Newcastle United against Sunderland

Lawrence is harried off the ball on the right by Faye and Ramage

Time running out. Sunderland trying to find a route to goal

The Sunderland fans are the ones in fine voice despite being behind. Much anxiety among the home supporters

Sunderland mess up the throw in the corner, with Nosworthy offside when accepting the return ball

Newcastle defending desperately now, Sunderland very sprightly

Faye is robbed in midfield - the crowed groan - and Arca gets down the flank. He overhits his cross but it could have been much more costly

Parker again does well to win the ball from Whitehead when he looked set to burst forward

Sunderland are well on top now with Solano and Emre, such creative influence, replacement by workmanlike players

...Elliott's shot crashes back off the underside of the bar, so close to a leveller and there's audible discontent among the Newcastle fans.

Sunderland produce another silky move, Le Tallec flicks on and sets Elliott in. Carr's not going to get there and Elliott lifts it over the top of Given...

Hoyte lofts a ball into the danger zone, Given makes it his and jumps to collect

And another! Why not make all three at once? Amady Faye, a combative midfielder, replaces the impressive Belozoglu Emre

Newcastle continue the run of substitutions by introducing Lee Clark in the place of Nolberto Solano

A final change from Sunderland, Andrew Welsh making way for Anthony Le Tallec

Shola Ameobi looks to have taken a knock and will have to come off. Michael Chopra, himself just back from injury, will come on

...Taylor gets back on the line to cut out the shot, so close to a leveller. Sunderland are not finished yet!

Miller cuts in from the right and finds Lawrence in the box once more. It's a fine shot, and it's beaten Given...

Lawrence tricks his way into the area and goes to the deck under the challenge from N'Zogbia. The Sunderland man is looking for the penalty, but he's very unlucky not to get it as N'Zogbia dangled his leg out

Sunderland have struggled to get into the final third of late, maybe they have finally run out of steam at St James'?

Carr loses the ball and Sunderland look to have a break on - Parker gets back to mop up with a superb sliding challenge

Ramage bursts down the left and tries to skip past Nosworthy, only for the defender to successfully guard it behind for a goal-kick

Free-kick to Newcastle following Miller's block on Solano. Emre floats it into the area but Shearer can't get his head on it

Ameobi collects the flick on from Shearer, but his attempt to switch play to Solano is poor

Now Gray is penalised, for pulling back Boumsong on the flank

Emre is dragged back by Whitehead, free-kick in centre-field

Elliott tries another shot from the edge of the box, but it's blocked

Sunderland coming back again, probing around the outside of the box

...Taylor's towering header down is kept out by Davis by luck more than judgement, and Stubbs clears the loose ball. So close

Free-kick on the left. It's Emre who produces a high, hanging cross to the back stick. It's Taylor who climbs high above Hoyte...

It's cruel on Sunderland, who had been the better side after the break, and now Newcastle are looking for a fourth

Superb strike by Emre, his first for Newcastle, with his left, the ball curling past the outstretched hand of Davis and in off the right-hand post. Can the Magpies hold on this time?

GOAL!!!

It's not Shearer, it's Emre to try his luck...

Ameobi is tripped by Caldwell 25 yards out in a centre position. This is classic Shearer territory. Solano and Emre are also stood over the ball.

Lawrence floats a cross into the box, finds the head of Gray but the header from the former Sheffield United man drifts wide of the post

Elliott collects Gray's flick on ten yards from goal, but rather than looking for the lay-off opts for the hooked shot and gets it all wrong

It's getting scrappy now, that half-hour of pulsating football maybe taking its toll

It's gung-ho now - but both sides seem to lack any real quality or tactical direction to firmly put themselves on top

Arca tries to make progress up the left, he's chased by Ameobi and the striker makes a superb sliding challenge to win the ball back

Sunderland have wrestled the intiative now - but in this game anything seems possible

Stubbs is penalised for a foul as the resulting corner comes in

Sunderland break again, an error from Boumsong allowed Elliott to turn and shoot in the box, and Given has to get down well to tip around the post

The corner is delivered in from the right, but Ramage is there first to head away

And now Sunderland do break. Whitehead is allowed to stride forward and shoot from 20 yards out - it's deflected and goes inches wide of the left-hand post

Newcastle have started second half well, but still seem to have a soft underbelly

Carr clatters into Arca and becomes the second Magpies to have his name taken by referee Styles

Again it's Emre, Davis has to punch away from underneath his own crossbar and then collects the first-time return from the Turkish international

Corner to Newcastle, and a chance to get back in front once more. Emre again to take, from the right, and it comes off a Sunderland head for another corner

Sunderland kick-off in the second half

Sunderland make their second switch during the break, as Julio Arca comes onto the left wing in place of Andrew Welsh

After a very understated first 30 minutes this derby ignited after the break. Four goals in seven minutes. Great entertainment, great goals - let's hope for more after the interval

And that's half-time.

