Monday night, at 20:00, Burnley is rewarded with Newcastle United on his own in a very balanced match where guests have their chance to win. Burnley won one match played on “Turf Moor” this season, and “cotofenele” are in good shape.
Newcastle comes after two consecutive victories in the championship, the first ones in this season. On the other hand, only Cardiff and Fulham have earned more goals on their own ground than Burnley, a band that does not find a cadence, especially in the defensive. The superstitions seem to favor the host band rather: Newcastle has lost 11 of the last 12 games played Monday night and has not won 8 games in the game.
Burnley is winning 6 matches.
Rafa Benitez, however, is optimistic for the next match, given that his team has gained much confidence after the two wins won at Watford and Bournemouth on their own. Newcastle is ranked 12th in the standings (goal 9-15), while Burnley is on 15th place (go 12-25) and the team that loses Monday night can be seen throwing in the relegation area, where are Fulham, Huddersfield, Cardiff and Southampton.
Without a 3-stage failure, Newcastle is an aggressive, beating team that has a warrior attitude on the field. It seems to be a duel in which we will see many yellow cards, because this is Burnley’s style, especially when Sean Dyche’s band plays on their own ground. Burnley ended a series of 3 failures in a row (with 13 goals received) in the previous round, earning a precious 0-0 on Leicester’s field. We will see a fierce duel on “Turf Moor,” in which the draw is a likely outcome. In fact, 3 of the last 4 direct matches between the two bands ended in a draw, twice 1-1 and once 3-3.
THE PROBABLE TEAMS
Burnley: Hart – Lowton, Long, Mee, Taylor – Gudmundsson, Defour, Cork, Brady – Vokes, Wood
Newcastle: Dubravka – Yedlin, Schar, Fernandez, Dummett – M. Ritchie, Ki Sung, Diam, Kenedy – Ayoze, Rondon
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES @ 1.93
