Newcastle United host Liverpool at St James' Park on Sunday in one of the headline fixtures of the Premier League's opening weekend. Both clubs and their fanbases will pay tribute to late icon Kevin Keegan, who died in July aged 75 following a battle with cancer. The match is the penultimate fixture of matchweek 1.
New managers in both dugouts
There are new managers on Tyneside, with Matthias Jaissle now in charge of the hosts following Eddie Howe's shock exit, and Andoni Iraola selected to succeed Arne Slot as Liverpool boss. Neither coach enjoyed a smooth summer, with Newcastle hit by the exits of key players in Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali and Anthony Gordon, while Liverpool's transfer progress has been slow as they continue to work on replacing Mohamed Salah.
Team news and debutants
Either Ronald Araujo or fellow new signing Jeremy Jacquet will need to start alongside Virgil van Dijk in defence for Liverpool. The likes of Lukas Hornicek, Amar Dedic, Sean Steur, Aladji Bamba and Bazoumana Toure are all hoping to make their Newcastle debuts.
Kick-off details
Kick-off at St James' Park is at 4:30pm BST. The fixture is one of the top-flight's classic encounters, with many memorable battles down the years.
