Newcastle United vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
English Premier League, KO: 19:30 Jan 15, 2025, St James' Park
Newcastle United will look to maintain their red-hot form by recording a win against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League at St James’ Park on Wednesday night.
Eddie Howe's team made it five top-flight triumphs on the trot with a 2-1 win away at Tottenham two weekends ago, in a game that brought up one of my two selections.
That string of victories has seen the Magpies move up to fifth position in the table, just five points behind second-placed Arsenal – who they defeated 2-0 in the first leg of an EFL Cup semi-final last midweek.
Newcastle have since seen off Bromley in the FA Cup with a 3-1 win, and they will now look to keep the feelgood factor flowing with a win over Wolves.
After making a dream start to life in the Wolves dugout with seven points from nine, Vitor Pereira’s side were brought back down to earth with a bump when losing 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest last Monday night.
However, the 17th-placed Old Gold bounced back from that setback by securing a 2-1 win away Bristol City in the FA Cup on Saturday.
How the bookies view it: Toon Army to triumph
Newcastle are heavy 1/3 favourites with Boylesports to claim what would be a sixth Premier League win in succession.
Despite avoiding defeat in each of their last three away games across all competitions, Wolves arrive at St James’ Park as huge 13/2 outsiders on Boylesports, while the draw is also deemed unlikely at 4/1 with the same oddsmaker.
Head to head: History favours the hosts
Newcastle have fared well in this fixture in recent seasons, having not lost any of the last six meetings between the pair, pocketing maximum points from four of those contests. Howe’s charges ran out 2-1 winners at Molineux back in September and the same scoreline here has been priced up at 15/2 on Boylesports.
Players to watch: Isak to strike again?
Alexander Isak has scored in each of his last seven Premier League appearances for Newcastle, making him an appealing option to notch against Wolves on Wednesday night at 10/11 on Bet 365.
Hwang Hee-chan has struck in two of Wolves’ last three top-flight fixtures. The South Korean forward is as big as 4/1 on Boylesports to make the net bulge at St James’ Park this midweek.
Predicted line-ups
The aforementioned Isak is expected to overcome a slight hamstring issue and take his place in the Newcastle starting XI on Wednesday night, while Fabian Schar is available again after serving a one-game suspension against Tottenham.
Wolves will be boosted by the return of talisman Matheus Cunha who is available again following a two-game ban, however the visitors will be without the likes of Boubacar Traore, Enso Gonzalez, Sasa Kalajdzic, Toti Gomes and Yerson Mosquera.
Newcastle: Dubravka; Livramento, Schar, Burn, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; J Murphy, Isak, Gordon
Wolves: Sa; Doherty, Bueno, Dawson; Semedo, Doyle, J. Gomes, Ait-Nouri; Hwang, Cunha; Larsen
Anything else catch the eye?
Matt Doherty merits support to commit two or more fouls during this contest at 6/4 with Bet 365.
The experienced defender has made multiple misdemeanours in three of his last six starts for Wolves in the Premier League.
Doherty is likely to cross paths with Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon on Wednesday night, who is drawing an average of 2.21 fouls per-game in the Premier League this season
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