Corner to Newcastle now, from the right, and it's flosted into the box by Emre, Taylor's header goes back out onto the wing in error - for Emre to loft back in. It falls to Boumsong who blasts over

Sunderland get a free-kick, taken quickly by Welsh to find Elliott in the box - he turns for the shot but this time gets it wrong with his right - goal-kick

Great cross from the right by Gray and Taylor is forced to put it behind. The corner misses everyone with two Sunderland forwards close to making contact

Two minutes to be added on

Four goals in seven minutes and you have to give great credit to the spirit of Sunderland. Now they look like getting a third before the interval!

Sunderland are forced into a change with Gary Breen injured, he's replaced by former Everton defender Alan Stubbs

Fantastic goal from the young Republic or Ireland international - every bit as good as his goal against Manchester United last week. His shot from the edge of the D flew past Given into the top left-hand corner. Super strike

GOAL!!!

Elliott collects 25 yards out. He's done well here up against Parker, skips back inside of Boumsong and goes for the shot on his left...

Sunderland are looking to get back on level terms before the break, no letting that second Ameobi goal get them down

Free-kick to Sunderland on the left wing. Can they level again? Lawrence curls it to the edge of the six-yard box but this time it's Ameobi at the back to head away and the Magpies survive

It's all gone goal crazy! N'Zogbia did well to get it back into the danger zone, and there was Ameobi with the stooping header into the bottom left-hand corner. Advantage Newcastle again!

GOAL!!!

Newcastle look to put things right. Carr's cross is too deep, but N'Zogbia manages to hook it back into the danger zone for Ameobi...

Newcastle's lead lasted just two minutes as a swerving right-foot shot from Lawrence drifted away from Given and into the corner of the net - Lawrence's first Premiership goal

GOAL!!!

Lawrence picks up the ball 25 yards out, he dinks inside and tries his luck...

Emre's fine hanging corner found Ameobi completely unmarked ten yards out, and the England Under-21 international powered a fantastic header into the opposite corner past a helpless Davis

GOAL!!!

Emre takes from the left, and finds the head of Ameobi...

Pressure building from Newcastle as they win a corner on the left. Shearer and Caldwell get a talking to for a bit of handbags before Solano delivers a high ball - it's another corner

Now Carr delivers from the right. Davis gets in a tangle with Breen and it loops to N'Zogbia - who probably cleared the stand with his shot

Nosworthy is caught napping by Ameobi, he breaks forward and finds Shearer with the square ball - but Nosworthy redeems himself with a diving block as the powerful shot came in

Now Solano is penalised, for a foul on Whitehead.

Shearer looks for the unmarked Solano on the edge of the box - it's a shocking pass when the Peruvian would have been in and Hoyte clears

Referee Styles had allowed the advantage after the foul on Welsh, but he takes the chance to book Parker when the play breaks down. It was never a yellow card

The Newcastle fans are incensed as N'Zogbia puts the ball out so Welsh can get attention, he was clipped by Parker. Souness is not best pleased either

Shearer collect in the left corner of the box. There's no challenge which invites the curling effort into the opposite post - but it goes agonisingly wide

Shearer tries to set Parker though the middle, but the former England striker was offside from the original pass to him

It's now a pretty even game, neither side really able to gain total control

Ameobi does well to find Solano just inside the box, the ball just gets away from his as his control lets him down and the chance to have a crack is gone

Emre is brought down from behind, and Miller becomes the second player to enter the book

Oooh! Davis has to get down low to his left to keep out the shot which was arrowing into the bottom corner, and a defender hacks clear. Close from Ameobi

Solano is allowed time on the ball, he finds Ameobi with a neat pass on the edge of the box. Ameobio turns for the shot...

