📊 Form Guide

Newcastle United

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Newcastle United will be hoping for a better result following the 2-0 FA Cup defeat last time out to Manchester City.

In that game, Newcastle United managed 28% possession and 2 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. For their opponents, Manchester City had 16 attempts at goal with 5 on target. Bernardo Silva (13', 31') was the scorer for Manchester City.

Fixtures with Newcastle United have proved to be exciting ones of late with plenty of scoring anticipated. Over their past 6 games, a grand total of 21 goals have flown in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 9 of these being chalked up by Newcastle United. Such a pattern might not be carried forward into this game, of course.

Taking a look at their past results, Newcastle United:

• have not lost a league tie with West Ham United in their last 4 matches.
• are unbeaten in their previous 3 league matches at home.

West Ham United

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Previously, West Ham United drew 1-1 in the Premier League tie with Aston Villa.

In that game, West Ham United managed 30% possession and 13 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. The scorer for West Ham United was Michail Antonio (29'). At the other end, Aston Villa got 13 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Nicolò Zaniolo (79') scored for Aston Villa.

The stats tell the story, and West Ham United have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing opposing sides hit 7 goals overall. Defensively, West Ham United could really do with shoring things up.

Going into this encounter, West Ham United haven't been beaten by Newcastle United in away games against them for the last 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

Looking at their most recent head to head meetings going back to 17/04/2021 shows us that Newcastle United have won 2 of these games & West Ham United 1, with the tally of drawn results standing at 3.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 25 overall at an average of 4.17 goals per match.

The last league game between these clubs was Premier League match day 8 on 08/10/2023 when the final score was West Ham United 2-2 Newcastle United.

On that occasion, West Ham United managed 35% possession and 5 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Goals were scored by Tomáš Souček (8') and Mohammed Kudus (89').

Newcastle United got 10 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. Alexander Isak (57', 62') was the scorer.

The referee was Peter Bankes.

📰 Team News: Newcastle United

Tino Livramento (Ankle injury), Callum Wilson (Chest injury), Nick Pope (Shoulder injury), Lewis Miley (Back injury), Joelinton (Groin surgery) and Sven Botman (Cruciate ligament surgery) are unavailable for Newcastle United gaffer Eddie Howe.

ℹ️ Team News: West Ham United

Due to a mostly healthy group of players, there’s only the one fitness problem for the West Ham United boss David Moyes to be concerned with. Michail Antonio (Knee injury) misses out for this game.

🧠 Prediction

West Ham United will be up against it to be putting goals past a Newcastle United lineup who certainly have the ability to dominate this game and keep it tight in defence.

We’re expecting a 3-0 margin for Newcastle United at the end of the 90 minutes.

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

Renata Leite, 12:04 30/03/2024