Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the Premier League clash between Manchester United and Newcastle United at Old Trafford. Kick off 19:00 GMT.

Free kick to Man United. Fernandes hoists it to the far post from a right of centre position, but it's too close to Darlow for Maguire to make anything of it.

Yep.

Shelvey fires well wide from the edge of the area after a comedy errors at the back had presented the Magpies with a sight of goal deep in Red Devils territory.

Concern for Newcastle as Almiron grimaces and clutches at his hamstring. Is it just a knock or something more worrying?

Man United haven't got going yet. Newcastle have been very lively.

STAT: Newcastle have lost seven of their past nine Premier League matches. They have lost nine defeats in 11 away matches and failed to score in eight of them.

Joelinton's deflected strike is tipped over the bar by de Gea after the keeper's punch from a miscued Shelvey cross had dropped kindly for the visitors.

Joelinton spins into space on the right of the home side's defence, but he takes too long sizing up his options and ends up stabbing into a host of bodies on the stretch.

HOPE FOR NEWCASTLE? All four of United's defeats this season have come at Old Trafford. They have shipped 18 goals there, which is one more than they conceded on home turf in total last season.

KICK OFF! Man United get us underway.

STAT: Manchester United have won four of their past five Premier League matches against Newcastle United, including 4-1 victories in the two most recent encounters.

As we countdown to kick off why not check out what Eurosport's resident football expert Paul Parker has had to say about this encounter. He was wrong abut the Merseyside derby, but right about Man City and West Ham.

No Edinson Cavani tonight, but the Uruguayan delighted with what he has seen from his Man United teammates since joining the club. He told the Red Devils’ website: “If we’re all convinced that we can achieve what we want to with the right amount of concentration and the determination that we need to have, we can do it. That’s why I say it depends on us. It depends on how much we want to succeed. We have a strong squad here with depth in a lot of areas: a lot of talent in attack, midfield and defence.”

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: "We can't hide the fact that we've dropped off our form a bit in recent weeks, and we've dropped points when we shouldn't have done. I don't think anyone would say they're not going to go for it (the title), we want to win every game but we can't control what other teams do. We are second and of course your ambition then is to not end any lower than that, so we are going to have to put a good run together if we want to put any pressure on City this season."

Manchester City's 1-0 win at Arsenal and Leicester's 2-1 success at Villa means Man United head into tonight's game 13 points off the summit in third spot. Newcastle are 17th and just three points above Fulham in the last of the final relegation place.

Bruce on comparisons between Bruno Fernandes and his former Man U teammate, Eric Cantona: “The way Fernandes has played in the last 12 months, it feels a bit like Eric because it's his stage. Eric adored everything that went with playing for arguably the biggest and best club in the world. Fernandes has done fantastically well in doing that, it's his stage. For it to be even suggested that he's on the same hymn sheet as Eric is a wonderful compliment to him. Now they have to go and achieve and win things the way Eric did, and on big occasions win cup finals and semi-finals. If he does that, then of course you can compare him to Eric."

Steve Bruce on the fight for PL survival: "It's the accumulation of points that you get at the end of the season and that will never change.... We know we're in the bottom half of the division which means we have to get to the figure as quick as we possibly can. You've got to quietly get about your job and get the points on the board and that's what we'll be trying to achieve."

Plenty of gossip involving Man United in today's papers. For more on Halaand, de Gea and others, check out the link below.

Some news from earlier - Nicky Butt and Mark Dempsey will be on Manchester United’s bench in tonight’s Premier League game with Newcastle after several forced to isolate.

Man United make five changes to the side that thumped Real Sociedad on Thursday. David de Gea, Victor Lindelof, Nemanja Matic, Luke Shaw and Anthony Martial all start. Newcastle make one change to the team that lost to Chelsea. Joelinton replaces Dwight Gayle in attack.

CONFIRMED TEAMS - MAN UTD: De Gea, Shaw, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Maguire, Fred, Matic, James, Fernandes, Rashford, Martial... Subs: Henderson, Bailly, Greenwood, Diallo, Telles, Mata, Williams, Tuanzebe, Shoretire. /// NEWCASTLE: Darlow, Clark, Lascelles, Krafth, Lewis, Hayden, Shelvey, Willock, Almiron, Saint-Maximin, Joelinton... Subs: Dubravka, Dummett, Carroll, Ritchie, Gayle, Hendrick, Fraser, Murphy, S. Longstaff.