Newcastle host West Ham at St James’ Park on Monday night in an important game for both sides. The home side have been impressive as of late and could go 6th with a win. West Ham have had a poor start to the season under new manager Julen Lopetegui. Currently sat in 14th, the Hammers are desperate for points.
Newcastle are in good form, winning all their previous 3 games in all competitions. With wins over Arsenal, Nottingham Forest, and Chelsea in the EFL Cup. Alexander Isak has impressed recently scoring in all his last 4 games, showing evident signs of being back to his very best.
West Ham come into this game low in confidence after a poor start to the campaign, winning just 3/11 games. They have been disappointing away from home recently losing 3-0 at Nottingham Forest and 4-1 to Tottenham.
Expect Newcastle, behind this fantastic crowd, to come out the blocks firing tonight. The atmosphere will be great and West Ham are very much there for the taking at the moment. Newcastle should put on a lot of pressure, and with this inevitably comes corners.
West Ham have conceded 71 corners in 11 games, averaging 6.45 per game. They have conceded 10, 13 and 7 corners in their previous 3 away games. Throughout the season they have conceded 3, 3, 11, 3, 5, 7, 5, 13, 5, 10 and 6 corners in each of their league games this season. Newcastle are historically consistently good for corners at home.
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