Joselu's luck did not improve after the break when he headed over from Kenedy's early corner, but it was the home side who broke the deadlock with 65 minutes gone when Lascelles timed his run to perfection to glance another Kenedy corner past the helpless Pope. "But, in the end we gave everything to get something".
Jon Walters will be hoping to get back into the Burnley side after his lengthy layout with a knee injury.
Hooper looked to have got this one right as Kenedy was hacked down by Phil Bardsley, with Burnley's ex-Sunderland full-back having no complaints. Still we have some time.
"A very good point", Burnley manager Sean Dyche told the BBC. "We all want to stay in the league, that's the most important thing".
Newcastle already have captain Jamal Lascelles, Ciaran Clark, Chancel Mbemba and Florian Lejeune and they've actually got the ninth-best defensive record in the league. As Rafael Benítez's relegation fears intensified it was crystal clear that Islam Slimani's loan signing from Leicester City has not come a moment too soon.
"We've enough injuries to make us look at different possibilities".
Draw at half-time and Burnley to win is an attractive looking 7/1.
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The Premier League match between Newcastle and Burnley will be broadcast online. A Newcastle win could potentially push them six points away from 20th and three points away from 18th, depending on results of other matches.
On Wednesday, Newcastle host the Clarets at St.James' Park.
- Karl Darlow is just the second Newcastle goalkeeper to score a Premier League own goal, after Shay Given in October 2007 against Everton.
Yet it wasn't Lennon who made the breakthrough in the contest.
With Swansea securing three points, they are now out of the basement of the league and sit one place behind Newcastle (with one more game played).
Burnley are rated 11/4 for the victory.
Burnley could lose their opening five competitive matches of a calendar year for the first time since 1932, when they were beaten in their opening six fixtures.
Barnes curled another shot wide for the visitors, Joselu dragged one inches wide of the far post when put through by Jacob Murphy.
Despite being eighth in the table, only two clubs have scored less than the feeble 19 in 24 games that Burnley have scored.