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Newcastle vs West Ham Match Preview, Predictions & Free Bets
The Premier League resumes on Saturday as Newcastle plays host to West Ham.
Premier Action Returns
A European six-pointer is on the lunchtime agenda as Newcastle need a win to close down West Ham in the hunt for seventh place.
Eyes On Europe
No more international breaks between now and the end of the season, we are reaching the official business end of proceedings and with the Premier League once again cultivating plenty of subplots both up and down the table, the race for Europe is not one that should be overlooked.
A race that from the final guaranteed invite perspective sees as many as five teams (or six if we are being really generous to Fulham) in the hunt to finish in seventh. A hunt that is currently being led by West Ham and their next task is to dent the hopes of one of the chasing pack.
The Hammers make an early Easter trip to Newcastle this Saturday, and they do so having gone unbeaten in each of their last four league outings. Eight points from the last twelve on offer and were it not for a late VAR call in their last game, it could have been ten.
Tomas Soucek’s thought he had scored the winning goal at home to Aston Villa but a controversial call – one that took a considerable amount of time to be made deemed otherwise and therefore, the points had to be shared at the London Stadium.
A point for West Ham that almost felt like a defeat in the manner in which was earned but at least it was one more that Newcastle earned that same weekend and after losing to Chelsea by three goals to two, their own hopes of a European return have taken something of a dent.
Not only because of the defeat at Stamford Bridge but also the following loss to Manchester City in the FA Cup and with one route to the continent now blocked off for another season, it is up to Eddie Howe’s men to remove the one remaining roadblock that stands in front of them.
Both Howe and his managerial counterpart David Moyes seem to be under a considerable amount of pressure right now. For the former, there is a sense of Europe or bust if he is to keep his job on Tyneside. For the latter, even success in Europe may not be enough.
Moyes has led West Ham to victory in the Europa Conference League almost 12 months ago and has led them to the last eight of this season’s Europa League where Bayer Leverkusen will soon lie in wait.
Even with such a European pedigree being crafted by the former Everton manager, it does not seem enough to quell portions of the Hammers fanbase. His opposite number on Saturday has to also quell a boardroom that has already been given a taste of the Champions League.
But now it is time for the first of my two tips and if there is one thing that West Ham largely do not do on the road, it is draw. 14 league outings and just two draws for the season. Take that out of the mix and I am flipping a coin for an away win or defeat. The coin lands on the win at odds of 16/5.
In addition to this, I am going to focus on Jarrod Bowen. Although he did not light up for England during the international break, that should not stop him at the weekend and therefore, I am backing him to open the scoring at odds of 8/1.
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