybe we could challenge for a trophy. That was the idea. Then we finished 10th and credit to our players, but I still thought we could do something more to be closer."
Mauricio Pochettino: "Of course, it's difficult to understand for people that Tottenham didn't sign or sell players, but sometimes in football you need to behave differently. If we are happy with our squad and cannot improve our squad, sometimes it's better to keep our squad together. We believe a lot in our players and why not repeat a similar season like last year or the season before, and with more experience? We are going to be better - no doubt about that."
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What a start at St James' Park! 😅 🔥
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NEWCASTLE UNITED SUBS: Darlow, Manquillo, Schar, Ki, Atsu, Muto, Rondon
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR SUBS: Vorm, Alderweireld, Walker-Peters, Amos, Dembele, Son, Llorente
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