It's pumped straight back in, Boumsong leaves it without realising Gray is behind him - who just fails to make contact six yards out

Parker trips Lawrence and it's a set-piece for Sunderland around 30 yards out, just to the right of centre. It's delivered into the box but headed clear with ease

Carr delivers from the right, only for Caldwell, the former Newcastle trainee, to get the flick back to Davis

The atmosphere's gone decidedly flat now, Newcastle unable to find a route into the box to test the Sunderland goalkeeper

Solano looks for Carr down the right, there's just too much on the pass which enables Hoyte to guide the ball behind for a goal-kick

Great movement of the ball as Solano, Emre and N'Zogbia link up. It's N'Zogbia who delivers a low ball across the six-yard box but Davis does well to claim ahead of the sliding Ameobi

Mick McCarthy's bellowing down on the touchline. He knows the home side and beginning to get on top

Free-kick to Newcastle on the half-way line. Ramage punts it into the box, Boumsong wins the flick on and the ball skids inches past the post as Taylor tried to get on the end of it

Emre collects and is allowed to run at the Sunderland defence. There's still not challenge so the Turkish international takes a shot - which Davis has to palm away in the air

Shearer delivers a fine first time ball onto the right flank... except there's no black and white shirt there... it would have been good!

The Magpies just beginning to get up a head of steam now. Can they grab the opener?

Some pressure from Newcastle. Carr looks bright down the right and finds Solano to hook into the area. Shearer nods back to Ameobi - but the young forward has to stretch to get the ball and it's easy for Davis

N'Zogbia brings it out but gets caught in two minds and Nosworthy makes the tackle

Another free-kick to Sunderland, with Ameobi penalised. It's lofted into the area from deep but Taylor heads to safety

Free-kick to Sunderland around 25 yards out in a central position. Whitehead fancies it, Welsh is there too. It's the former who goes for the shot, though it's always rising over the bar

The atmosphere is electic at St James', both sets of supporters praying for the bragging rights at work tomorrow morning

If there isn't a red card in this game I'll be amazed, the tackles are flying in and there's barely been a pass

Emre's back up after a bit of treatment - not the challenge you want in your first start for almost two months!

Sunderland midfielder Whitehead goes into the book after 37 seconds for a nasty challenge from behind on Emre. It's going to be tasty!

It's Newcastle that get the Tyne-Wear derby underway

In contrast, Sunderland manager Mick McCarthy names an unchanged side from last week's 3-1 Stadium of Light defeat to Manchester United.

Michael Owen's absence prompts one of four changes. While Owen's hamstring injury sees him ruled out, Nolberto Solano is back in the team for the first time since returning to the Magpies at the end of the transfer window, the Peru winger now recovered from a thigh injury with Amdy Faye making way to the bench. Turkey international Emre is handed his first start since August 28 after a recent hamstring problem, replacing Lee Bowyer who sustained a knee injury last week.

...Taylor gets back on the line to cut out the shot, so close to a leveller. Sunderland are not finished yet!

Miller cuts in from the right and finds Lawrence in the box once more. It's a fine shot, and it's beaten Given...

Lawrence tricks his way into the area and goes to the deck under the challenge from N'Zogbia. The Sunderland man is looking for the penalty, but he's very unlucky not to get it as N'Zogbia dangled his leg out

Sunderland have struggled to get into the final third of late, maybe they have finally run out of steam at St James'?

Carr loses the ball and Sunderland look to have a break on - Parker gets back to mop up with a superb sliding challenge

Ramage bursts down the left and tries to skip past Nosworthy, only for the defender to successfully guard it behind for a goal-kick

Free-kick to Newcastle following Miller's block on Solano. Emre floats it into the area but Shearer can't get his head on it

Ameobi collects the flick on from Shearer, but his attempt to switch play to Solano is poor

Now Gray is penalised, for pulling back Boumsong on the flank

Emre is dragged back by Whitehead, free-kick in centre-field

Elliott tries another shot from the edge of the box, but it's blocked

Sunderland coming back again, probing around the outside of the box

...Taylor's towering header down is kept out by Davis by luck more than judgement, and Stubbs clears the loose ball. So close

Free-kick on the left. It's Emre who produces a high, hanging cross to the back stick. It's Taylor who climbs high above Hoyte...

