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90' +6
FULL-TIME: NEWCASTLE UNITED 1-1 WOLVES.
90' +1
We're into five minutes of added time!
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C. Atsu enters the game and replaces M. Longstaff.
D. Gayle enters the game and replaces A. Saint-Maximin.
There's a double change coming up for Newcastle. First, Matty Longstaff comes off for Atsu.
And Saint-Maximin comes off for Gayle. He was arguably Newcastle's most dangerous player today.
88'
Corner for Wolves - Neto winning it with a shot that takes a deflection on the way out. It's Moutinho to take towards the back post, but Willems heads it away.
86'
Shelvey coming on perhaps indicates that Newcastle are happy to settle for a point, which is totally fair given they're now down to 10 men for what little remains of this game.
85'
J. Shelvey enters the game and replaces Joelinton.
And there's a change for Newcastle as Shelvey replaces Joelinton.
84'
Rúben Vinagre enters the game and replaces Jonny.
Nuno turns to the bench and brings off the goalscorer Jonny for Vinagre.
82'
S. Longstaff goes off after a red card!
HE'S OFF! Sean Longstaff catches Neves very high and he's been shown a straight red! It's not malicious as he's chasing a loose ball, but it's a dangerously high tackle that Kevin Friend deems worthy of a red.
80'
Willems has another opportunity to put Newcastle back in front, but his header lacks power and it's easy for Patricio.
75'
Rúben Neves gets yellow.
Neves is the next to be shown a yellow card for shoving Saint-Maximin just as he was breaking away.
Jimenez now with a pass wide to Traore, but Clark blocks his cross. The forward manages to pick up the ball again, but he can't capitalise. Wolves are pressing for a second and Newcastle are really hanging on!
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Jonny has scored a goal for Wolverhampton Wanderers!
GOAAAL! WOLVES EQUALISE! It's a great Wolves move starting with Traore's throughball into Doherty - it sends him to the byline for a cutback, but Dubravka palms it away only as far as Jonny and it's a simple volley for him! The goal was coming, but Dubravka didn't help the situation! 1-1 and game on!
70'
Pedro Neto enters the game and replaces Diogo Jota.
Jota has been a menace up top, but he comes off for Neto in the first change of the match.
69'
R. Saïss gets yellow.
Almiron charges down the flank and ends up drawing a foul from Saiss to relieve some of the pressure and win a free-kick. Saiss is shown a yellow card for the foul.
66'
J. Lascelles gets yellow.
Lascelles is shown a yellow card for a late tackle on Jimenez in the build-up to a blocked Traore shot. He catches the Wolves striker's foot and he can't have any complaints about the booking. Good refereeing from Kevin Friend to return to the incident.
61'
Traore gets to the byline again for another low cross into the box, but Dubravka closes down the angle well and blocks. Traore is much more threatening now he's been pushed into a more advanced role.
59'
Wolves nearly get another chance, but Doherty can't get the ball out of his feet inside the box! What a wonderful ball from Jimenez to pick him out in the first place.
55'
C. Clark gets yellow.
First yellow card of the game goes to Clark for a foul on Traore.
54'
Jimenez tries to pick out Traore with a flick, but he ends up giving the ball away to Saint-Maximin. He charges down the pitch straight into the Wolves box, but loses out in the end. What a threat he's been so far, his pace causing Wolves serious issues.
52'
Nuno has made another tactical tweak for the second half, pushing Traore into a more advanced position, the sort of position that caused Manchester City such problems in Wolves' 2-0 win at the Etihad. Traore scored both goals in that game, but he's been relatively quiet so far today.
50'
One for VAR? Saint-Maximin darts into the box and causes all sorts of problems with his trickery and draws a foul from Saiss, but the referee awards a corner! Saint-Maximin wants a penalty, but the VAR check doesn't see an issue with the decision.
46'
KICK-OFF! Newcastle restart play defending their one-goal lead.
45' +2
HALF-TIME: NEWCASTLE UNITED 1-0 WOLVES.
Moutinho fires in a free-kick and Jota just manages to hook his foot around it, but there's no power behind it and it's not a test for Dubravka.
45'
We're into two minutes of added time at the end of the first half.
43'
Saint-Maximin beats Traore on the left with some great footwork, cuts a ball across goal to Almiron who lays it off to Sean Longstaff, but his shot is blocked. It drops back to him for another, but this one is way over the bar.
41'
That goal's given Newcastle an additional burst of confidence and they're knocking the ball around well now. They're comfortable enough to take an extra touch here and there and try and shift Wolves out of their shape.
37'
J. Lascelles has scored a goal for Newcastle United! Assist by F. Fernández.
It's one centre-back to another as Fernandez finds himself with the ball out on the far side of the pitch, but he sticks it up perfectly for Lascelles.
GOAAAAAL! NEWCASTLE LEAD! A big moment from the captain Lascelles! Newcastle keep their pressure up and Fernandez delivers a cross back towards the near post and Lascelles leaps high to thunder a header past Patricio! Terrible defending from Wolves, though. Twice they had chances to get rid of the ball, but failed to clear their lines.
