📏 Form Guide

Newcastle United

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Newcastle United will be hoping for a repeat of their last result, following a 4-3 Premier League victory versus West Ham United.

In that game, Newcastle United had 60% possession and 24 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. For Newcastle United, the goals were scored by Alexander Isak (6', 77') and Harvey Barnes (83', 90'). West Ham United got 9 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. Michail Antonio (21'), Mohammed Kudus (45') and Jarrod Bowen (48') scored for West Ham United.

It’s not been often in recent times where Newcastle United have shown defensive steel. In fact, Newcastle United have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, leaking 13 goals along the way.

Heading into this fixture, Newcastle United have not been beaten in their last 4 league matches at home.

Everton

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of Bournemouth in Premier League competition, Everton will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that match, Everton managed 51% possession and 7 shots at goal with 3 on target. For Everton, the goals were scored by Beto (87') and Séamus Coleman (91' Own goal). On the other side, Bournemouth had 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. Dominic Solanke (64') was the scorer for Bournemouth.

Looking at their form, and Everton have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 11 goals in all. In defence, Everton could really do with shoring things up. That sort of pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this match, however.

Heading into this fixture, Everton have not emerged victorious against Newcastle United in games played away from home for the previous 3 league matches.

👥 Head to head

A look at their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 30/01/2021 shows that Newcastle United have won 4 of these games & Everton 2, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.

16 goals were scored between the two sides during those clashes, with 10 of them for The Magpies and 6 netted by The Toffees. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.

The last league match featuring these clubs was Premier League match day 15 on 07/12/2023 which ended up with the score at Everton 3-0 Newcastle United.

That time, Everton had 39% possession and 21 shots at goal with 6 of them on target. The scorers were Dwight McNeil (79'), Abdoulaye Doucouré (86') and Beto (96').

On the other side, Newcastle United had 12 shots at goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Tim Robinson.

ℹ️ Team News: Newcastle United

Miguel Almirón (Knee injury), Tino Livramento (Ankle injury), Nick Pope (Shoulder injury), Callum Wilson (Chest injury), Lewis Miley (Back injury), Joelinton (Groin surgery), Sven Botman (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Jamaal Lascelles (Cruciate ligament injury) will be missing for Newcastle United boss Eddie Howe. Anthony Gordon cannot play in this game through suspension.

It seems likely that The Magpies will possibly go for a 4-3-3 system this time, handing starts to Martin Dubravka, Emil Krafth, Fabian Schaer, Daniel Burn, Lewis Hall, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Elliot Anderson, Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak and Harvey Barnes.

📰 Team News: Everton

Everton boss Sean Dyche has some current player fitness concerns. Dele Alli (Partial muscle tear) and Vitaliy Mykolenko (cold) are not ready for selection.

We are inclined to think that The Toffees seem likely to play in a 4-4-1-1 system using Jordan Pickford, Seamus Coleman, James Tarkowski, Jarrad Branthwaite, Vitalii Mykolenko, Jack Harrison, James Garner, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Dwight McNeil, Abdoulaye Doucoure and Beto.

⚡ Prediction

We’re thinking that Newcastle United should convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

However, Everton will be up against it to score themselves but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be getting enough chances to score, too.

Our selection here is for a controlled 3-1 win for Newcastle United by the time that the referee blows the final whistle.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 18:01 02/04/2024