Hello and welcome to the live commentary of Newcastle v Swansea in the Premier League. This has become a crucial game for the Swans due to their poor run of results while Alan Pardew needs a win to silence the boo boys.

Shelvey's header towards goal is deflected for a corner. Davies' delivery is cleared though.

Hernandez squares the ball back but its behind Bony and Hernandez, that was a good chance.

Alan Pardew is serving his last game of a touchline ban for headbutting Hull's David Meyler.

Hernandez's through ball nearly goes through to Bony but Collocinni clears.

Swansea, in their purple and yellow shirts, have made a bright start to the game.

Bony just fails to get his head on De Guzman's cross from the right.

The ref Chris Foy is flattened from Collocinni's clearance which hit him straight in the face. He gingerly gets to his feet.

And we're underway!

Five minutes till kickoff at St James'Park.

Striker Michu failed a fitness test due to a swollen ankle. The striker's injury problems have been a key factor in their struggles, with this fan speculating on his future:

This Swans fan is buoyed by Newcastle's lack of goal scorers. Also Swansea have benefited from eight own goals this season - more than any other side.

A lot of criticism on Twitter about Alan Pardew's team selection. However Garry Monk has picked up only two points from five away games and the Swans have gone 14 away games without keeping a clean sheet.

This Toon fan is not happy with the team line-up. Bearing in mind, Sunderland (3) have scored more goals at St James’ Park in 2014 than Newcastle (2) have.

Interesting stat about today's two teams:

The Magpies have lost six of their last eight home league games, failing to score in all six defeats. And they are the only team yet to reach double figures for goals in 2014.

Loic Remy and Mathieu Debuchy are only on the bench for the Magpies having missed the last six matches due to injury. Moussa Sissoko and Hatem Ben Arfa remain on the sidelines.

NEWCASTLE UNITED: Krul, Coloccini, Williamson, Dummett, Anita, Gosling, Tiote, Gouffran, De Jong, Cisse, Sh Ameobi...Subs: Elliot, Debuchy, Haidara, Yanga-Mbiwa, S Taylor, Armstrong, Remy /// SWANSEA CITY: Vorm, Rangel, Amat, Williams, Davies, Britton, Shelvey, De Guzman, Routledge, Hernandez, Bony...Subs: Tremmel, Taylor, Bartley, Fulton, Dyer, Emnes, Ngog.

Garry Monk has described this week's training ground bust-up as “handbags”: "It was all over and done with, no problems whatsoever, and then it gets blown out of proportion. We have got a good idea of the source that it has come from to try and unsettle us at this time. But I think you could see on Sunday (against Chelsea) just how unified the group is with the performance. When you are in a training environment and you have got 20 or 30 men with intensity and working hard, these things happen."

Alan Pardew said he wants the feel good factor to return to the Toon Army with the performances they showed in the first half of the season. "I want to bring back that harmony we had with them not so long ago. The fans are fair. We haven’t been fair with them recently, with our performances. If you lose four on the trot as Newcastle manager it’ll always be difficult.”

Swansea will be without suspended defender Chico Flores after his red card against Chelsea last weekend with Jordi Amat replacing him.