Welcome to our LIVE coverage of the Premier League match at St James's Park between Newcastle and Swansea.

A really dangerous free kick from Townsend, only inches past both Cisse and Lascelles.

Townsend felled by Fernandez and that’s a free kick in a dangerous area. Lucky to escape without a yellow.

Rangel sneaks in at the back post to latch onto a cross but heads wide of the target. Half chance as Newcastle switch off at the start of this second half.

Back underway here at St James’ Park and Newcastle are doing what they needed to do so far, leading 1-0.

HALF TIME: Newcastle United 1-0 Swansea City

Wijnaldum looks for a free kick on the edge of the box after a challenge from Fernandez. Should have been.

Just the two added minutes at the end of this first half.

So what does that mean? It means that Newcastle are only two points behind rivals Sunderland, as it stands.

That’s his second goal of the season and really poor marking from the Swansea defence from the corner. He ran in unchallenged and perhaps Fabianski also could have come for that.

GOAL NEWCASTLE! It hasn’t looked like happening but Lascelles somehow heads it in via the chest of Fabianski. Relief all round.

Not really, no...

A tame shot from Townsend from distance is easily saved by Fabianski. Desperate.

An important piece of defending from Mbemba, blocking Montero’s cross out for a corner. Cloback concedes another corner.

Sigurdsson feeds Paloschi but his cross is cut deflected by Lascelles into the grateful arms of Darlow.