Newcastle United and Wolverhampton Wanderers Get Things Started in the Premier League on Friday Night
Newcastle United vs Wolverhampton - 08/04/2022
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The first fixture of the weekend in the English Premier League takes place on Friday the 8th of April as Newcastle United host Wolverhampton Wanderers at St James’ Park. This hosts begin this round of fixtures in 15th place on 31 points while the visitors are in 8th place on 49 points.
Newcastle United come into the match on the back of a disappointing 5-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur last weekend.
Having opened the scoring just before half time, it appeared Newcastle United were going to go into the break with a lead but Tottenham Hotspur responded with the equaliser 4 minutes later.
It took Tottenham Hotspur only 3 minutes to take the lead in the second half and things went downhill badly for Newcastle United, conceding a further 3 goals.
That was the third successive defeat for Newcastle United following the 1-0 losses at Chelsea and Everton. However, they were forced to play 4 away Premier League games in a row and will be looking forward to getting back to St James’ Park.
Home form in the Premier League shows Newcastle United are undefeated in their 5 most recent fixtures. They have won each of their last 3 home league games, with the victories coming over Everton, Aston Villa, and Brighton and Hove Albion.
Trends show both teams have scored in 4 of Newcastle United’s last 5 home Premier League matches.
Wolverhampton Wanderers make the trip to St James’ Park having beat Aston Villa 2-1 at home last weekend. Wolverhampton Wanderers were 2-1 up at half-time and only conceded in the final minutes of the match.
That result means Wolverhampton Wanderers have won 3 of their last 4 Premier League games and they have a chance of finishing above Manchester United in the table this season.
Away from shows Wolverhampton Wanderers have won 5 of their 7 most recent away league fixtures. There have been wins at Brighton and Hove Albion, Manchester United, Brentford, Tottenham Hotspur, and Everton. The two defeats came at Arsenal and West Ham United.
Trends show Wolverhampton Wanderers have been scoring goals when playing away in the Premier League. They have found the back of the net in 6 of their last 7 away league matches.
Team news and Newcastle United will be without the injured quartet of Kieran Trippier, Jamal Lewis, Isaac Hayden, and Callum Wilson. Federico Fernandez and Miguel Almirón are both doubts.
Wolverhampton Wanderers continue without the suspended Raul Jimenez. Rúben Neves and Ki-Jana However are injured and there are doubts over the fitness of Daniel Podence.
Newcastle United’s form has taken a dip in recent weeks whereas Wolverhampton Wanderers are in good form, especially away. Therefore, it could be the away side that take maximum points from this one, with under 2.5 goals scored.
Home team
Away team
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
EPL
293337
2
0 - 2
2.22
7°
3.40
2.25
3.20
3.40
no
no
no
1 - 0(0 - 0)
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