Newcastle vs West Ham Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 30th March 2024

Despite a rather curious form recently, The Magpies have a good opportunity to be victorious in round 30 of the Premier League season. They meet The Irons this coming Saturday at the St. James' Park, where they hope to frustrate the visitors.

Newcastle have their eyes set on a good performance and, more importantly, three points, when facing West Ham. On home soil, the former should have the upper hand, as they aim to move inside the top six.

Newcastle are confident they will be scoring goals in their next assignment in the Premier League, as they show off very admirable numbers from their past ten matches. The hosts scored 2.3 goals on average per match, or 23 goals in total, while allowing 26 goals against, for an average of 2.6 per outing. They managed one clean sheets along the way.

West Ham scored 13 goals, conceded 20 and managed one clean sheets in their previous ten matches.

The latest encounter between these two teams was a belter of a 2-2 match. Are we in for a similar goal-fest on Saturday?

Newcastle vs West Ham Prediction

Newcastle Form

In their last three matches, Newcastle won 3-0 against Wolverhampton, before losing 3-2 against Chelsea and 2-0 to Manchester City. Newcastle managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Premier League. In the remaining four, they drew two and lost two, as they scored 15 and conceded 12 goals.

West Ham Form

West Ham are unbeaten in their last three matches, which began with a 2-2 draw against Burnley. Then, they took out Freiburg 5-0, followed by a 1-1 draw with Aston Villa. West Ham won twice, while also recording one draw, and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Premier League. The scoreline from these matches says 13 goals conceded and seven scored.

Newcastle disappointingly lost their last two matches, but in front of their supporters at St. James' Park, they will kick back and book a much-needed win.

West Ham won five of their last 13 matches against teams from the top half of the Premier League table, scoring 18 and conceding 24 goals. They collected 18 points from these. Newcastle have a record of 12 wins, four draws and 12 defeats in the Premier League this season. West Ham are looking at 12 wins, eight draws and nine defeats in the Premier League.

Newcastle vs West Ham Squads

Newcastle Squad

Eddie Howe will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against West Ham from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Premier League this season):

Loris Karius (0/1), Mark Gillespie (0/0), Martin Dubravka (0/14), Nick Pope (0/14), Daniel Burn (2/23), Emil Krafth (0/7), Fabian Schaer (3/28), Jamaal Lascelles (1/15), Kieran Trippier (1/25), Matt Targett (0/0), Paul Dummett (0/0), Sven Botman (2/17), Valentino Livramento (1/21), Bruno Guimaraes (3/27), Elliot Anderson (0/11), Harvey Barnes (2/11), Jacob Murphy (2/11), Joelinton (2/16), Joseph Willock (1/6), Lewis Hall (0/8), Lewis Miley (1/17), Matt Ritchie (1/8), Miguel Almiron (3/28), Sandro Tonali (1/8), Sean Longstaff (4/25), Alexander Isak (12/20), Anthony Gordon (9/27), Callum Wilson (7/16).

West Ham Squad

Listed below is the full squad of West Ham players that the manager David Moyes will choose from for the upcoming game:

Alphonse Areola (0/26), Joseph Anang (0/0), Lukasz Fabianski (0/5), Aaron Cresswell (0/6), Angelo Ogbonna (0/7), Ben Johnson (0/10), Emerson (1/27), Konstantinos Mavropanos (1/14), Kurt Zouma (2/24), Nayef Aguerd (1/20), Vladimir Coufal (0/27), Edson Alvarez (1/25), James Ward-Prowse (5/28), Kalvin Phillips (0/10), Lucas Paqueta (3/22), Mohammed Kudus (6/24), Oliver Scarles (0/0), Tomas Soucek (6/28), Danny Ings (1/14), Divin Mubama (0/5), Jarrod Bowen (14/28), Lewis Orford (0/0), Maxwel Cornet (1/5), Michail Antonio (3/17).

Newcastle vs West Ham Team News

Newcastle are sweating on the fitness of no less than seven players before their match on Saturday. Sandro Tonali gets a day off from the Newcastle squad, as he serves out a suspension.

Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak, Joelinton, Nick Pope, Joseph Willock, Matt Targett and Elliot Anderson are all absent from the Newcastle squad that faces West Ham at St. James' Park.

West Ham have an almost full squad of players to choose from ahead of their next match this coming Saturday, as just two players seem to be forced up in the stands.

West Ham need to do without Lucas Paqueta and Michail Antonio, who are not fit enough to travel to St. James' Park.

Newcastle vs West Ham Lineups

Newcastle vs West Ham H2H

Supporters will be hoping to see a similarly thrilling encounter, as it turned out to be the last time Newcastle played against West Ham. It finished 2-2 in a great match between the pair. Newcastle enter the match against West Ham with a 4-4-2 record in their previous ten encounters. A win rate of 40%, which is perhaps worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Newcastle vs West Ham Results

Over 2.5 goals came out four times in the last ten matches between Newcastle and West Ham. Odds on under 2.5 goals are at 3/2 with bookies.

Newcastle vs West Ham Betting Tips

Despite having scored only two times in his last 6 league matches, Alexander Isak has actually netted 12 goals during this Premier League season. He will surely want to add some more until the end of the campaign, and the upcoming match against outsiders West Ham should be a good opportunity for him to improve on his recent goalscoring ratio. In short, siding with Alexander Isak to add another goal this season should be a bet to consider.

Newcastle claimed a modest five wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing three. West Ham won three of their last 10 games away, drew one and lost six of the games in this run. Goals are flowing freely for Newcastle on home soil currently, as both teams scored in six of their last 10 matches here. Both teams were also on target four times in West Ham''s last 10 league games away from home.

Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals, while at least four goals happened six times. Newcastle managed an average of 2.1 goals, while West Ham averaged 1.7 goals a game. Over 2.5 goals came out seven times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Newcastle, who scored an average of 2.1 goals along the way. Of the last ten games for West Ham, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.6 times goals per game.