Newcastle vs Brighton Prediction and Betting Tips: Goal fest anticipated at St James' Park

Newcastle continue their late charge for a European place by looking for three points in their final home game of the season against mid-table Brighton.

The game will take place at St James’ Park and will not be televised in the UK as it kicks off at 3pm BST.

Eddie Howe’s Magpies are finishing the season in style with four wins in five amid a sea of goals, results that have helped them soar to sixth place in the Premier League table.

For Brighton, their longest trip of the season comes at the end of a disappointing run of form in which they have been eliminated from the Europa League and tumbled down the league table.

A 1-0 win over Aston Villa last weekend snapped a six-game winless streak and will have given them a boost going back to a venue where they were crushed 4-1 last season.

Bruno Guimaraes bagged his sixth league goal of the season in last week’s 4-1 romp at Burnley, a match in which the Toon fired off a staggering 23 shots.

The Brazilian has been a vital cog in Newcastle’s second half of the season revival, still calling the shots in central midfield, but with far more licence to link up with the front three.

He is averaging 1.3 shots per game from midfield and is a potent threat. Given how open Brighton are under Roberto de Zerbi, this is a game in which the chances should pile up at either end.

It has not been dull watching Newcastle this season, with Tyneside’s entertainers laying on a barrage of goal feasts, week in and week out.

Take a look at the over/under league table and the Toon are sitting pretty at the top with their games producing an average 3.8 goals per time. They score loads, but they concede their fair share as well. And that points to a bet on Newcastle to win and both teams scoring at St James’ Park.

Certainly Newcastle won’t be taking their foot off the throttle as they look to fend off pursuers for sixth spot, while keeping an eye on Spurs as they continue to stutter a place above them.

Over the past few weeks they have put four goals past West Ham, Spurs and Burnley, smashing Sheffield United 5-1 also, with the likes of Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon and Bruno Guimaraes combining as fluidly as they have all season.

Brighton have gone off the boil in recent weeks, but will endeavour to play their way back into form, even while handicapped by a glut of injuries.

Because of those missing players and the fact that Newcastle are so buoyant at home at the moment, the hosts are hard not to fancy in a game which should produce goals at both ends.