Team news and stats ahead of West Ham vs Newcastle on the opening weekend of the Premier League on Saturday (kick-off 8pm).

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West Ham manager David Moyes revealed he will have Tomas Soucek available for his side's first match of the Premier League season against Newcastle. Soucek had been a doubt for the game after being part of the Czech Republic international squad when a member of staff tested positive for Covid-19.

Moyes has no new injury concerns, however ahead of the start to the campaign.

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Newcastle head coach Steve Bruce has decisions to make having made three signings this week. Callum Wilson, Ryan Fraser and Jamal Lewis have joined Jeff Hendrick on Tyneside in the last few days, and all four will hope for some involvement at the London Stadium.

Karl Darlow, who along with Isaac Hayden signed a new contract on Friday, will start in place of the injured Martin Dubravka, while Matt Ritchie is a doubt with a calf problem. Paul Dummett (tendon), Fabian Schar (shoulder), Ciaran Clark (ankle), Matty Longstaff (thigh) and Dwight Gayle (knee) are out.

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West Ham vs Newcastle will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Premier League from 7.45pm on Saturday; kick-off at 8pm. Sky Sports customers can watch in-game clips in the live match blog on the Sky Sports website and app. Highlights will also be published on the Sky Sports digital platforms and the Sky Sports Football YouTube channel shortly after the final whistle.

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One hundred and forty-six Premier League games will be shown live on Sky Sports in the 2020/21 season, with an additional six matches added in September.

The Premier League has further increased the number of televised games this season from 200 to 231, with over half of the extra fixtures set to be shown live on Sky Sports.

Overall, Sky Sports will be showing 146 Premier League matches live throughout the 2020/21 season, continuing to bring you all the latest twists, turns and shocks at the home of the Premier League.

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There will also be two additional midweek programmes - one will be played across the weeks commencing January 11 and 18 and the second will be in the week commencing May 10. All of these games will be broadcast live.

You can also follow the action with our dedicated live blogs on the Sky Sports website and app, and watch free match highlights from every game shortly after full time on our digital platforms and YouTube channel.

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• West Ham have scored two or more goals in each of their last five Premier League games against Newcastle United; only versus Blackburn Rovers in March 2007 have they had a longer such scoring run against a team in the competition (7 games).
• Newcastle United have won nine Premier League away games against West Ham United - only versus Tottenham Hotspur (10) have they picked up more wins on the road in the competition.
• Newcastle United have lost 11 Premier League games on MD1, only opponents West Ham United have lost more such matches in the competition's history (13).
• West Ham have lost their opening league match of the season in the last four seasons, shipping at least four goals in each of the last three. The last top-flight team to lose their opening league match in five consecutive seasons was Wimbledon between 1986-87 and 1990-91.
• Newcastle have lost their first league match of the season in six of the last seven campaigns, drawing the other. Their last opening day win was back in 2012-13, when they beat Spurs at St. James' Park.
• Newcastle have lost 79 away Premier League matches in London, more than any other side, while manager Steve Bruce has won just 17% of his away games in the capital in the top-flight (P59 W10 D14 L35).
• West Ham dropped 26 points from winning positions in the 2019-20 Premier League, more than any other side. It was also the highest such tally recorded by the Hammers in a single Premier League campaign.

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