Huddersfield v Newcastle Betting Preview – Championship 4th March 5.30pm
This should be a cracking game. In midweek, Newcastle fought back from a goal down to land a huge three points at title-challengers Brighton. That gave Newcastle back top spot at the expense of the Seagulls, but their tough work for the week isn’t done as they have to go back into battle with third placed Huddersfield. So no easy game for them. Huddersfield have been on cracking form and have started to put some pressure on the top two as well and they will be looking to land themselves what would be a huge three points for themselves in this one. Can the Terriers take down the Magpies to keep the title race wide open?
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Huddersfield v Newcastle Betting Tips
Well Huddersfield’s hopes of pulling off a massive FA Cup upset by beating Manchester City went down in flames in midweek, but their hopes of making a promotion push to the Premier League remain very much alive. The Terriers go into the weekend sitting in third place and just the six points behind second-placed Brighton but with a game in hand now over the Seagulls. So if Huddersfield can keep their momentum going, they could make big strides closer to Brighton and Newcastle, the only two sides above them in the table. They are certainly carrying the form as they have gone W6 D1 in their last seven league games now and they have produced a fantastic run of W11 D3 L1 in their last fifteen league games since the start of December. It has been such good stuff from them and they are unbeaten in their last seven on home soil in the league as well, winning six of those. So they are going to give Newcastle a good run for their money you would imagine in this evening kick off. Huddersfield’s overall home league form is W12 D2 L2 this season.
The Terriers have a shot at completing the league double over Newcastle this season having taking a 2-1 win on Tyneside at the start of the term. 56% of Huddersfield’s home games have gone over the 2.5 goal line this season, and because they have been shipping goals lately, there looks to be good value on the game going over 2.5 goals at Betfair for a price of 5/4. Well worth a punt is that one. This is the first league meeting between the two of them at Huddersfield since 1984 in the old English Division 2 which produced a 2-2 draw. In the Betfair correct score market for this one a repeat of the Huddersfield 2-1 correct score from earlier in the season at St James Park is a price of 9/1 with the shortest priced option in the market a 1-1 draw at 5/1. A good indicator of what a big threat the Terriers are, is their 3-1 home win over Brighton back at the start of February. In the Betfair anytime goalscorer market Nahki Wells and Elias Kachunga are 11/5 options.
Both teams to score in the match at Betfair is a price of 5/6. Newcastle, albeit with a huge slice of luck, fought back from a goal down to win at Brighton in a top two clash in midweek. That sent them back to the top of the table but that good work could be undone if they lose this one and the Seagulls win on the weekend. It’s been a great battle between the Magpies and the Seagulls for the large part of the season at the top of the table, but Huddersfield are now closing in too. Newcastle are on a nine match match unbeaten streak in the Championship (W6 D3) so they are carrying good form, and wouldn’t be disappointed with a point probably. The last three between these at Huddersfield have been drawn and Newcastle are unbeaten with a W1 D3 record in their last four visits there. The visitors have Dwight Gayle at 6/4 and Aleksandar Mitrovic and Daryl Murphy both at the 9/4 quote in the anytime goalscorer market for the game. Can they build on those three points collected against Brighton in midweek, or will Huddersfield make further inroads towards the top two? This will be interesting.
Huddersfield v Newcastle Betting Odds
Huddersfield 7/4, Draw 23/10, Newcastle 6/4
Huddersfield v Newcastle Predictions
This should be a real highlight of the weekend, and Huddersfield are one of the few teams to have already beaten Newcastle this season. Even though their FA Cup dreams were ruined in midweek by Manchester City, the Terriers, with the league form that they have been showing are likely to have enough to stick in there in this one and the draw is stacks of value, which continues the trend between these two.
