Newcastle – Luton PREDICTION & TIPS
Newcastle United and Luton join forces at St. James’ Park for the FA Cup (3rd Round). There is no record of direct clashes between these two teams in the last 3 years. The last clash was played on 22-04-1989 and ended with the result: Newcastle United (0-0) Luton.
Newcastle United Analysis
The home team make their debut in this edition of the FA Cup with the intention of achieving a positive result, taking advantage of the home factor. The team arrives at this meeting after a win away with Stoke City by (0-1). In the last 10 home games for all competitions, Newcastle United have won 3, drawn 2 and lost 5. The team has conceded goals in 8 of the last 10 games so there are defensive processes that need to be improved. In 15 games, he suffered the first goal 8 times and only got 1 turnaround.
The Newcastle season has been nothing special and currently occupies the bottom of the league table in the Premier League. However, it was only in the last few days that the local team managed to climb a few positions when they beat West Ham and Stoke City. Normally, we can see that Newcastle United has a 4-2-3-1 system, with Shelvey as the team’s anchor, with a fantastic positional sense. On the other hand, Dwight Gayle is the great highlight of this team with 3 cleared goals. For this game the coach still does not count on Mitrovic, Gamez and Lejeune, all injured.
Analysis of Luton
The visiting team arrives at this stage of the FA Cup (3th Round) after having played previous qualifiers with: Gateshead and Portsmouth. The team arrives at this meeting after a win at home with Lincoln by (4-2). In the last 10 games played out for all competitions, Luton have won 7, drawn 2 and lost 1. Their attack has scored regularly as they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 games. This is a team that scores many times first: it opened the scoring in 12 of its last 15 games, of those 12 reached the break in lead in 8 and managed to maintain the advantage until the end of the 90 ‘in 10.
The Luton squad currently plays in the English fourth division, but is proud to take the lead in this competition. In the last game for the championship, Luton spectacularly beat Lincoln 4-2. To reach this stage of the FA Cup, the visitors beat Portsmouth and Gateshead. In this out-of-doors game, coach Nathan Jones must opt for a very different strategy from the last encounter, that is, to favor the defensive organization and the counterattacks. Danny Hylton is one of the great highlights of Luton with 15 goals scored in various competitions. It seems that the visiting coach must have the same players as the last game.
Newcastle – Luton FREE TIPS
Newcastle – Win @ 1.45
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
