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Guedes, on the right side of halfway, tries to skip forward into the attacking half. Joelinton comes across to barge him off the ball, at the cost of conceding a throw-in, right in front of the dugouts, to Wolves.

Joao Gomes does well to escape the pressing Gordon and feed midfield partner, Andre, on the edge of his own penalty area. Tonali, also pressing, scythes down Andre, late, giving Wolves a defensive free kick, centrally.

Agbadou, on the left side of halfway, clumsily goes through the back of Osula, who was harrying him in the hope of pinching possession. That's a booking for the Wolves defender.

Strand Larsen, getting a short pass from Guedes centrally, tries to fend off both Burn and Joelinton, on the edge of the centre circle. However, he's outnumbered and Joelinton manages to get a foot in, retrieving the ball back for Newcastle.

Hello and welcome to Tribe’s live coverage as an in-form Newcastle United aim to boost their hopes of Champions League qualification tonight at St James’ Park against a Wolverhampton Wanderers side, battling to stay up. Newcastle are in incredibly formidable form at the moment, winning eight successive games across all competitions with confidence sky-high and The Magpies right in the mix of teams chasing a top four place. Wolves, meanwhile, are only out of the bottom three by virtue of their goal difference as new manager, Vitor Pereira, looks to steer them to safety. Both these teams need the three points on offer, team news is next. 

Sa is now back to his feet and moving again, gingerly. Looks like he'll continue, for now.

Bellegarde advances well down the right, lofting in a cross to the back post. Cunha rises to meet it but it's glanced out for a corner by Trippier...

Bueno, on his own six-yard-line, passes across to Sa. He boots long where Bellegarde does well to control and feed Semedo, wide right, on halfway.

OFF THE POST - Wolves nearly draw level! Rodrigo Gomes, released by namesake Joao Gomes, does superbly down the right to peel off of Hall and find some space. Rodrigo Gomes gets to the right-edge of the box and cuts the ball back. Strand Larsen, 12 yards out, has space and duly shoots, clipping a low strike in which hits the left post before bouncing behind and out for a Newcastle goal-kick!

SAVE - Murphy receives the ball wide right, found by a fine pass from Tonali. Murphy takes on Ait-Nouri, chops inside of him and comes onto his left foot. From the edge of the box, his rasping strike is tipped away by an alert Sa, diving athletically to his right! Doherty thumps the second ball clear.

Gordon links up with Hall down the left as the latter releases him into space. Gordon curls in a cross but it's too close to Sa, who comes and claims, six yards out.

ISAK'S SECOND DOUBLES NEWCASTLE'S LEAD - Newcastle's strong start to the second half is rewarded! Deep down the right, level with the box, Livramento throws in to Murphy. He peels away from Ait-Nouri to find Guimaraes, centrally. Newcastle's captain weaves a subtle, inch-perfect pass through the middle of the box, into Isak on the penalty spot. No Wolves defender is anywhere near him and Isak punishes them by clinically dispensing the ball high beyond Sa into the middle of the goal!

Sa has felt his left knee and instantly signalled to the bench that he needs treatment. As the physios go on, Johnstone jogs out to warm up, should he be called upon.

Hwang takes on, and beats, Livramento down the left wing with a piercing run. However, as he comes centrally trying to find room to unload towards goal, Botman does brilliantly to dispossess him, just inside his own penalty area.

CHANCE - Cunha quickly makes his presence felt as, on the edge of the box, he dodges both Burn and Tonali, wriggling to make room for a shot. He gets one away but it's straight at Dubravka.

The last time these teams met here, in March 2024, Newcastle cruised to a comfortable 3-0 victory. Isak and Gordon struck before the break for a 2-0 lead which they added to in injury time, Livramento grabbing a late third. In the reverse match this season, at Molinuex in September, things were tighter: Wolves leading through Lemina until the 75th minute. Then, Schar scored from range and Barnes, part of an inspired triple substitution from Eddie Howe at half-time, curled in a sumptuous winner. 

Andre, centrally, feeds Joao Gomes inside the attacking half. He passes right to Doherty who sends it across halfway to the feet of Agbadou who, in turn, slips it to Ait-Nouri, down the left touchline, just inside the attacking half for Wolves.

A really fantastic display from Newcastle, who stepped it up in the second half to take the game away from Wolves. Isak showed yet again what a smart all-round forward he is, showing great awareness to tee up Gordon's goal and demonstrating his usual ruthlessness in front of goal himself. Either side of him, wingers, Gordon and Murphy worked tirelessly again as Newcastle posed problems down both flanks. Livramento also caught the eye with an all-round, energetic performance, not giving Guedes much room to work with. It's exciting times for The Magpies with this fine run of form catapulting them into top-four contention and the possibility of reaching the Carabao Cup final: In this rich vein Newcastle could beat anyone, they'll feel.

Wolves, who have hogged the ball in these first couple of minutes, now needlessly give it away as Agbadou poorly overhits a pass to Ait-Nouri on the left. Agbadou puts far too much on it, gifting Newcastle a throw-in on their right just inside their defensive half.

