Newcastle United vs West Ham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 4th February 2023

The spotlight is on Newcastle United and West Ham, as the pair go looking to boost their confidence. They face each other on Saturday at St James' Park in the Premier League.

Newcastle United are third in the Premier League standings after collecting 39 points from their initial 20 encounters. West Ham trail them on 18 points after 20 rounds, leaving them as number 16 in the table.

Going into the match as underdog, West Ham will be highly motivated to keep their positive run going against Newcastle United. A positive result at on Saturday certainly does not look beyond their powers.

Newcastle United scored an average of 1.6 goals in ten matches or a total of 16 while allowing two goals against. This is an average of 0.2 goals against per match with eight clean sheets along the way.

West Ham are currently not the most scoring team in the Premier League, as they only found the back of the net eight times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.8 goals a game in which they conceded 14 times, an average of 1.4 per game. They managed two clean sheets in of these.

The most recent outing between Newcastle United and West Ham ended up a 1-1 draw. The best betting odds on a draw at full-time with the bookies are at 11/4.

Newcastle United vs West Ham Prediction

Newcastle United Form

Their last three matches saw Newcastle United drawing 0-0 with Crystal Palace, before taking out Southampton by 0-1, and Southampton by 2-1. Newcastle United showed little mercy in their past six matches at the St James' Park, of which they won five and drew once. Going undefeated, they hit the target 12 times, while letting in one themselves.

West Ham Form

West Ham look back on their last three matches with six points to show for their efforts. Against Wolverhampton, they were left empty-handed in a 1-0 defeat, but they bounced back by beating Everton in a 2-0 win. They followed that up with a 0-2 win against Derby in their most recent outing. In their last six Premier League away matches, West Ham failed to win even once. In stead, they've drawn two and lost four, scoring four while also conceding nine times.

Newcastle United and West Ham are mostly leaning towards matches shy on goals, as it seems that not conceding is more important than attempting to score. This indicates a close encounter is on the menu on Saturday.

Newcastle United took 20 points from their last ten encounters with teams from the bottom half of the Premier League table. This amounts to five wins after scoring 16 times and conceding three. West Ham scored six goals and conceded 15 in their last nine encounters with teams in the top half of the Premier League. This lead to one wins and four points. Newcastle United lost just once so far this season in the Premier League and after 20 games played they recorded ten wins and nine draws West Ham are looking at five wins, three draws and 12 defeats in the Premier League.

Newcastle United vs West Ham Team News

Newcastle United could be looking at three players on the injured and absent list ahead of their upcoming match against West Ham.

Allan Saint-Maximin, Matt Targett and Emil Krafth are missing from the squad, Newcastle United will field against West Hamon Saturday.

Worst-case scenario, West Ham have a total of six players out for their next match.

Names like Alphonse Areola, Manuel Lanzini, Gianluca Scamacca, Vladimir Coufal, Kurt Zouma and Maxwel Cornet most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Newcastle United.

Newcastle United vs West Ham H2H

The match ended in a 1-1 draw in the previous outing between Newcastle United and West Ham and should we get another draw, the bookies best price are at 11/4. Newcastle United have a 50% win rate in the against West Ham, who won three of these matches. The total record reads 5-2-3, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Newcastle United vs West Ham Results

In the past ten matches between home side Newcastle United and West Ham both teams found the back of the net six times. Best priced odds on both teams to score with the bookies are at 1/1.

Newcastle United vs West Ham Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Premier League, Chris Wood will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. West Ham hope Jarrod Bowen can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of two Premier League goals in his last six Premier League games.

Newcastle United are undefeated in the previous 10 matches at St James' Park, winning nine along the way while drawing one. West Ham won five of their previous 10 games away from home across all tournaments, in which they drew two and lost three. While Newcastle United collected seven wins from a possible 10 Premier League matches, West Ham won two of their last 10.

Over 3.5 goals came out five times in the past ten encounters between Newcastle United and West Ham, with the former on an average of 1.9 goals a game. West Ham scored 1.8 goals per game and both teams scored six times in this run. Over 2.5 goals came out three times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Newcastle United, who scored an average of 1.1 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the last ten outings for West Ham, who managed to score 1.6 times in those matches.