33'
Newcastle have a free-kick in a good position wide on the right, though. What can Sean Longstaff do with this? He whips a ball into the box, but Joelinton heads it straight behind for a Wolves goal-kick.
32'
What can Almiron do here? The counter's on with options to his right and left, but he plays his pass far too early and the move breaks down. That's an excellent opportunity wasted.
30'
Wolves now are trying to build an attack, with Traore in behind on the right, but Willems gets across and concedes a corner. He's furious as he thought he won a goal-kick!
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It's Willems again, inside to Saint-Maximin. He does superbly well to dribble his way into the box, but his next pass is cut out.
26'
It's Sean Longstaff with the delivery, but it runs straight through to Patricio.
25'
Newcastle in possession with Willems out wide and he wins a free-kick off Traore. Another chance then for Newcastle to test the Wolves defence with a good set piece.
23'
Fantastic play from Matty Longstaff to set up a Newcastle counter-attack ending up with Almiron in the box - he tries to dink a ball across to Joelinton, but Wolves clear. Sean Longstaff, too, is instrumental with a great pass wide to Yedlin to help the move on.
21'
Jota now with a chance to counter with Jimenez making excellent ground through the middle, but Lascelles is alert and cuts out the move before it really has a chance to develop.
19'
Jota's back onto his feet, but he's walking quite gingerly and looks somewhat unsteady. Nonetheless, he's been sent back into play.
14'
Here's Traore with space and he tries to get a cross in towards Jota, but it's headed behind for another Wolves corner. It's sent in towards Jimenez at the near post, but Newcastle clear again.
12'
There's been a slight formational change for Wolves, as they've moved into a 3-5-2 shape. Jota and Jimenez are together up top, Traore has been moved back to a right wingback role and Dendoncker is the third central midfielder, while Doherty joins Saiss and Coady in the back three.
10'
Wolves have a corner at the moment, Moutinho standing over the ball ready to deliver. It's poor though and Dubravka punches clear.
6'
It's not a bad delivery at all from Sean Longstaff, with Joelinton heading it back across goal to Almiron, but the Paraguayan can't make proper contact and Dendoncker makes a block.
5'
Willems with a pass forward to Saint-Maximin, who plays it inside to Sean Longstaff. Newcastle are enjoying their first spell of possession of the game and end up winning a free-kick - Jonny fouling Yedlin.
3'
Moutinho has the first shot of the game - a right-footed effort from the edge of the box - but it's tame and Dubravka has no issues catching it.
2'
Wolves on the attack early here, Jota laying it off wide to Jonny, but Newcastle keep their shape and force their opponents back into their own half.
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KICK-OFF! We're underway at St James' Park, Wolves kicking off and attacking left-to-right.
Hello everyone and welcome to the Premier League match between Newcastle United and Wolves at St James' Park.
Wolves can move as high as sixth should they win today, but their Premier League matches following games in Europe have seen mixed results - they drew with Crystal Palace, but beat Manchester City at the Etihad. Newcastle at St James’ Park, though, are tough - they’ve conceded just twice at home this season, which is fewer than any other side. The Magpies are out of the bottom three on goal difference alone and need a result to help put some distance between themselves and the drop.
SUBS: Karl Darlow, Paul Dummett, Jonjo Shelvey, Dwight Gayle, Yoshinori Muto, Emil Krafth, Christian Atsu.
WOLVES XI (3-4-2-1): Rui Patricio; Leander Dendoncker, Conor Coady, Roman Saiss; Matt Doherty, Joao Moutinho, Ruben Neves, Jonny; Adama Traore, Diogo Jota; Raul Jimenez.
SUBS: John Ruddy, Jesus Vallejo, Max Kilman, Patrick Cutrone, Pedro Neto, Ruben Vinagre, Benny Ashley-Seal.
Don’t go anywhere because the teams are out and kick-off is coming up shortly!
NEWCASTLE UNITED XI (5-4-1): Martin Dubravka; DeAndre Yedlin, Federico Fernandez, Jamaal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Jetro Willems; Miguel Almiron, Matty Longstaff, Sean Longstaff, Allan Saint-Maximin; Joelinton.
This is really poor from Wolves and not what we've come to expect of Nuno's side. They're a little too slow in possession and too ponderous on the ball, failing to really create anything. Moutinho saw a shot easily saved, while Jota had a half-chance in added time that was equally as straightforward for Dubravka. It's going to take a big second-half effort to overturn this.
That's all from us for Newcastle's 1-1 draw with Wolves. Thanks for staying with us and goodbye for now!
It's eight games unbeaten for Wolves now and they're up to 11th in the table with Aston Villa next in the Carabao Cup during the week. They return to league action away at Arsenal next weekend, the sort of game they relished last season. A point isn't enough to move Newcastle up the table and they stay 17th, one point ahead of Southampton. They're back in action against West Ham on Saturday.
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