Newcastle v Fulham LIVE: Magpies on 13-game unbeaten run and one clean sheet away from record, Joelinton a doubt after arrest as Mitrovic returns for Cottagers – kick-off time, team news and how to follow

Newcastle will be looking for their first Premier League win since Boxing Day when they host in-form Fulham today.

The Magpies are enjoying a sensational season and sit in third but their momentum has been slightly halted by successive top-flight draws.

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Eddie Howe's side were held to back-to-back goalless stalemates after the festive round of fixtures to both Leeds and then Arsenal away.

Newcastle's fine run threatened to unravel following their FA Cup exit to Sheffield Wednesday but they bounced back to secure a Carabao Cup semi-final spot with a 2-0 victory over Leicester.

Fulham will represent a big test, however, with the Cottagers on a run of five straight wins in all competitions - with a huge 2-1 scalp over neighbours Chelsea last time out to move them up to sixth.

Newcastle v Fulham: Date and time

The Premier League clash will take place on Sunday, January 15.

The match at St James' Park will kick off at 2pm.

Newcastle ran out comfortable 4-1 winners in the reverse fixture in October but have not done the double over Fulham since 2007-08.

Newcastle v Fulham: TV channel and live stream

This match will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Premier League with live coverage starting from 1pm.

Sky Sports customers can live stream this via the app using their mobile, tablet or computer devices.

If not, you can purchase a Sky Sports Day Pass from NowTV for £9.99.

Updates will also be live on talkSPORT throughout the afternoon.

To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.

You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.

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Newcastle v Fulham: Team news

Newcastle XI: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn, Guimaraes, Longstaff, Willock, Almiron, Joelinton, Wilson.

Subs: Dubravka, Lewis, Ritchie, Lascelles, Manquillo, Murphy, Wood, Isak, Saint-Maximin.

Fulham XI: Leno, Tete, Diop, Ream, Kurzawa, Palhinha, Reed, Reid, Pereira, Willian, Mitrovic,

Subs: Rodak, Adarabioyo, Cairney, Harris, Chalobah, Wilson, Solomon, Vinicius, James.

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Newcastle v Fulham: What has been said?

Speaking on the visitors, Toon boss Howe said: "Very much in good form.

"Marco [Silva] has done a very, very good job. I'm very impressed with their style of play, they're not getting results in any other way than being a cohesive team unit.

" It will be a good test of our defensive capabilities."

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Newcastle v Fulham: Match facts

• Newcastle have lost none of the 16 Premier League games Sven Botman has played (W9 D7), the longest unbeaten start for any Magpies player in Premier League history. The Magpies are conceding a goal on average every 166 minutes with him on the pitch, the best ratio of any Newcastle player to play at least 200 minutes for the club in the Premier League.
• Nick Pope has kept a clean sheet in his last four Premier League appearances for Newcastle, his longest string of clean sheets in the competition. The last English goalkeeper with five consecutive clean sheets was Fraser Forster in February 2016 for Southampton (six in a row).
• Aleksandar Mitrovic has scored in his last three away Premier League appearances for Fulham and could become the first ever Cottagers player to score in four in a row. He could become the second player this season to score against the Magpies at St James’ Park in the Premier League after previously playing for them in the competition, along with Ivan Toney.
• Callum Wilson has scored four goals in his four Premier League games against Fulham, netting in both of his appearances for Newcastle against the Cottagers.
• Fulham have won four away Premier League games in 2022-23, as many as they managed in their previous two top-flight campaigns combined (1 in 2018-19, 3 in 2020-21). The Cottagers haven’t won five away games in a Premier League season since 2003-04.
• Newcastle United have kept a clean sheet in their last four Premier League matches – the Magpies have never kept five in a row in the top-flight in their entire history. They last did so in league football between August and September 2009 in the Championship.
• Fulham have won their last two away Premier League games, beating Crystal Palace and Leicester, keeping a clean sheet in both. They haven’t won three in a row since April/May 2008, while they’ve never won three away top-flight games in a row without conceding before.
• Newcastle are unbeaten in their last 13 Premier League games (W8 D5), only having one longer unbeaten run in the competition (14 between May and November 2011). That run of 14 games came under Alan Pardew, also the only time this century an English manager has gone 14+ Premier League games without defeat.
• Fulham are winless in their last six Premier League away games against Newcastle (D3 L3) since a 1-0 victory in May 2009. Their last two visits to St James' Park have finished level.
• Newcastle are looking to complete the league double over Fulham for the first time since 2007-08, while they're also looking to win three in a row against the Cottagers for the first time ever.