Newcastle vs. Fulham Betting Tips: Bruno a generous price in the shots market

Newcastle entertain Fulham in the Premier League on Sunday live on Sky Sports at 2pm. We’ve previewed the action and provided you with our best bets from St James’ Park.

The Magpies secured a place in their first semi-final since 2005 when beating Leicester in the League Cup in midweek. Eddie Howe’s side remain in the top-four of the Premier League table but have been held to a draw in their last two in the league, against Leeds, and most recently Arsenal. 

Fulham secured their first win over Chelsea since 2006 on Thursday when beating Chelsea 2-1 at Craven Cottage. Marco Silva’s side have now climbed to 6th in the table and will be more than happy with their return of 31 points from 19 matches at the half-way point of the season.

Taking a look at the match odds for this one and the bookmakers have installed the home side as the 1/2 favourites to collect the three points. The draw can be backed at 7/2, while a tenth win of the campaign for Fulham is on offer at 5/1.

Bruno Guimarães continues to impress up in the North East and our first bet on Sunday focuses on the Brazilian recording Over 1.5 Shots in the match. 

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In his last seven home starts across all competitions, the midfielder has registered 13 shots, cleaning this line of Over 1.5 in five of the seven matches. Most bookmakers have this selection priced at odds-on with Betfair and Paddy Power going as short as 4/9. We’d therefore highly recommend the current 12/5 that is on offer with Stoke-based firm bet365.

The player fouls market has been popular with punters lately and we have put together a three-pronged approach with Unibet for this game. We’ve combined Joelinton, Kenny Tete and Joao Palhinha all to concede Over 1.5 fouls, paying 17/2. 

No player has committed more fouls for Newcastle this campaign than Joelinton with 29 in 16 appearances in the Premier League. His average is 1.9 fouls per game, but when looking at just home matches that figure rises to 2.1 per game. 

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Next up it’s Kenny Tete of Fulham who we are targeting to make Over 1.5 fouls. The right-back possesses the highest fouls per-game figure of any Fulham player this term at 1.7 per game. He has cleared this line in four of his last five matches, including when making six fouls away at Manchester United on Boxing Day. 

The third and final selection in this 17/2 Bet Builder is Joao Palhinha to commit 2+ fouls. The defensive midfielder has hit this line in four of his last five league starts. This same bet pays just below 7/1 with Betfair or Paddy Power, so we’d take the 17/2 on offer with Unibet or BetUK here. 

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