NEWCASTLE UNITED 2 SOUTHAMPTON 2:

Manchester City 5 Newcastle United 0: THE prospect of facing mighty Barcelona - Messi, Neymar, Suarez et al - will presumably offer Manchester City more concern than this perfunctory five-goal thrashing of Newcastle but so schizophrenic are the mood swings at the Etihad Stadium these days that captain Vincent Kompany is relishing the prospect.

The team news for tonight's Premier League games.

Newcastle 1 Stoke 1: By Mark Hughes’s usual abrasive standards, his criticism of referee Kevin Friend was calm and measured, but that was only because the Stoke City manager had seen substitute Peter Crouch earn his team a deserved point with a 90th-minute header.

Hull City 0 Newcastle United 3: Newcastle head coach John Carver is convinced Remy Cabella is the right man to spur his side towards a top 10 finish in the Barclays Premier League.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 23 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Newcastle 3 Burnley 3

Tottenham 4 Newcastle 0

Tottenham 4 Newcastle 0

France international Mathieu Debuchy has been deployed at centre-half in a makeshift Arsenal defence for today’s Barclays Premier League clash against Newcastle at the Emirates Stadium.

Premier League

West Ham United 1 Newcastle 0

Newcastle 1 QPR 0

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 10 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Man City 0 Newcastle 2

Newcastle boss Alan Pardew is likely to be without striker Papiss Cisse once again for the Capital One Cup fourth-round trip to Manchester City.

Newcastle 1 Leicester 0

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 8 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Team news for the 3pm games in the Premier League

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 3 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Team news for the Second Round of the Capital One Cup.

Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert has named an unchanged XI for today’s Barclays Premier League home clash with Newcastle.

All the team news from around the grounds ahead of Week 2 in the Premier League - more to follow as it comes in.

Jordan Henderson returned to the starting XI as Liverpool looked to beat Newcastle and give themselves a chance of winning the Barclays Premier League.

Newcastle 3 Cardiff 0

Newcastle 0 Manchester United 4

Southampton 4 Newcastle 0

Arsenal have Kieran Gibbs back in their first XI and record signing Mesut Ozil on the bench for the Barclays Premier League clash with Stoke at the Britannia Stadium.

Norwich 0 Newcastle 0

Juan Mata has been handed his first Manchester United start for their Barclays Premier League encounter with Cardiff – and Robin van Persie returned too as David Moyes’ men looked to kick-start their season.

Santi Cazorla was Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger’s only change for the London derby with West Ham.

Newcastle 1 Southampton 1

Newcastle defender Steven Taylor has apologised for any offence caused by a tweet to black team-mates which said “it’s always good to see you guys smiling”.

Newcastle 0 Man City 2

The Football Association in England has broadened its scope to retrospectively punish foul play.

Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero will face no action for his two-footed challenge on Chelsea defender David Luiz.

Newcastle 1 Benfica 1

Newcastle 1 Benfica 1 (Benfica win 4-2 on aggregate)

Massadio Haidara has condemned as “ridiculous” the Football Association’s decision not to take retrospective action over Callum McManaman’s horror tackle at the DW Stadium on Sunday.

Newcastle reacted with outrage yesterday after the FA announced that Wigan’s 21-year-old forward Callum McManaman will not face retrospective action for his studs-up challenge on Magpies defender Massadio Haidara.

Wigan 2 Newcastle 1

Newcastle 1 Anzhi Makhachkala 0 (Newcastle win 1-0 on agg.)

Anzhi Makhachkala 0 Newcastle 0

Newcastle keeper Tim Krul is a doubt for Sunday’s Barclays Premier League clash with Southampton after leaving last night Europa League clash at Metalist Kharkiv with an ankle injury.