Newcastle vs Southampto

Newcastle vs. Southampton / Premier League – And for the very end of this Saturday’s program within the 22nd round of the English Premiership we have a duel between the 10th Newcastle and the third Southampton, which currently has 12 points more. In addition, the popular “Saints” have in the last two home matches against the “Magpies” celebrated with a convincing victory of 4-0, which only continued the tradition the hosts rarely lose points in their mutual clashes. Begins: 17.01.2015 – 18:30 CET

Newcastle
Specifically, Newcastle can also boasts that they at home have a number of six wins and two draws against Southampton, which certainly gives them a reason for optimism before this Saturday’s duel. But on the other hand, their current form does not go in their favour, because in the last two league rounds, they played only 3-3 at home against Burnley and were defeated away by Chelsea with 2-0, while in the meantime they were also eliminated from the FA Cup after the away defeat by Leicester.

It is because of these few poorer performances that we are all surprised why they have not brought any verified coaching new name to St. James Park after the departure of Pardew, but they gave the opportunity to his recent associate Carver. However, if they now lose points against Southampton, then we doubt that they will continue to delay bringing the new coach, because already at this point they probably lost all chances to reach some of the positions that lead to Europe. We should also add that defenders Ryan and Steven Taylor and midfielders de Jong and Obertan are not able to perform in this match due to injuries, while midfielder Tiote and striker Papis Cisse are both at the African Cup of Nations.

Probable lineups Newcastle: Krul – Janmaat, Williamson, Coloccini, Dummett – Anita, Colback – Cabella, Sissoko, Ameobi – Perez

Southampton
As for Southampton, they unlike the “Magpies” are welcoming this match of the 22nd round in an excellent mood, because they in the meantime restored their form with the start of the season, and thus recorded four wins and one draw in the last five League rounds, while three days ago in the FA Cup they also qualified in the fourth round, after celebrating as guests with 1-0 in a repeated match against Ipswich. Otherwise, they also defeated the great Manchester United with the same result last weekend at Old Trafford and took over the third position in the Premiership, along with the fact that they now have two points more.

Let us also add that coach Koeman in the FA Cup fielded a combined team, with the proviso that he primarily rested his key players in the attack, so they will now be much more prepared for this extremely important championship duel. As for the absences, this time due to injuries they cannot count on defender Alderweireld, midfielder Cork and strikers Rodriguez and disadvantages, while defender Yoshida is at the Asian Cup.

Probable lineups Southampton: Forster – Clyne, Gardos, Fonte, Bertrand – Wanyama, Schneiderlin – Ward-Prowse, Davis, Tadic – Pelle

Newcastle vs. Southampton PICK
Given that Southampton made this great series came largely thanks to their excellent performances in defence, we believe will be set up in a similar way in this away match against the always unpredictable Newcastle and therefore we expect a very hard and not very efficient match.

Pick: under 2.5 goals

Stake: 5/10

Odds: 1.80