Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Newcastle United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Eddie Howe’s team are unbeaten but head to Molineux to face a more attack-minded Wolves team
Follow live coverage as Wolverhampton Wanderers face Newcastle United in the Premier League today.
It hasn’t been a good start to the campaign for the hosts in terms of points accrued, but Bruno Lage might be pleased by some of their displays despite taking a point from three games - and having scored only once. There were signs of fine link play between Goncalo Guedes, Matheus Nunes and Pedro Neto at times last week and all three start today, with Raul Jimenez also back in.
Newcastle beat Nottingham Forest on the opening day and have since drawn with Brighton and Man City, leaving them as one of five unbeaten teams in the Premier League. A win for them today would lift them into fourth ahead of Tottenham’s game later on. Eddie Howe has brought Sean Longstaff and Chris Wood into his team, which is otherwise unchanged.
We will bring you all the action and updates from today's game in the live blog below:
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Newcastle United
We'll play an additional minute of added time at the end of this first half.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Newcastle United
A defensive header lands at the feet of Longstaff, who looks to tee up Saint-Maximin, but it's a poor final ball that leaves the Frenchman with too much to do. Wolves appear to have cleared the danger, but play is stopped by the referee to assess a head clash in the box.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Newcastle United
SAVED!!! Saint-Maximin cuts inside two from the left and powers towards the box, before firing a low, dipping shot that Sa is able to hold at his near post!
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Newcastle United
Neves flies into a tackle on Almiron, leaving the Paraguayan on the ground and resulting in a free-kick to Newcastle.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Newcastle United
No player has had more shots from outside the box in the Premier League this season than Neves’ seven, contributing to Wolves’ total of 24, a league-high. He’s also had the most efforts from outside the area since his debut (230), with that tally almost 200 more than the total touches in the opposition’s box he’s had (34).
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Newcastle United
Assist Gonçalo Manuel Ganchinho Guedes
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Newcastle United
Moutinho's free-kick into the box is missed altogether by Pope, but is headed down and cleared by Botman with his keeper isolated.
Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Newcastle United
Goal Rúben Diogo da Silva Neves
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