Newcastle vs Stoke City live score: Jamaal Lascelles puts Magpies back in front after Xherdan Shaqiri had equalised for Stoke

NEWCASTLE host Stoke in the Premier League this afternoon.

The Magpies have won their last two Prem matches, while Stoke are unbeaten in their last three.

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• Newcastle have only lost once in their last 13 home matches versus the Potters in all competitions – 1-2 in September 2010 (W9 D3).
• Stoke are unbeaten in their last five Premier League games against Newcastle, keeping a clean sheet on four occasions (W3 D2 L0).
• The Potters have won just once on their last 13 away Premier League visits to the north east (D4 L8), although that win came last time out versus Sunderland in January (3-1).
• Newcastle United have won four of their seven Premier League home matches under Rafa Benitez (W4 D2 L1), the same total the Magpies won in 14 attempts under his predecessor Steve McClaren.Newcastle United will be looking to win three consecutive Premier League games for the first time since November 2014, when they won five in a row under Alan Pardew.
• Stoke City have just two of their last 14 away games in the Premier League (W2 D3 L9), although one of those wins came in the north-east; defeating Sunderland 3-1 in January.
• Newcastle have the youngest average starting XI lineup so far in the 2017-18 Premier League (25y 223d old).
• Newcastle are set to play a Premier League match with a positive goal difference for the first time since February 2014, when they faced Chelsea at Stamford Bridge - they lost 3-0 to end the day with a goal difference of -2.
• Only versus Sunderland (11) has Mark Hughes won more Premier League games as a manager than against Newcastle (9).
• A league-high 34.5% of Newcastle United’s passes in the Premier League this season have been played in to the attacking third of the pitch.
• Since the start of last season Matt Ritchie (9) has provided more assists in league competition than any other Newcastle player, including assisting Jamaal Lascelles' winner vs Swansea last time out.