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Newcastle vs Burnley Prediction & Betting tips
At St. James’ Park, Newcastle United receives Burnley on Wednesday evening. Both Newcastle United and Burnley are in a negative flow and can therefore use a victory this week.
Newcastle :
Newcastle United became champion in the Championship last season and would like to maintain this season in the Premier League. The Magpies are also on the right track to bring about enforcement, but Newcastle United is also far from there. Led by Rafael Benítez, The Magpies won 23 points this season in the Premier League and Newcastle is still above the relegation streak, but the differences are nil at the bottom of the competition. The Magpies are fifteenth, but have as many points as number seventeen Stoke City and the gap on Southampton, which is at a relegation place, is only one point in favor of Newcastle United.
After Newcastle United was thrown out of the League Cup in August by Nottingham Forest (2-3 in favor of Nottingham), The Magpies were also eliminated last weekend in the FA Cup tournament. In the previous round, Rafael Benítez’s team won 3-1 vs. Luton Town, but with an away game against Chelsea, an opponent of size was scheduled last Sunday. Benítez did not start his strongest line-up at Stamford Bridge, but a few base players were allowed to make minutes against Chelsea and the Spanish coach of Newcastle United saw his team lose 3-0 in London without a chance.
The criticism of Benítez is a bit that this season he barely holds on to a basic team. Against Chelsea that was still somewhat justifiable since it was a match in the FA Cup, but also for the Newcastle supporters it is a mystery who they can expect again in the base Wednesday evening. The supporters of The Magpies do demand a victory from Newcastle United on Burnley, because the PhD candidate did not win seven league matches at his own St. James’ Park.
Burnley:
Burnley may be in eighth place in the Premier League, but that does not mean that the atmosphere is fine at The Clarets right now. The team of Sean Dyche has only been active in the Premier League again since last season and so you would think that they are happy with the current eighth place at Burnley, but the shape of The Clarets is not too good. Burnley knew how to surprise everyone in the first months of the season and thus also resulted in a place in the lefthand row of the Premier League, but The Clarets have not won more than a month and lost all matches that played in this calendar year.
A week and a half ago, Burnley played the last game before the encounter with Newcastle United and the game against Manchester United was lost for Dyche and his men: 0-1. The 0-1 defeat was already the fourth game of 2018 that Burnley lost, as Liverpool (1-2), Manchester City (4-2) and Crystal Palace (1-0) were too strong for The Clarets this year. This Burnley can of course lose from Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City, but the reality is that Burnley has been playing scorelessly against both Brighton and Huddersfield Town last month.
The defeats of the past few weeks are of course also largely related to the game of Burnley. Dyche wants to defend as much as possible with Burnley and hopes to deal with the odds extremely effectively in the attack, but Burnley has barely managed to find the net the last few weeks and has to cash in every time. With the recruitment of Aaron Lennon, Burnley hopes to score goals again, but Lennon was able to score zero goals in his last 26 appearances on behalf of Everton.
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