📊 Form Guide

Newcastle United

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Newcastle United will be wanting a better result here following a 1-0 Premier League losing effort in their last game against Arsenal.

In that match, Newcastle United had 48% possession and 14 attempts at goal with 5 on target. For their opponents, Arsenal had 12 shots at goal with 4 on target. Declan Rice (55') scored for Arsenal.

Eddie Howe's Newcastle United have hit the back of the net 12 times in their last six outings. The comparative tally of goals that have been scored against them in those same games amounts to 6.

Their prior results show that Newcastle United:

• are unbeaten in the league by Everton in their last 2 matches.
• haven't beaten Everton in their previous 3 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 6 league matches at home.

Everton

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Everton will come into the match after a 2-0 Premier League win to beat Southampton in their previous fixture.

In that match, Everton managed 50% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Everton was Iliman Ndiaye (6', 45'). At the other end, Southampton had 6 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

David Moyes's Everton have converted 8 times in the course of their most recent sextet of matches. The number of goals that have been scored against them during those same clashes equals 6.

Ahead of this clash, Everton have not registered a win against Newcastle United when they've played them away from home in the last 4 matches in the league. They really have not been travelling well at all.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings stretching back to 17/03/2022, it’s been all-even between these two clubs with Newcastle United winning 2 of those games, Everton 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

A combined total of 12 goals were yielded between them in this period, with 6 for The Magpies and 6 created by The Toffees. That’s an average goals per game of 2.

The previous league encounter between these sides was Premier League match day 7 on 05/10/2024 and the score finished Everton 0-0 Newcastle United.

In that match, Everton managed 33% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target.

At the other end, Newcastle United had 14 shots on goal with 3 on target.

The referee was Craig Pawson.

📋 Team News: Newcastle United

Matt Targett (Hamstring injury) and Lewis Hall (Ankle surgery) will be missing for Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe.

In all likelihood, The Magpies will probably employ a 3-4-2-1 formation for this game, handing starts to Nick Pope, Fabian Schaer, Sven Botman, Daniel Burn, Jacob Murphy, Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Valentino Livramento, Harvey Barnes, Anthony Gordon and Alexander Isak.

ℹ️ Team News: Everton

Everton manager David Moyes has not got a full squad to pick from. Jesper Lindstrøm (Groin surgery), James Tarkowski (Hamstring injury) and Orel Mangala (Knee injury) will miss out on this game.

We reckon that The Toffees will likely make use of a 4-2-3-1 lineup using Jordan Pickford, Ashley Young, Jake O'Brien, Michael Keane, Vitaliy Mykolenko, James Garner, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Jack Harrison, Carlos Alcaraz, Iliman Ndiaye and Beto.

🧠 Prediction

In this match, Everton will have to play really well to put one past a Newcastle United outfit who certainly have the ability to set up a big win.

We’re expecting a very comprehensive 3-0 victory for Newcastle United when the full-time whistle blows.

Peter Guest, 14:01 25/05/2025