Elliot, Clark, Lascelles, Hayden (70), Manquillo, Gamez, Merino, Ritchie, Murphy (59), Perez, Joselu (79)
Subs: Woodman, Shelvey, Gayle (79), Diame (70), Lejeune, Yedlin, Atsu (59)
Captain Jamaal Lascelles was the Newcastle match-winner as they beat Swansea 1-0 at the Liberty Stadium on Sunday.
Newcastle gave absent manager Rafael Benitez the perfect pick-me-up with a 1-0 victory at Swansea. Skipper Jamaal Lascelles capped a fine display that included an excellent goal-line clearance by powering home Matt Ritchie's 76th-minute corner.
Lascelles, who was 16/1 with Sky Bet to score a header at kick-off and as big as 80/1 in-play, towered above Alfie Mawson in the six-yard box to secure back-to-back Premier League wins for Newcastle.
The three points will come as a timely tonic for Benitez, who was recovering at home after being laid low by an infection following recent hernia surgery.
Meanwhile, the defeat sees Swansea cut to 13/8 from 2/1 for relegation to the Sky Bet Championship. Paul Clement pulled off an impressive survival with the Swans last season but four points from their opening four games has seen them shorten for the drop ahead of next weekend's trip to Wembley to face Tottenham.
Newcastle were eased to 9/2 for an immediate return to the second tier, while Crystal Palace were into 6/5 after losing their fourth straight league game at Burnley in Sunday's earlier kick-off.
Newcastle had arranged to put on a helicopter to fly Benitez to and from his Merseyside base but the Spaniard was not well enough to make the trip, although the club had said he was in contact with his staff throughout the day.
Apart from when Tammy Abraham looked like opening the scoring, only to be denied by Lascelles' dramatic late intervention, Newcastle's main source of concern came when they were spared from being reduced to 10 men.
Ritchie produced the sort of high foot just after half-time which saw Sadio Mane sent off for Liverpool at Manchester City on Saturday. But Ritchie did not make any contact with Mawson and referee Mike Jones waved play on rather than reaching for his cards.
Benitez would have been satisfied by a first half in which Newcastle held Swansea, for whom Bayern Munich midfielder Renato Sanches was making his debut after his shock loan move, at arm's length. Sanches had plenty of touches but the fact he was playing so deep meant that he was never likely to hurt Newcastle.
There was plenty of endeavour, if little precision, from Swansea and Federico Fernandez's failure to cut out Javier Manquillo's long pass gave Jacob Murphy a sight of goal that was not taken. Newcastle went closer after 33 minutes when Ritchie's cross was met by the head of Joselu and Fabianski sprang to his left to pull off a fantastic one-handed save.
Swansea were struggling to put Newcastle under any kind of pressure, but Mikel Merino's blatant attempt to win a penalty stirred them into life. Hayden lost out to Abraham and the ball ran to Jordan Ayew, whose 20-yard shot forced Rob Elliot to parry wide.
Mawson met Tom Carroll's resulting corner but sent his header a yard wide of the far post.
Swansea switched at half-time by pushing Sanches into a more central position, immediately them offering a better balance and chances for Kyle Naughton and Carroll. Naughton's effort was blocked and then Carroll's volley from a shrewd Ayew pass was stopped by Elliot at his near post.
Swansea should have taken the lead on the hour mark when Leroy Fer released Abraham and the striker rounded Elliot for what looked a simple finish. But Lascelles stretched at a post and the Newcastle fans behind the goal celebrated as if they had taken the lead.
They almost did when Ayoze Perez forced Fabianski into saving with his outstretched left leg. But Swansea were not let off when Lascelles rose majestically and Elliott protected the three points with a fine late stop from Swansea substitute Luciano Narsingh.