Newcastle vs West Brom Prediction & Tips
Newcastle and West Bromwich play at St. James’ Park in a 36th round match of the Barclays Premier League. In the final confrontation between these teams in this competition, on 28-11-2017, the final result was a draw for (2-2). The history of direct matches at this stadium favors the home team, who in the last 3 matches have won 2 and drawn 1. Indeed, in the last showdown at this stadium, for the Barclays Premier League on 06-02-2016, Newcastle won by (1-0). A. Mitrović (32 ‘) scored the only goal of the match. Special attention is needed for the home / away condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.
Analysis of Newcastle
After 11 wins, 8 draws and 15 losses, the home team is in 10th place, having won 41 points. In the last match, they lost with Everton away (1-0), having won 2-1 at home against Arsenal in the previous game. This is a stronger team when you play in your stadium, because in the last 30 games you have 3 wins, 4 draws and 8 losses as a visitor; against 6 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses in his stadium. For the championship, Newcastle had 15 points in 30 chances, after 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses in their last 10 games at their stadium.
In this competition, it registers a sequence of 4 victories in the last matches in house. In their home league games the most frequent marker in the break was 0-0 (8 in 17 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In his home games there is a tendency towards fewer goals, as 11 of his last 17 matches in the competition have finished with less than 2.5 goals. In 34 games in this competition, only managed 2 turns on the board in 17 games in which he suffered the first goal. There are 1 highlights in the last 17 home games in this competition: he scored 7 of his 18 goals in the minutes (61’-75 ‘).
Newcastle have seen their series of 4 consecutive victories end in the last round and reach this final stretch of the national already without great pretensions, since there is no risk of relegation and there is no chance of a place in the European competitions next season. The team has a reasonable defense that is the seventh-most-leveled national of the national, so much that it underwent only 3 goals in his last 5 games, while the attack increased of production and scored 7 goals in these matches and has presented good offensive volume, with several opportunities created . Playing at home, such as Saturday’s clash, Newcastle have not lost 8 games, come from 4 consecutive victories and it is worth mentioning that they conceded only 1 goal in these 4 triumphs, evidencing again the good quality of their defense that has been solid. For the confrontation with West Bromwich, the coach Rafa Benítez must repeat the escalation of the last rounds where the team went up a lot of production.
Analysis of West Bromwich
After 4 wins, 13 draws and 18 losses, the visiting team is in 20th place, having won 25 points. In the last match, they drew with Liverpool at home (2-2), after the previous match had won away in a game against Manchester United by (0-1). This is a team that curiously shows more positive results than at home, since in the last 30 games it has recorded 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats as a visitor, with a total of 11 goals scored and 21 conceded. Already inside the home, won 1 victory, 6 draws and 8 losses, with a total of 17 goals scored and 28 conceded. In the championship, West Bromwich won 5 points out of 30, after 1 win, 2 draws and 7 losses in their last 10 away games. In his league games as a visitor, the most frequent result at half-time was 0-0 (8 out of 17 matches). Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 9 of the last 10 games but his attack has scored regularly as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In his away games for this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 11 of the last 17 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. In 35 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 16 times and never managed to turn the score. There are 1 periods highlighted in the last 17 matches played as a visitor to this competition: he suffered 9 of his 25 goals between the minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Newcastle – West Brom FREE TIPS
Newcastle – Win @ 1.85
Both teams to score / YES @ 1.80
Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.90