SAVE - Newcastle's two wingers have both been really bright so far and they almost link up for the opener here. Gordon, again causing havoc, cuts in off the left wing and sprays a fine pass into the feet of Murphy, entering the right-side of the box. Murphy runs beyond Ait-Nouri and, from 14 yards away, lets fly. Sa plunges to his right to save with Bueno then preventing Isak from pouncing on the loose ball.

Captained by Guimaraes and Doherty, the two teams take to the St James’ Park field! Newcastle wearing their traditional black-and-white stripes: Wolves in their all-gold colours. This evening’s referee is Darren England: We’ll have all the action coming your way in just a minute! 

Wolves also empty their bench with another double change. Midfielders, Joao Gomes and Andre, are both replaced by Doyle and Sarabia, for the closing stages.

Burn, on halfway, pings the ball left to Hall. It's sent back in-field to Burn who elects to go back to the feet of Dubravka, centrally, just outside his own penalty box.

When Newcastle raised the intensity after half-time, Wolves simply couldn't live with them and wilted. Before that, they'd been in contention with Strand Larsen grazing a post before the break, in their best move. They should have got at least one goal back in the dying embers but did, on a brighter note, get Cunha back on the pitch after a ban. This was always going to be a tough trip for Wolves and as they battle against the threat of relegation, they'll know they'll need to bounce back from what is now two successive 3-0 defeats, in the league.

Hall, down the left, slightly overruns the ball and clips Guedes, back defending inside his own half, on the ankle. That is a free kick to Wolves, on the right, midway through their defensive half.

Guimaraes, inside the centre circle, skips away from Hwang, feeding Livramento on the right. Hwang continues to press, though, forcing Livramento to pass back inside, feeding Botman on the edge of the centre circle, just inside his own half.

CHANCE - Hall clips it in left-footed. The ball's stabbed away by Bueno and falls to Tonali, on the penalty spot: Forced to shoot quickly, he drags inches wide of the left post!

After conceding four at Brentford in early December, Newcastle have flicked a switch, only letting in three goals across their last eight matches, all of which they’ve won. That includes five in the Premier League with successive 4-0 thumpings dished out to Leicester City and Ipswich Town. Aston Villa, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur were then all dispensed with ruthlessly. In the Carabao Cup, they’re well placed to reach the final, holding a 2-0 lead over Arsenal from the first leg. Key to their good form has been the man up front, Isak, scoring seven goals in his last five league outings. Defensively, they’ve gone back to being incredibly difficult to break down so even with first-choice goalkeeper, Pope, out injured during this run, it takes a lot to breach Newcastle’s backline. 

Cunha curls in the corner, from the right. Botman, defending the near post, sends it back to him. Cunha swirls it in again, from the left edge of the box but, this time, Tonali stretches to make a crucial defensive clearance for Newcastle, inside his own six-yard box.

Aguabor, on the left of his own box, does well to hold up a rampaging Isak. Murphy collects the clearance and steers possession back in-field to Joelinton, centrally placed inside the attacking half.

Wolves break away at speed as Guedes flies down the right wing, outpacing Burn. Struggling to keep up, Burn lunges in and catches Guedes but also takes the ball. But the referee says that isn't a foul and Doherty's protestations merely earn him the game's first yellow card.

Murphy drops a little deeper and comes centrally, evading Joao Gomes. He then spies Livramento romping into the box, on the overlap but as Murphy plays the pass to him, the offside flag is raised against Livramento, who went a fraction too early.

PENALTY APPEALS - Isak intelligently holds up the ball, centrally, outside the area. Drawing Doherty towards him, he then rolls a pass into Murphy's feet. Murphy skates across the box and goes down under pressure from Aguabor. Referee, Darren England, instantly dismisses the penalty appeals.

ISAK PUTS NEWCASTLE AHEAD - That's clinical and the in-form forward delivers again for Newcastle! Murphy, racing forward past halfway, finds Isak on the left flank. Midway trhrough the attacking half, he comes inside and gets around Doherty who is left behind despite getting a small touch on the ball. Isak dribbles in-field to the edge of the box, centrally. From there, he fires an effort in which, via a slight deflection off Ait-Nouri on it's way through, nestles in the bottom left corner: Newcastle lead! That's eight goals in eight Premier League games for Isak: He is on fire right now!

Wolves initially enjoyed the bounce of a new manager as Vitor Pereira replaced Gary O’Neil at the helm last month. He started brilliantly by beating Leicester and Manchester United, scoring five and conceding none during those games. They then ended 2024 by grabbing a late leveller away at Spurs but were brought back into trouble last time out as high-flying, Nottingham Forest, comfortably defeated them at Molinuex. Despite the improvements in Hwang and Strand Larsen since Pereira’s arrival, the return of Cunha (a substitute this evening) from a ban greatly increases their attacking threat for the coming games: His form is vital to their hopes of avoiding relegation. 

Guimaraes, on the left, rolls it short to Hall. He sends in a deep cross from the left which Andre, six yards out, puts behind for another as he had Joelinton in close proximity...

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