7 min McNeil’s free-kick from the left is headed over by Tarkowski, 10 yards out. The ball was slightly behind him so it wasn’t much of a chance.
6 min Vydra picks up a loose ball just outside the area and hits a low shot that is blocked by a combination of Fernandez and Clark.
3 min A quiet start. Both teams are in the expected formations: 4-4-2 for Burnley and 3-1-4-2 for Newcastle.
1 min Peep peep! Newcastle, in their yellow away kit, kick off from right to left.
The players observe a two-minute silence for the Duke of Edinburgh, and now it’s time for the football.
Nick Pope is unavailable, so Bailey Peacock-Farrell is in goal for Burnley. That’s the only change from the side that lost 3-2 at Southampton last weekend.
Callum Wilson and Allan Saint-Maximin start on the bench for Newcastle. They’ve made two changes from last weekend, both in defence: Ciaran Clark and Federico Fernandez replace Jamaal Lascelles and Emil Krafth.
Burnley (4-4-2) Peacock-Farrell; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Pieters; Gudmundsson, Westwood, Brownhill, McNeil; Vydra, Wood.
Substitutes: Norris, Taylor, Bardsley, Nartey, Dunne, Cork, Stephens, Richardson, Mumbongo.
Newcastle (3-1-4-2) Dubravka; Fernandez, Clark, Dummett; Shelvey; Murphy, Almiron, S Longstaff, Ritchie; Joelinton, Gayle.
Substitutes: Darlow, Lewis, Krafth, Manquillo, Willock, Hendrick, Carroll, Saint-Maximin, Wilson.
Referee Anthony Taylor.
Pre-match reading
Hello and welcome to live, minute-by-minuteish coverage of Burnley v Newcastle at Turf Moor. This is a huge game in the dogfight to avoid relegation. Burnley are in 15th, four points ahead of Newcastle and, more importantly, seven ahead of Fulham in 18th. If they win today, it’s probably safe to look forward to another season of Sean Dyche’s infectious, gravelly wisdom.
Burnley’s recent form is in the eye of the beholder. They have lost only two of the last nine matches, but they’ve also won only two of the last 11. And they haven’t beaten anyone at Turf Moor since January.
Newcastle’s form is pretty dreadful whichever way you look at it - they’ve taken only 12 points from the last 19 games. There were encouraging signs in their 2-2 draw with Spurs last week, though, and the return from injury of Allan Saint-Maximin and Callum Wilson is a big boost. But it’s two steps forward, one step back: the captain Jamaal Lascelles is out with a suspected stress fracture in his foot.
Kick off 12pm.
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