Newcastle United and Norwich City meet in St. James’ Park, in a match for the 25th round of the Premier League. Norwich City won at home by (3‑1) the last time they met in this edition of the league, on 17‑08-2019. The history of recent direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which records 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 4 games. Despite being a match between 14th and 20th of the table, it is actually a confrontation between the 7th classified in home games and the 20th as a visitor.
Newcastle United :
After 8 wins, 6 draws and 10 losses, the home team is currently in 14th position, with 30 points won. In their last game, they tied with Everton out by (2-2), after in the previous match they won by (1‑0) at home, in a match against Chelsea. This is a team that is usually more competitive at home, since it conquered 19 points in its stadium, where it scored 12 goals and suffered 12, against only 11 points out, with 12 goals scored and 24 suffered. In the last match he played, for the FA Cup, he tied with Oxford United at home for (0-0). In their last 10 home games for the championship Newcastle United won 5, drew 3 and lost 2, so they won 18 points in 30 possible. In their home league games the most frequent final result at the break was 0-0 (6 in 12 games). His defense has not been very solid, since he suffered goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but his attack has scored regularly, since he scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their home matches for this competition there is a tendency to have few goals, since 5 of the last 12 he played ended with less than 1.5 goals. In 24 games in the competition, he suffered the first goal 13 times and only got 2 comebacks.
Newcastle comes to this game with a 0-0 draw against Oxford in a game for the FA Cup. In the last match for the English league, the home team drew 2-2 against Everton. In general, Newcastle play in 4-3-3, favoring possession of the ball and organized attacks, however, in some moments of the game you must play directly towards Joelinton. It should be noted that Miguel Almirón and Saint-Maximin are experts in transporting the ball to attack and have great technical quality. For this match, coach Steve Bruce cannot count on Dummett, Willems and Gayle, all due to injury.
Norwich City :
After 4 wins, 5 draws and 15 losses, the away team is currently in 20th place, with 17 points won. In their last match, they lost with Tottenham Hotspur out by (2‑1), after in the previous match they won at home, in a match against Bournemouth AFC, by (1‑0). This is a team that is usually more competitive at home, since it conquered 5 points out and 12 in its stadium, with 6 goals scored and 22 suffered as a visitor, against 18 goals scored and 25 suffered at home. In the last match he played, for the FA Cup, he beat Burnley out by (1-2). In its last 10 away matches for the championship, Norwich City records 1 victory, 2 draws and 7 losses, so it has won 5 points out of 30 possible. His defense has not been very solid, since he suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 games, but his attack has scored regularly, since he scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 8 of their last 12 matches for this competition have ended with Under 2,5 goals. In 24 games in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 13 games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 12 home games for this competition there is 1 period that stands out: he scored 3 of his 6 goals between minutes (61′-75 ‘).
The Norwich comes to this game with a victory, by 1-2, in the visit to the Burnley arena, moving towards the next phase of the FA Cup. In the last match for the English league, the away team lost 2-1 against Tottenham. In this game away from home, coach Daniel Farke must adopt a strategy very similar to that of the last game, that is, 4-3-3, favoring counterattacks: Lukas Rupp is a very fast and expert player in the transition of attack defense. For this game, the coach cannot count on Klose, Cantwell and Buendia, injured, in addition to Godfrey, a player who is suspended.