It's cruel on Sunderland, who had been the better side after the break, and now Newcastle are looking for a fourth

Superb strike by Emre, his first for Newcastle, with his left, the ball curling past the outstretched hand of Davis and in off the right-hand post. Can the Magpies hold on this time?

GOAL!!!

It's not Shearer, it's Emre to try his luck...

Ameobi is tripped by Caldwell 25 yards out in a centre position. This is classic Shearer territory. Solano and Emre are also stood over the ball.

Lawrence floats a cross into the box, finds the head of Gray but the header from the former Sheffield United man drifts wide of the post

Elliott collects Gray's flick on ten yards from goal, but rather than looking for the lay-off opts for the hooked shot and gets it all wrong

It's getting scrappy now, that half-hour of pulsating football maybe taking its toll

It's gung-ho now - but both sides seem to lack any real quality or tactical direction to firmly put themselves on top

Arca tries to make progress up the left, he's chased by Ameobi and the striker makes a superb sliding challenge to win the ball back

Sunderland have wrestled the intiative now - but in this game anything seems possible

Stubbs is penalised for a foul as the resulting corner comes in

Sunderland break again, an error from Boumsong allowed Elliott to turn and shoot in the box, and Given has to get down well to tip around the post

The corner is delivered in from the right, but Ramage is there first to head away

And now Sunderland do break. Whitehead is allowed to stride forward and shoot from 20 yards out - it's deflected and goes inches wide of the left-hand post

Newcastle have started second half well, but still seem to have a soft underbelly

Carr clatters into Arca and becomes the second Magpies to have his name taken by referee Styles

Again it's Emre, Davis has to punch away from underneath his own crossbar and then collects the first-time return from the Turkish international

Corner to Newcastle, and a chance to get back in front once more. Emre again to take, from the right, and it comes off a Sunderland head for another corner

Sunderland kick-off in the second half

Sunderland make their second switch during the break, as Julio Arca comes onto the left wing in place of Andrew Welsh

After a very understated first 30 minutes this derby ignited after the break. Four goals in seven minutes. Great entertainment, great goals - let's hope for more after the interval

And that's half-time.

Corner to Newcastle now, from the right, and it's flosted into the box by Emre, Taylor's header goes back out onto the wing in error - for Emre to loft back in. It falls to Boumsong who blasts over

Sunderland get a free-kick, taken quickly by Welsh to find Elliott in the box - he turns for the shot but this time gets it wrong with his right - goal-kick

Great cross from the right by Gray and Taylor is forced to put it behind. The corner misses everyone with two Sunderland forwards close to making contact

Two minutes to be added on

Four goals in seven minutes and you have to give great credit to the spirit of Sunderland. Now they look like getting a third before the interval!

Sunderland are forced into a change with Gary Breen injured, he's replaced by former Everton defender Alan Stubbs

Fantastic goal from the young Republic or Ireland international - every bit as good as his goal against Manchester United last week. His shot from the edge of the D flew past Given into the top left-hand corner. Super strike

GOAL!!!

Elliott collects 25 yards out. He's done well here up against Parker, skips back inside of Boumsong and goes for the shot on his left...

Sunderland are looking to get back on level terms before the break, no letting that second Ameobi goal get them down

Free-kick to Sunderland on the left wing. Can they level again? Lawrence curls it to the edge of the six-yard box but this time it's Ameobi at the back to head away and the Magpies survive

It's all gone goal crazy! N'Zogbia did well to get it back into the danger zone, and there was Ameobi with the stooping header into the bottom left-hand corner. Advantage Newcastle again!

GOAL!!!

Newcastle look to put things right. Carr's cross is too deep, but N'Zogbia manages to hook it back into the danger zone for Ameobi...

Newcastle's lead lasted just two minutes as a swerving right-foot shot from Lawrence drifted away from Given and into the corner of the net - Lawrence's first Premiership goal

GOAL!!!

Lawrence picks up the ball 25 yards out, he dinks inside and tries his luck...

Emre's fine hanging corner found Ameobi completely unmarked ten yards out, and the England Under-21 international powered a fantastic header into the opposite corner past a helpless Davis

GOAL!!!

Emre takes from the left, and finds the head of Ameobi...

