West Ham vs Newcastle: Preview and Prediction

Saturday 2nd November 2019

England Premier League
Saturday 2nd November 2019
Kick off at 3pm GMT
Venue: Olympic Stadium

Match Preview:

West Ham have been neither brilliant or poor this season but they have been underwhelming as Manuel Pellegrini navigates his second season with the club. At the weekend they will take on Newcastle at the Olympic Stadium.

The Hammers have not won a game for five weeks and that has resulted in them falling to 10^th place. Their last game ended in a 1-1 draw at this stadium against Sheffield United. In short the team are due a win and playing Newcastle could be the perfect tonic for the club.

West Ham need to improve at home and based just on home matches alone would be in 13^th place. They come into this game with no wins at home in their last two matches.

Newcastle are in 17^th position and last weekend they drew 1-1 at home to Wolves. They are plodding away and getting odd points here and there but there is no stability to them and at present might face a relegation battle throughout the season. The club have won just 1 game in their past five matches.

The Magpies away form is poor with 4 defeats from the five they have played. The win was against Tottenham and their last away match ended in a 1-0 loss at Chelsea.

Team News:

West Ham: Winston Reid is nearing a return from his long term injury and will play for the under 23s, he could be back in a few weeks time. Jack Wilshire is a major doubt with a groin injury

Newcastle: Sean Longstaff is suspended after being sent off v Wolves he will miss 3 games. There is a 50/50 chance Andy Carroll will play against his former team after his groin injury. Matt Ritchie is pencilled in to return for this game after his ankle injury

West Ham vs Newcastle Head to Head:

Last season West Ham won this fixture 2-0.

Newcastle have not won at West Ham since 2014.

3 from the last 7 meetings has seen the correct score finish 2-0. Twice for West Ham and once for Newcastle.

West Ham vs Newcastle Prediction:

On one hand we have West Ham who remain unpredictable. Yet with Newcastle they are more predictable to figure out, they will defend for long periods and as their confidence grows will counter attack and start to cause the Hammers problems the longer the score stays 0-0. However we think West Ham will get back to winning ways. Andriy Yarmolenko has looked dangerous since returning from injury, and we will back him to get a goal at the weekend. If the goals can come we also expect to see more in the 2^nd half as tired legs come into effect. A game involving two clubs who really need a confidence boosting win at the weekend.

West Ham vs Newcastle Betting Tips:

West Ham to beat Newcastle at 1.80

Anytime goalscorer: Andriy Yarmolenko at 3.10

Highest Scoring Half: 2^nd half at 1.91