Home advantage could prove decisive in Newcastle United - Brentford battle

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (52338 seats)

This is the real thing, this is Premier League and this is Newcastle United - Brentford. Check out our thorough match guide!

Insights:
  • Newcastle United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Brentford have yet to win a game away.

Both squads have had time to rest since their previous match. Let's agree to expect an animated game!

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Newcastle United form and stats

Newcastle United have played 4 Premier League games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-3-0 (wins-draws-losses). Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Newcastle United enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Fulham's place. The match ended 4-1 with Wilson, Longstaff and Almirón (2) scoring. A huge relief, as that was the first three points in the league after going winless in six consecutive games. Midfield player Guimarães got a match rating of 8.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Guimarães served one assist, hit four key passes and had 52 successful passes (of 59 total).

Preceding that game was the home draw versus AFC Bournemouth that ended 1-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newcastle handle that role? We have found 6 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 3 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Newcastle United have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at St. James' Park with 6 goals in 4 league matches.

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Brentford form and stats

The visitors are W0-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League. Two points from the last two away games for Brentford, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The attacking players of Brentford have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to AFC Bournemouth (placed 12th) in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 0-0. Mee, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.84. Mee won 7 of 12 duels.

A 0-3 loss hosting Arsenal before that.

We have checked recent matches where Brentford have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 10 games were 2 victories, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

The visiting Brentford have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. Brentford have conceded 6 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last five meetings: three - one - one (Newcastle United wins - draws - Brentford wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BrentfordI. Toney
I. Toney
5 goals
Newcastle UnitedM. Almirón Rejala
M. Almirón Rejala
3 goals
Newcastle UnitedC. Wilson
C. Wilson
3 goals

Newcastle United missing players

Brentford missing players

Newcastle United Brentford
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 4 1 Played P 2 4 8
2 1 0 Won W 0 0 2
5 3 1 Drew D 1 3 4
1 0 0 Lost L 1 1 2
12 6 1 Scored S 2 5 15
8 4 1 Conceded C 3 6 12
75% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 75% 88%
75% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 75% 88%
38% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 62%
25% 25% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 50% 50%
25% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 25% 25%
62% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 62%
38% 50% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 25%
25% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 25%
 
7.6 9.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5.8 5.5
4.6 3 1 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5.5 4.8
1.8 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.5 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
15.8 19.2 20 Shots (avg) S ( 14 11.8 12.2
6 7.2 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.2 4.9
25% 21% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 29% 38%
 
13.2 14 10 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13.2 13.8
5.1 6.2 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 3.8 4.8
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Brentford have yet to win a game away.
  • Newcastle United have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Newcastle United have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.
  • Newcastle United have won significantly more corners at home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 8 7 0 1 20 8 4 4 0 0 11 5 4 3 0 1 9 3 12 21
2 Manchester City 7 5 2 0 23 6 3 3 0 0 14 2 4 2 2 0 9 4 17 17
3 Tottenham Hotspur 8 5 2 1 19 10 4 4 0 0 13 4 4 1 2 1 6 6 9 17
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 7 4 2 1 14 8 3 2 1 0 6 2 4 2 1 1 8 6 6 14
5 Chelsea 7 4 1 2 10 10 3 2 1 0 6 4 4 2 0 2 4 6 0 13
6 Manchester United 6 4 0 2 8 8 3 2 0 1 6 4 3 2 0 1 2 4 0 12
7 Newcastle United 8 2 5 1 12 8 4 1 3 0 6 4 4 1 2 1 6 4 4 11
8 Fulham 8 3 2 3 13 15 4 2 1 1 8 9 4 1 1 2 5 6 -2 11
9 Liverpool 7 2 4 1 18 9 4 2 2 0 15 5 3 0 2 1 3 4 9 10
10 Brentford 8 2 4 2 15 12 4 2 1 1 10 6 4 0 3 1 5 6 3 10
11 Everton 8 2 4 2 7 7 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 10
12 AFC Bournemouth 8 2 3 3 6 19 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 2 4 16 -13 9
13 Leeds United 6 2 2 2 10 10 3 2 1 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 4 8 0 8
14 Aston Villa 7 2 1 4 6 10 4 2 1 1 4 3 3 0 0 3 2 7 -4 7
15 West Ham United 8 2 1 5 5 9 4 1 1 2 3 5 4 1 0 3 2 4 -4 7
16 Southampton 8 2 1 5 8 13 4 1 1 2 5 6 4 1 0 3 3 7 -5 7
17 Crystal Palace 7 1 3 3 8 11 4 1 1 2 5 6 3 0 2 1 3 5 -3 6
18 Wolverhampton Wanderers 8 1 3 4 3 9 4 1 2 1 2 4 4 0 1 3 1 5 -6 6
19 Nottingham Forest 7 1 1 5 6 17 4 1 0 3 5 8 3 0 1 2 1 9 -11 4
20 Leicester City 7 0 1 6 10 22 3 0 1 2 3 5 4 0 0 4 7 17 -12 1

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The English Premier League is the top level of the English football league pyramid. 20 teams play 38 fixtures each to see who tops the Premier League table. The Premier League is the most watched sports league in the world. Seasons run from August to May with most games on Saturdays and Sundays.