Pressure building from Newcastle as they win a corner on the left. Shearer and Caldwell get a talking to for a bit of handbags before Solano delivers a high ball - it's another corner

Now Carr delivers from the right. Davis gets in a tangle with Breen and it loops to N'Zogbia - who probably cleared the stand with his shot

Nosworthy is caught napping by Ameobi, he breaks forward and finds Shearer with the square ball - but Nosworthy redeems himself with a diving block as the powerful shot came in

Now Solano is penalised, for a foul on Whitehead.

Shearer looks for the unmarked Solano on the edge of the box - it's a shocking pass when the Peruvian would have been in and Hoyte clears

Referee Styles had allowed the advantage after the foul on Welsh, but he takes the chance to book Parker when the play breaks down. It was never a yellow card

The Newcastle fans are incensed as N'Zogbia puts the ball out so Welsh can get attention, he was clipped by Parker. Souness is not best pleased either

Shearer collect in the left corner of the box. There's no challenge which invites the curling effort into the opposite post - but it goes agonisingly wide

Shearer tries to set Parker though the middle, but the former England striker was offside from the original pass to him

It's now a pretty even game, neither side really able to gain total control

Ameobi does well to find Solano just inside the box, the ball just gets away from his as his control lets him down and the chance to have a crack is gone

Emre is brought down from behind, and Miller becomes the second player to enter the book

Oooh! Davis has to get down low to his left to keep out the shot which was arrowing into the bottom corner, and a defender hacks clear. Close from Ameobi

Solano is allowed time on the ball, he finds Ameobi with a neat pass on the edge of the box. Ameobio turns for the shot...

It's pumped straight back in, Boumsong leaves it without realising Gray is behind him - who just fails to make contact six yards out

Parker trips Lawrence and it's a set-piece for Sunderland around 30 yards out, just to the right of centre. It's delivered into the box but headed clear with ease

Carr delivers from the right, only for Caldwell, the former Newcastle trainee, to get the flick back to Davis

The atmosphere's gone decidedly flat now, Newcastle unable to find a route into the box to test the Sunderland goalkeeper

Solano looks for Carr down the right, there's just too much on the pass which enables Hoyte to guide the ball behind for a goal-kick

Great movement of the ball as Solano, Emre and N'Zogbia link up. It's N'Zogbia who delivers a low ball across the six-yard box but Davis does well to claim ahead of the sliding Ameobi

Mick McCarthy's bellowing down on the touchline. He knows the home side and beginning to get on top

Free-kick to Newcastle on the half-way line. Ramage punts it into the box, Boumsong wins the flick on and the ball skids inches past the post as Taylor tried to get on the end of it

Emre collects and is allowed to run at the Sunderland defence. There's still not challenge so the Turkish international takes a shot - which Davis has to palm away in the air

Shearer delivers a fine first time ball onto the right flank... except there's no black and white shirt there... it would have been good!

The Magpies just beginning to get up a head of steam now. Can they grab the opener?

Some pressure from Newcastle. Carr looks bright down the right and finds Solano to hook into the area. Shearer nods back to Ameobi - but the young forward has to stretch to get the ball and it's easy for Davis

N'Zogbia brings it out but gets caught in two minds and Nosworthy makes the tackle

Another free-kick to Sunderland, with Ameobi penalised. It's lofted into the area from deep but Taylor heads to safety

Free-kick to Sunderland around 25 yards out in a central position. Whitehead fancies it, Welsh is there too. It's the former who goes for the shot, though it's always rising over the bar

The atmosphere is electic at St James', both sets of supporters praying for the bragging rights at work tomorrow morning

If there isn't a red card in this game I'll be amazed, the tackles are flying in and there's barely been a pass

Emre's back up after a bit of treatment - not the challenge you want in your first start for almost two months!

Sunderland midfielder Whitehead goes into the book after 37 seconds for a nasty challenge from behind on Emre. It's going to be tasty!

It's Newcastle that get the Tyne-Wear derby underway

In contrast, Sunderland manager Mick McCarthy names an unchanged side from last week's 3-1 Stadium of Light defeat to Manchester United.

Michael Owen's absence prompts one of four changes. While Owen's hamstring injury sees him ruled out, Nolberto Solano is back in the team for the first time since returning to the Magpies at the end of the transfer window, the Peru winger now recovered from a thigh injury with Amdy Faye making way to the bench. Turkey international Emre is handed his first start since August 28 after a recent hamstring problem, replacing Lee Bowyer who sustained a knee injury last week.