⚽ Updates from this crucial 5.30pm BST kick-off⚽ The table | Sign up to Football Daily | Email DanielAs for West Ham, they’ll want to clutter up the middle of the pitch forcing Newcastle to go around them and knowing that, if they pick their moments judiciously, they’ve the quality to play through Newcastle. If not, though, Bowen and Summerville are dynamite on the counter and we can be certain they’ll be haring forward at every opportunity, liberated, you assume, from the majority of defensive duties.I also think Nuno will want El-Hadjo Diouf to motor down the left, looking to sling over crosses for Wilson and Tomas Soucek, who I’d also expect to be dangerous at set-pieces. Continue reading...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2026/may/17/newcastle-v-west-ham-premier-league-live