Newcastle United vs Brighton & Hove Albion match preview: Even contest expected at St. James' Park

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Competition: England Premier League
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (52389 seats)

The Premier League season is still fresh and sports bettors should be cautious. This meeting between Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion promises to be an interesting one.

Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Newcastle United form and stats

Two Premier League home games so far for Newcastle United, who are yet to win here at St. James' Park. Only 1 point so far.

The fans are hoping that Newcastle United will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-3 away loss in the Premier League game against Liverpool (placed 1st). Before that, Newcastle United drew at home versus Watford.

This is expected to be a close game, with Newcastle United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Newcastle United as a small favourite), we find ten games. Newcastle United has won 3 of these, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Early season league goal statistics from Newcastle United's 2 home games: 1 goal, 2 conceded.

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Brighton & Hove Albion form and stats

Brighton & Hove Albion are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Premier League, having played 2 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 1 loss).

There were no winners in Brighton & Hove Albion's previous match, a Premier League home game that ended 1-1 vs Burnley (placed 14th). A 0-4 defeat away at Manchester City before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Brighton & Hove Albion in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Brighton & Hove Albion, 2 draws and 4 defeats.

A new game in only four days for Brighton & Hove Albion, the Carabao Cup home match versus Aston Villa. Busy days.

3 goals so far away for Brighton & Hove Albion, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 4. All from 2 league matches away.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last eight matches): Newcastle United 2 wins, 2 draws and Brighton & Hove Albion 4 victories. As for goals, 1 match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Maupay
2 goals
F. Schär
1 goals
J. Shelvey
1 goals

Newcastle United missing players

Brighton & Hove Albion missing players

Newcastle United Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs low Away Total
5 2 1 Played P 1 2 5
1 0 0 Won W 1 1 1
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 2
3 1 0 Lost L 0 1 2
4 1 1 Scored S 3 3 5
8 2 1 Conceded C 0 4 8
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
60% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 40%
40% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 20%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
60% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 40%
20% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 50% 20%
20% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 40%
 
4.6 5.5 6 Corners For (avg) C F 2 1.5 4.4
6.2 4 5 Corners Against (avg) C A 5 6.5 6
1.6 1.5 2 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1 1 0.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
Key stats This season:
  • All of Brighton & Hove Albion's away matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Brighton & Hove Albion haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Newcastle United have yet to win a game at home.
  • Newcastle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Newcastle United Last season Brighton & Hove Albion
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
12 8   Won W   3 9
9 1   Drew D   4 9
17 10   Lost L   12 20
42 24   Scored S   16 35
48 25   Conceded C   32 60
89% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
74% 79%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 68%
47% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   53% 47%
18% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 26%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 11%
47% 47%   BTTS BTTS   53% 53%
29% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 18%
34% 32%   Failed to Score F T   42% 34%
 
4.8 5.9   Corners For (avg) C F   3.5 4.1
6.1 5.3   Corners Against (avg) C A   6.8 5.7
1.5 1.3   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   1.7 1.6
2 1   Red Cards R C   2 4
Key stats last season:
  • Brighton & Hove Albion have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Newcastle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Newcastle United have won significantly more corners at home than away.

Newcastle United
All Premier League Club Friendlies Premier League Asia Trophy Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
17-08-19 PL Norwich City 3 - 1 Newcastle United
25-08-19 PL Tottenham Hotspur 0 - 1 Newcastle United
28-08-19 CC Newcastle United 1 - 1 Leicester City
31-08-19 PL Newcastle United 1 - 1 Watford
14-09-19 PL Liverpool 3 - 1 Newcastle United
21-09-19 PL Newcastle United 16:30 Brighton & Hove Albion
29-09-19 PL Leicester City 15:30 Newcastle United
06-10-19 PL Newcastle United 15:30 Manchester United
19-10-19 PL Chelsea 14:00 Newcastle United
27-10-19 PL Newcastle United 14:00 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brighton & Hove Albion
All Premier League Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
17-08-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 1 West Ham United
24-08-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 0 - 2 Southampton
27-08-19 CC Bristol Rovers 1 - 2 Brighton & Hove Albion
31-08-19 PL Manchester City 4 - 0 Brighton & Hove Albion
14-09-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 1 Burnley
21-09-19 PL Newcastle United 16:30 Brighton & Hove Albion
25-09-19 CC Brighton & Hove Albion 18:45 Aston Villa
28-09-19 PL Chelsea 14:00 Brighton & Hove Albion
05-10-19 PL Brighton & Hove Albion 11:30 Tottenham Hotspur
19-10-19 PL Aston Villa 14:00 Brighton & Hove Albion

  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 5 5 0 0 15 4 3 3 0 0 10 3 2 2 0 0 5 1 11 15
2 Manchester City 5 3 1 1 16 6 2 1 1 0 6 2 3 2 0 1 10 4 10 10
3 Tottenham Hotspur 5 2 2 1 11 6 3 2 0 1 7 2 2 0 2 0 4 4 5 8
4 Manchester United 5 2 2 1 8 4 3 2 0 1 6 2 2 0 2 0 2 2 4 8
5 Leicester City 5 2 2 1 6 4 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 8
6 Chelsea 5 2 2 1 11 11 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 8
7 Arsenal 5 2 2 1 8 8 2 1 1 0 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 5 0 8
8 West Ham United 5 2 2 1 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 5 3 1 2 0 4 2 -1 8
9 AFC Bournemouth 5 2 1 2 8 9 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 7
10 Southampton 5 2 1 2 5 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 3 3 -1 7
11 Everton 5 2 1 2 5 7 2 2 0 0 4 2 3 0 1 2 1 5 -2 7
12 Crystal Palace 5 2 1 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 2 6 -3 7
13 Norwich City 5 2 0 3 9 12 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 -3 6
14 Burnley 5 1 2 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 2 1 3 4 -1 5
15 Sheffield United 5 1 2 2 5 6 3 1 0 2 2 3 2 0 2 0 3 3 -1 5
16 Brighton & Hove Albion 5 1 2 2 5 8 3 0 2 1 2 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 -3 5
17 Aston Villa 5 1 1 3 4 6 3 1 1 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 1 4 -2 4
18 Newcastle United 5 1 1 3 4 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 2 3 6 -4 4
19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 0 3 2 6 10 3 0 2 1 4 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 -4 3
20 Watford 5 0 2 3 4 10 3 0 1 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 -6 2

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