Newcastle v QPR: Preview and Predictions

Newcastle have lost six Premier League games back to back now – which means their current form is worse than QPR’s as they head into this match.

          Impressively, QPR, in spite of making one of the poorest starts to a top-flight season, have scored in the majority of their games.  Similarly Newcastle have only failed to score on six occasions out of their twenty-seven games in all competitions, which is nearly 80% of their fixtures, so it would be sensible to expect both teams to score on Saturday.

          The outright result is not as easily to decide on.

          We expect this game to be one of the closest of the Premier League fixture list and it’s one that’s as important to either team as any match in any other league.  It should be fast paced and full of chances for both team.

          Harry Redknapp has turned things around at QPR, to some extent, and Newcastle need to turn things around to be considered the same team they were last season.  This is going to be tight and we’re tipping a draw.

          

Newcastle v QPR: Verdict – Draw 5/2

Newcastle v Swansea: Preview and Prediction

Saturday 17^th November 15:00: Newcastle v Swansea – Verdict: Newcastle 5/6

Losing to West Ham courtesy of a former-captain last weekend will have gone down as a easily as a broken pinecone for Newcastle fans and their team will aim to bounce back against Swansea – who failed to beat struggling Southampton last weekend.

          Swansea have had an interesting few weeks and are in many ways comparable to West Ham, so this is a very risky-backing if your fancies do fly in Newcastle’s favour. 

Liverpool v Newcastle: Preview and Predictions

Liverpool v Newcastle 16:00 Verdict Liverpool 8/13

After spending much of the week discussing whether or not his side where better than Everton, only to watch his side lose in style to Swansea - Steven Gerrard will be hoping Liverpool can take three points against Newcastle in order to avoid further embarrassment.

          Brendan Rodgers will equally want to put the mid-week mishap behind him, having been beaten by former squeeze Swansea.  Anything other than a win against Newcastle will put pressure on the already heavily criticised manager, but we expect this game to be a return to the Liverpool fans expect to see.

          Only West Ham can boast about having more yellow cards than Newcastle this season and Newcastle’s physical style could prove to be a problem for a slight and youthful Liverpool side, but they are likely to have to rest in form Ba this weekend.  

          We’ve edged towards Liverpool, but this won’t be a fixture we’re likely to want to do more than speculate over.  Unless you’re watching it on the telly and simply have to put money on it we’d recommend you do the same.

27th to 28th October High-Risk Premier League Accumulator

High-Risk Premier League Accumulator for 27th to 28th October 103/1

Arsenal v QPR - Verdict Arsenal 1/3
Aston Villa v Norwich - Verdict Norwich 3/1
Man City v Swansea - Verdict Man City 2/9
Reading v Fulham - Verdict Fulham 6/4
Everton v Liverpool - Verdict Draw 11/5
Newcastle v West Brom - Verdcit Newcastle Evens

This sixfold offers a price at 103/1 and, although its an unlikely backing, we thinks it's tempting and at the end of the day you can lose a pound in the bottom of your bag.  When you consider the chances of winning a tenner on the lottery are 54/1 we think this is a much better backing this weekend.  Norwich are the long shots and will send the winnings through the roof if they manage to beat Villa - look towards them to let you down here.

Sunderland v Newcastle 21st October 13:30

21^st October 13:30 Sunderland v Newcastle: Verdict Newcastle 5/2

This long-fought rivalry is one the fiercest derbies in the Premier League – but after the expericences Newcastle forwards Ba and Cisse have recently had on international duty they’ll probably find this fixture as pedestrian as shopping for wood glue.  Sunderland have not really made the impact they would have liked to on the league table; they are currently in 13^th place but there are only four points between them and the relegation zone - so they'll play for three points to kick-start their campaign.  However, the last time Sunderland beat Newcastle in the Premier League was in 2008 and we don’t see that changing this weekend – providing the dreadful circumstances seen in Senegal, and the Wonga furore, hasn’t affected Newcastle’s in-form forwards.  You can expect a close-fought battle with a low scoreline: 3 of the last six meetings between Newcastle and Sunderland in the Premier League have been 1-1 draws.  This is not a game to bet heavily on.

Newcastle v Manchester United 7th October 16:00

Verdict: Manchester United 19/20



Alan Pardew's side -as was the case last year in their away fixture to Chelsea - clearly have the ability to cause problems for teams at the top of the table.  At some stage in the season there is going to be an upset and it could be this weekend against Manchester United - however they are the odds on favourites with the bookmakers.  The Wayne Rooney and Robin Van Persie partnership has begun to bear fruit, and for that reason I think it would be unwise to be against them turning Newcastle at home.