Newcastle vs West Ham Prediction and Betting Tips: Featuring Bruno Guimaraes and Emerson Palmieri

Newcastle went into the international break nursing the scars of Premier League and FA Cup setbacks and need to get back to winning ways against West Ham on Saturday lunchtime to resurrect their quest for a European return.

Away defeats at Chelsea in the Premier League and Manchester City in the FA Cup leave Eddie Howe’s men chasing a top-six finish. And that means leapfrogging a West Ham side currently in seventh and on a roll after cruising into the quarter-finals of the Europa League.

Newcastle vs West Ham Team news

Howe could do with some good news after Lewis Miley and Sven Botman joined the likes of Nick Pope, Callum Wilson and Joelinton on the injured list.

The Newcastle boss will, therefore, be optimistic that Kieran Trippier, Tino Livramento and Harvey Barnes are available after knocks.

For West Ham, classy midfielder Edson Alvarez is suspended, possibly handing Kalvin Phillips a chance to make up for some early disappointments since his move to East London.

David Moyes must also decide whether to recall James Ward-Prowse in place of Michail Antonio to add more bite in midfield.

Predicted line-ups:

• Newcastle (4-3-3): Dubravka; Trippier, Schar, Lascelles, Burn; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Willock; Murphy, Isak, Gordon.
• West Ham (4-2-3-1): Areola; Coufal, Mavropanos, Zouma, Emerson; Soucek, Phillips; Paqueta, Ward-Prowse, Kudus; Bowen.

Matches between Newcastle and West Ham usually produce plenty of goals and this St James’ Park shootout shouldn’t disappoint in that respect.

Newcastle need to get back to winning ways after falling out of the top-six race while West Ham have suddenly found an attacking zeal that has propelled them into seventh spot.

The Toon’s strength on home soil, where they have won nine times, would persuade them to believe they can land short odds and the Hammers have won only two of their last nine on the road, a sequence which includes dropped points at places like Fulham, Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest.

But West Ham are still in the Europa League and with the likes of Lucas Paqueta, Mohamed Kudus, Jarrod Bowen and a fully fit Michail Antonio all clicking at the same time, the omens are good between now and the end of term.

Goals look a certainty. In October at the London Stadium these two slugged out an entertaining 2-2 draw, a sixth successive fixture between them in which both teams have scored. Newcastle have also found the net in all but one of their last 14 matches and conceded in all but one of their last nine.

If it’s open then have a look at the player shots on target market where Newcastle’s Bruno Guimaraes appeals at even money. The way West Ham set up and the way the Toon go about their business at home means the Brazilian will be presented with chances.

There were six yellow cards in the return fixture in London in October with Emerson perhaps unsurprisingly collecting one of those.

That was one of seven for the season and attacked at pace - constantly - there’s a better than 14/5 chance the hot-headed Italian international transgresses and gets his name taken.