Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Newcastle United & Burnley face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Carabao Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Newcastle United form and stats
Newcastle participated in Carabao Cup the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Newcastle United have to build on here at St. James' Park in the Premier League.
The fans are hoping that Newcastle will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the Premier League game against Aston Villa. Defender Matt Ritchie got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.04/10. Ritchie hit five key passes and won 4 of 12 duels.
Preceding that match was the home Premier League game against West Ham United that was lost 2-4.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Premier League game versus Southampton in only three days. This game is also played here at St. James' Park.
Newcastle United has scored 2 goals so far and conceded 4 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Burnley form and stats
They also participated in Carabao Cup last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their Premier League travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat. It's looking increasingly bleak for Burnley who now has to deal with a five game losing streak. Fulham was the last time a defeat was avoided.
Two away games in a row for Burnley, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-2 versus Liverpool in the Premier League. Dwight McNeil got a match rating of 7.54 in that game, top player of the team. McNeil hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 4 of 5 times. Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope had a great day against Liverpool, but despite making six saves the loss could not be avoided.
A loss against Brighton & Hove Albion was the result prior to that, in a Premier League home game.A new game in only four days for Burnley, the Premier League home match versus Leeds United. Busy days.
0 goals so far away for Burnley, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Data for the previous ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: four wins for Newcastle, four draws and two wins for Burnley. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: six games.Newcastle United missing players
Burnley missing players
| Newcastle United | Burnley | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 7 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Scored | S | 19 | 31 | ||
| 38 | 20 | Conceded | C | 15 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 73% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 32% | ||
| 5 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.2 | 5.7 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.8 | 14.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 11.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4 | ||
| 37% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 26% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Liverpool | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Everton | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Brentford | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Manchester City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 6 | Manchester United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Chelsea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | West Ham United | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Aston Villa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Leicester City | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Tottenham Hotspur | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Watford | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 1 |
| 14 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -4 | 1 |
| 15 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Southampton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Arsenal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Burnley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 |
| 19 | Newcastle United | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 20 | Norwich City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -8 | 0 |
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