Newcastle will be looking to return to winning ways in the Premier League when they welcome Everton to St James' Park on Saturday afternoon.
Eddie Howe's side have come away empty-handed from four of their last five top-flight fixtures, the most recent being a narrow 2-1 defeat at Manchester City last weekend.
That dip in form leaves the Magpies 11th in the Premier League standings heading into the weekend.
However, Newcastle will return to top-flight duty on the back of a morale-boosting victory, having edged out Qarabag 3-2 in the second leg of their Champions League play-off tie on Tuesday night, sealing a convincing 9-3 aggregate success.
Everton, meanwhile, will be aiming to bounce back from Monday night's narrow 1-0 loss to Manchester United, in a game that brought up my recommended Bet Builder.
Despite that setback, David Moyes' side remain in the top half of the table, though they sit just two places and a single point above Newcastle, who could leapfrog them with a win on Saturday.
How the bookies view it: Toon Army to triumph
Despite losing four of their last five Premier League matches, Newcastle come into this clash as firm 8/11 favourites with bet365.
Everton have won three of their last four Premier League matches away from home, but a repeat here is an unfancied 7/2 on bet365, while a St James' Park stalemate is also considered unlikely at 14/5 with the same firm.
Head to head: Everton have the edge
Everton lead the head-to-head with 71 wins to Newcastle’s 70, while the other 38 games ended in a draw. However, it is worth noting that Newcastle romped to a 4-1 victory in this season's reverse fixture.
Players to watch: Another Gordon goal involvement?
With 14 goals and five assists across his 38 appearances in all competitions this season, Anthony Gordon offers value to register another goal involvement on Saturday at 20/21 on bet365.
James Garner has committed two or more fouls in four of his last six Premier League outings, making the Everton ace an attractive option to commit two or more fouls here at 2/1 on bet365.
Predicted line-ups
Bruno Guimaraes, Emil Krafth, Fabian Schar, Lewis Miley and Tino Livramento remain sidelined, though Jacob Ramsey may return after sitting out Tuesday's win over Qarabag.
Everton will be unable to call upon the services of injured duo Carlos Alcaraz and Jack Grealish, however, Jake O'Brien is back in contention after serving a suspension.
Newcastle: Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Burn, Hall; Joelinton, Tonali; Murphy, Woltemade, Barnes; Gordon
Everton: Pickford; O'Brien, Tarkowski, Keane, Branthwaite; Gueye, Garner; Armstrong, Dewsbury-Hall, Ndiaye; Barry
Anything else catch the eye?
Siding with under 2.75 goals on the Asian line looks worthy of support at 10/11 on bet365.
Goals have been in short supply in Everton's matches this season, underlined by the fact that a league-high 18 of their 27 Premier League matches have produced under 2.5 strikes.
It's also worth noting that two of Newcastle's last four Premier League home matches have delivered two match goals or fewer.



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