Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction after Chris Wood hat-trick
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Newcastle United host Nottingham Forest to kick off the Premier League’s Boxing Day action.
Eddie Howe’s side, still struggling with injuries, hope to bounce back from a damaging loss to Luton, while new Forest boss Nuno Espirito Santo is targeting a first win in charge after being upset by Bournemouth last time out.
"Luton played well. It was always going to be a difficult game for us, a tough place to come,” said Howe after defeat at Kenilworth Road. We switched off from a corner and ultimately it cost us the game. [There are] no excuses from our side, just on the day we weren't where we needed to be to win the game."
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Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest
SUBS: Odysseas Vlachodimos, Neco Williams, Joe Worrall, Nuno Tavares, Orel Mangala, Cheikhou Kouyate, Ryan Yates, Nicolas Dominguez, Divock Origi.
Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest
NOTTINGHAM FOREST (4-2-3-1): Matt Turner; Ola Aina, Murillo, Moussa Niakhate, Gonzalo Montiel; Danilo, Ibrahim Sangare; Callum Hudson-Odoi, Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Elanga; Chris Wood.
Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest
SUBS: Loris Karius, Paul Dummett, Lewis Hall, Emil Krafth, Alex Murphy, Tino Livramento, Matt Ritchie, Joelinton, Callum Wilson.
Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest
NEWCASTLE UNITED (4-3-3): Martin Dubravka; Kieran Trippier, Sven Botman, Fabian Schar, Dan Burn; Lewis Miley, Bruno Guimaraes, Sean Longstaff; Miguel Almiron, Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon.
Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest
St James' Park is the venue for a showdown between two teams struggling for form. Seventh-place Newcastle have lost five of their last six matches across all competitions while Forest, who are 17th in the Premier League, are without a win in seven.
Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest
Hello everyone and welcome to live text coverage of the Premier League clash between Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest.
Newcastle v Nottingham Forest starting line-ups
Newcastle XI: Dúbravka, Schär, Burn, Trippier(c), Botman, Longstaff, Miley, Bruno Guimarães, Isak, Gordon, Almirón
Subs: Karius, Hall, Murphy, Livramento, Dummett, Joelinton, Wilson, Ritchie, Krafth
Nott’m Forest XI: Turner, Montiel, Niakhaté, Aina, Murillo, Sangaré, Gibbs-White(c), Danilo, Hudson-Odoi, Elanga, Wood
Subs: Williams, Domínguez, Worrall, Vlachodimos, Nuno Tavares, Origi, Mangala, Yates, Kouyaté
Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest
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