Newcastle United vs. Burnley Prediction, Tactics, Team News, and Key Stats

 

When Newcastle United hosts Burnley in the Premier League on Saturday, they will try to extend their unbeaten record in all competitions to five games.
After defeating Aston Villa 5-1 at St. James’ Park on the opening day, Newcastle went on to lose three consecutive games to Manchester City, Liverpool, and Brighton & Hove Albion. They have since recovered in popularity. Newcastle United, who face Burnley this weekend, began their comeback to the Champions League with a hard-fought 1-0 victory against Brentford before producing a gritty goalless draw with AC Milan.

The Toon then thrashed an abysmal Sheffield United 8-0 at Bramall Lane on Sunday, with eight different players scoring, before Eddie’s suspension was lifted for midweek action.

Their reward for defeating last season’s treble winners is a return to Old Trafford next month to face Manchester United in a rematch of last year’s Carabao Cup final. With Paris Saint-Germain coming to town before that for a Champions League showdown on October 3, Newcastle United will want to keep the momentum continuing with another win at home against Burnley.In the meantime, Burnley advanced to the third round of the EFL Cup in midweek, defeating Salford City 4-0. However, a narrow defeat against a depleted Manchester United side in their most recent league appearance has dropped them to 19th coming into the weekend.

Team News and Tactics

During Wednesday’s triumph over Manchester City, Eddie Howe took no chances with a number of crucial players. Sven Botman and Callum Wilson were rested due to knee and hamstring injuries, respectively, while Dan Burn was absent due to illness. The three has healed from their separate injuries and should be able to compete this weekend.Summer signing Harvey Barnes, on the other hand, was an unfortunate casualty in the Sheffield United thrashing and will be out for a prolonged period with a foot condition, joining Joe Willock and Emil Krafth on the long-term injured absentee list.

Newcastle struggled in the first half against Manchester City Thursday night, despite making 10 changes from the squad that smashed Sheffield United

Both are anticipated to start here, as are Paraguayan speedster Miguel Almiron and the club’s joint top scorer, Callum Wilson, who is expected to start ahead of Alexander Isak in the center striker role.In recent weeks, Joelinton’s absence has had an impact on the midfield mix at St. James’ Park. But, shockingly, he returned from injury to start versus City and looked as good as ever. The Brazilian destroyer might be rested tonight, with Sean Longstaff and Elliot Anderson going into the midfield against Burnley, who have both done admirably so far.

At the back, Paul Dummett, Jamaal Lascelles, and Valentino Livramento all performed admirably in midweek, with the latter even receiving the Player of the Week award.

 

Burnley

captain Vincent Kompany will be missing at least five players for the trip to Tyneside, including top scorer Lyle Foster, who will serve the final game of his three-game suspension.Hjalmar Ekdal (knee, Darko Churlinov (blood poisoning), Michael Obafemi (hamstring), and Lyle Foster (suspended) are still out, while Johann Berg Gudmundsson was forced off in the 1-0 loss to Manchester United with a tight calf and is questionable.Manuel Benson suffered an ankle injury on Tuesday night, adding to the list of probable injuries. Burnley has had a rough start, but significant rotations against Salford indicate that they should be in decent form.