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Huddersfield vs Newcastle: Salomon Rondon's goal steers side away from relegation

Re-live the action from the John Smith’s Stadium

Kieran Jackson
Friday 14 December 2018 18:04 GMT
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Salomon Rondon's strike secured Newcastle their first victory in four matches as they won 1-0 at Huddersfield, who have now lost four in a row.

Rondon finished off a Newcastle break in the 55th minute at a rain-sodden John Smith's Stadium having been teed up by Javier Manquillo.

Rafael Benitez's men - celebrating a win for only the fourth time this season, the day after it emerged they had cancelled their Christmas party - are up a place to 14th in the Premier League table.

They are six points clear of the relegation zone, in which David Wagner's 18th-placed Huddersfield remain two adrift of safety.

Good morning and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of today's Premier League action, with five games kicking off at 3pm which you can follow right here as the goals go in.

Once matters are wrapped up at the Etihad Stadium where Manchester City take on Everton, we'll turn our attentions to the 3pm games where the standout fixture sees an in-form Tottenham buoyed by their Champions League progression in mid-week take on a Burnley side looking to continue their rise up the table, having moved out of the relegation zone last weekend.

Elsewhere, Crystal Palace will be without the suspended Wilfried Zaha as they face Leicester, while Watford will hope to record a much-needed win against Cardiff in order to get back into the top half of the league.

An important match at the foot of the table sees Newcastle travel to Huddersfield, while the final 3pm kick-off sees Wolves and Bournemouth meet in a clash that features two sides chasing European football next season. The final game of the day sees basement side Fulham host West Ham in a London derby from 5.30pm.

Mark Critchley15 December 2018 11:08

Team news incoming...

Jack de Menezes15 December 2018 14:06

TEAM NEWS: CRYSTAL PALACE VS LEICESTER CITY

Jack de Menezes15 December 2018 14:07

TEAM NEWS: HUDDERSFIELD VS NEWCASTLE

Jack de Menezes15 December 2018 14:08

TEAM NEWS: TOTTENHAM VS BURNLEY

Jack de Menezes15 December 2018 14:09

TEAM NEWS: WATFORD VS CARDIFF

Jack de Menezes15 December 2018 14:10

TEAM NEWS: WOLVES VS WEST HAM

Jack de Menezes15 December 2018 14:12

KICK OFF and we're underway in today's 3PM kick offs. 

Comment below with your predictions this afternoon. 

I'm not expecting lots of goals... let's see. 

Nathan Jacobs15 December 2018 15:01

10 minutes, 5 games, all still 0-0. 

My early 'few goals' prediction looks nice at the moment. 

Curse of the commentator to come? 

Nathan Jacobs15 December 2018 15:11

​GOAL! Wolves 1-0 Bournemouth (Jimenez) 

Jota pounces on a misplaced pass back and makes a dart towards goal.

He waits for his teammates to join him and slips a delightful pass into the feet of Jimenez who just has to direct it goalwards...

and he does!

1-0 to the Wolves and they've turned around a bad run of form in the past few weeks. Can they keep it up here? Well, they've started well. 

Nathan Jacobs15 December 2018 15:13

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