Premier League match prediction: Little separates Newcastle United and Everton in quality

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Competition: England Premier League
Competition: Tue 08.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: St. James' Park (52338 seats)

Premier League: Tipsway are previewing an exciting and crucial match between Newcastle United and Everton at St. James' Park. Both need the points!

Insights:
  • Newcastle United have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Premier League
  • Everton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier League

Everton could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a FA Cup game only three sleeps ago.

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Newcastle United form and stats

Newcastle United's results here at St. James' Park in the Premier League have been very modest with 1 victory, 6 draws and 4 defeats. Two draws in a row at home now for Newcastle.

Newcastle United are returning here after visiting Leeds United and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Shelvey scored the goal(s). Dúbravka, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.84 out of 10 in that game. Dúbravka topped it up with a clean sheet.

In the match before that, Newcastle United hosted Watford and drew the game 1-1.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Newcastle United have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found ten matches with the results: Won three, drawn six and lost one.

Newcastle United has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Newcastle with 23 goals conceded in these matches. Newcastle United has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Everton form and stats

Everton have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Premier League, after 1-3-6 (10 played). It's a growing despair in Everton as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Gray, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.82. Gray served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 5 of 7 times and had 23 successful passes (of 27 total).

The game before that, in the Premier League, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Aston Villa.

A quick return to home after this game, as Everton are hosting Leeds United in the Premier League only four days away.

The visitors have scored 9 goals from 10 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As for defending, Everton rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 18 goals from these away matches. When Everton is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Norwich City, Leeds United, Brentford, Everton, Watford and Burnley.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

Newcastle UnitedC. Wilson
C. Wilson
6 goals
Newcastle UnitedA. Saint-Maximin
A. Saint-Maximin
5 goals
EvertonD. Gray
D. Gray
5 goals

Newcastle United missing players

Everton missing players

Newcastle United Everton
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
21 11 5 Played P 3 10 20
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 5
9 6 4 Drew D 1 3 4
10 4 0 Lost L 2 6 11
21 14 7 Scored S 3 9 24
43 23 6 Conceded C 5 18 35
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
90% 91% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 90% 80%
48% 55% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 60% 60%
38% 45% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 20% 35%
19% 27% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 15%
67% 73% 80% BTTS BTTS 67% 60% 60%
10% 9% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 15%
24% 18% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 30% 30%
 
4.4 4.2 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 3.3 4.3
4.6 4.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.3 6.4 6
2.5 2.3 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.9 2.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.5 12.5 15.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 11.8 12.3
3.3 3.5 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 4.3 4
30% 36% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 21% 30%
 
15.9 16.4 15.2 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 14.6 12.9
5.2 5.7 5.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.8 4.5
Key stats in Premier League this season:
  • Everton have the fewest scored goals in the first half (5) in Premier League
  • Everton have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Everton haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Newcastle United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Newcastle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Newcastle United have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in Premier League
  • Newcastle United haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester City 23 18 3 2 55 14 11 9 1 1 32 6 12 9 2 1 23 8 41 57
2 Liverpool 22 14 6 2 58 19 10 7 3 0 25 6 12 7 3 2 33 13 39 48
3 Chelsea 24 13 8 3 48 18 12 6 5 1 27 10 12 7 3 2 21 8 30 47
4 Manchester United 22 11 5 6 36 30 11 6 1 4 18 15 11 5 4 2 18 15 6 38
5 West Ham United 23 11 4 8 41 31 11 5 2 4 22 18 12 6 2 4 19 13 10 37
6 Arsenal 21 11 3 7 33 25 11 7 2 2 18 8 10 4 1 5 15 17 8 36
7 Tottenham Hotspur 20 11 3 6 26 24 10 7 1 2 16 10 10 4 2 4 10 14 2 36
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 21 10 4 7 19 16 10 4 2 4 8 8 11 6 2 3 11 8 3 34
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 22 6 12 4 23 23 11 3 5 3 10 11 11 3 7 1 13 12 0 30
10 Leicester City 20 7 5 8 34 37 11 5 2 4 19 16 9 2 3 4 15 21 -3 26
11 Aston Villa 21 8 2 11 28 32 10 4 2 4 17 16 11 4 0 7 11 16 -4 26
12 Southampton 22 5 10 7 26 34 11 3 7 1 14 10 11 2 3 6 12 24 -8 25
13 Crystal Palace 22 5 9 8 31 34 12 4 5 3 21 15 10 1 4 5 10 19 -3 24
14 Brentford 23 6 5 12 26 38 12 4 1 7 14 17 11 2 4 5 12 21 -12 23
15 Leeds United 21 5 7 9 24 40 11 3 4 4 13 17 10 2 3 5 11 23 -16 22
16 Everton 20 5 4 11 24 35 10 4 1 5 15 17 10 1 3 6 9 18 -11 19
17 Norwich City 22 4 4 14 13 45 11 2 2 7 7 20 11 2 2 7 6 25 -32 16
18 Watford 21 4 3 14 23 40 11 2 1 8 11 25 10 2 2 6 12 15 -17 15
19 Newcastle United 21 2 9 10 21 43 11 1 6 4 14 23 10 1 3 6 7 20 -22 15
20 Burnley 19 1 10 8 16 27 8 1 5 2 8 8 11 0 5 6 8 19 -11 13

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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.