Newcastle will be aiming to get back on track of their top 4 hopes with a visit to struggling Southampton on Saturday afternoon. Newcastle have been in brilliant form and will be confident that they can come away from St Mary’s with all 3 points.
A painful defeat at home to Bournemouth last weekend will give the Magpies motivation to bounce back against a Southampton side who seem to hand out 3 points. Newcastle have won 9/10 previous matches in all competitions and have scored 27 goals in this period. They have been solid defensively keeping 6 clean sheets in their last 10 matches.
Southampton are having an extremely underwhelming season with just 6 points in 22 league games. St Mary’s has been a fortress for the visiting team this year – the Saints have conceded a huge 27 home goals this season, conceding 3 or more goals in 6/10 games. In fact, in their last 5 home league games they’ve lost on aggregate 3-19. In these previous 5 home league games, they’ve conceded xGA’s of: 4.23, 1.45, 2.62, 5.29 and 2.91.
Alexander Isak has been performing at the top of his game recently and has caused opposition defences big problems. He has 15 goals in the league and has scored in 9 of his last 11 appearances. Isak has 6 goals in his last 4 games away from home. The Swedish striker will be confident he can add to his tally against a vulnerable Southampton defence. There is absolutely no doubt that Isak will get chances today and with his form and clinical style, his chances of scoring are very high today.
Newcastle have a great record against Southampton recently, winning all the previous 6 H2H games.
TIP: Isak To Score Anytime & Newcastle To Win @ 2.25
