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Newcastle vs Watford Prediction & Betting tips
The number one of the Premier League, Newcastle United, will be visited by number last Saturday Watford. It is still early in the season, but at St. James’ Park both teams will mainly play in order not to lose.
Newcastle United:
Last weekend, Newcastle United, visiting Tottenham Hotspur, recorded the first win of the season and as a result, The Magpies got rid of the hateful zero. In London, Newcastle United was 0-1 too strong for Spurs due to a hit by record gain Joelinton, who lost his first two games with Newcastle United to Arsenal (0-1) and Norwich City (3-1). Particularly the defeat on Carrow Road against Norwich City hurt Newcastle United, which managed to recover fine a week later by winning a 0-1 win over Tottenham.
It is not yet September and Newcastle United is already out of the Carabao Cup. So far nothing new – The Magpies have been eliminated by Nottingham Forest in August for the past two years and on Wednesday night Leicester City ensured that Newcastle United was also early out of the cup tournament this season. The Magpies and The Foxes held each other in balance for ninety minutes, resulting in a 1-1 final score and then Leicester City proved to be better at taking penalties than Steve Bruce’s team. This will allow Newcastle United to fully focus on the Premier League in the coming months, as the FA Cup will only start in January. That is necessary too, because Newcastle United has not started the Premier League season too well.
Watford:
After three league games, Watford is at the bottom of the Premier League. The formation of Javi Gracia, who can be fired at a loss this weekend, did not take a single point and has a goal balance of -6. For comparison: after Watford, Chelsea has the worst goal difference in the Premier League and The Blues has to make do with a negative goal difference of -3. All in all, the goal difference of Watford, especially when you consider that we are only three rounds on the road, is very bad. The fact that Gracia is under high voltage at Watford, which has been a true trainers’ graveyard for years, is not only related to the performance of this season. Watford ended the previous season with three league-defeats in a row and the absolute low point was the FA Cup final lost 6-1 against Manchester City.
On Tuesday-evening, Watford registered its first win of the season, but a 3-0 win over Coventry City is not going to save Gracia’s job. The Spaniard is really judged by his performance this weekend and if there is a loss from Newcastle United, it is not excluded that Gracia will be unemployed from Monday. Moreover: after the international break, Watford plays duels against Arsenal (at home) and Manchester City (off) and that would be an “ideal” moment for a new trainer to step in, as he cannot do anything wrong in those matches. For the time being, Gracia is still at the helm at Watford, but the past has shown that Watford club management is not the worst thing to pay a severance payment.
Newcastle vs Watford head to head matches
26.01.19 FAC Newcastle Watford 0 : 2
29.12.18 PL Watford Newcastle 1 : 1
03.11.18 PL Newcastle Watford 1 : 0
05.05.18 PL Watford Newcastle 2 : 1
25.11.17 PL Newcastle Watford 0 : 3