Newcastle United welcome the visitors Wolverhampton Wanderers in the English Premiere League – Round 16. The match will be held on Sunday, December 9th at the St. James Park (Newcastle).
Having produced 3 consecutive wins, Newcastle United were not great in their following matches. In their away meeting with Everton, the team were under pressure and could hardly take 1 point from there. In their home clash with West Ham, they had a smashout defeat yet, failing to score at all. Actually, this is because of their bad effectiveness and struggles in openings they find themselves at the bottom of the table. Benitez’s team have shipped only 12 goals in 15 rounds, only Huddersfield scored less. Even on their turf, the hosts allowed just 6 goals in 8 matches, failing to net in 3 of them.
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After their bright start, Wolverhampton Wanderers have been predictably receding. They racked up only 4 points in their last 7 games, competing with Brighton, Cardiff, and Huddersfield though. Even the win over Chelsea is not so revealing, given that the ‘Blues’ bummed one opening after the other. The ‘Wolves’, however, managed the ex-champion at home, playing less confident with them away. At this, the guests netted only 5 goals in their 7 outings, and they failed to score in 2 away games.
As we see, both teams do not perform great in attack. Newcastle produce 0.8 goals per match, Wolverhampton average 1 goal. The home and the away records of the opponents are even lower. We don’t expect anyone to burst with goals on Sunday, especially given that Benitez’s men opposed to Watford and Bournemouth at the St. James Park, and ‘Wolves’ lost twice in only 2 matches of 7. The opponents had 3 head-to-heads in the season 2016/17, registering 3 underscoring games. In our view, in the coming encounter, the teams will also score under 2.5 goals.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals.
