Newcastle v Man Utd Betting Odds, Tips and Preview – 04.01.12

David de Gea (Manchester United)
David de Gea (Manchester United) © GEPA pictures

We will see what the Red Devils have to offer up in their title challenge on Wednesday night, in Newcastle v Manchester United betting. Sir Alex Ferguson’s men suffered a huge loss at Old Trafford over New Year’s crashing badly against basement dwellers Blackburn Rovers. That was one of a few surprise results to ring the New Year in with, and with title rivals City also losing, Man Utd missed a huge chance to get one up on their neighbours at the summit of the league. So Manchester United will need to come up with a victory to keep up their title challenge for Sir Alex Ferguson. The biggest story this week, aside from the Blackburn defeat, was the club fine dished out to Wayne Rooney for putting in some lack luster training after a night on the town. That didn’t wash well for Ferguson, especially not with the disappointment of dropping three points at Old Trafford. So now they head to the north east to take on the Magpies, who are struggling for some form. So normally at this point many would be expecting a run of the mill, routine win for Manchester United, but what will the Blackburn defeat have rocked their confidence after such a strong run of form, or will it just have served as a wakeup call for them? You would think the latter really, as you don’t see United losing back to back matches very often. United this season are undefeated so far on their travels in the Premier League, winning seven and losing just two, so strong indications that they will at the very least grind something out.

Newcastle’s season really has come unraveled since losing their first game of the season in mid November to Man City. They have amassed just one win since then in a run of eight matches, and with injury problems, boss Alan Pardew has to dig deep at the moment. Their only win in their last eight matches came against Bolton, but then they crashed again badly at Anfield on New Year’s Eve, taking the lead at Anfield against Liverpool, but then failing to hang on to that for more than five minutes, and eventually rolled over to a 3-1 defeat. When the Magpies hosted Man Utd earlier in the season, only back at the end of November, Alan Pardew’s men held out for a 1-1 draw, thanks to a Demba Ba spot kick. It is Demba Ba who is really carrying all the threat up front for the Magpies this season, banging in 14 goals and they will need a huge boost from him in getting at the United defence. Newcastle have only lost two matches at home this season, but they haven’t picked up a win there in their three matches now, and they have started to slide down the Premier League standings, and really need a big response. They built up enough points early in the season in their great run of form, to still be in a decent position though to attack the top six, if they can get string a few results together. There will be no bigger confidence booster for the home fans than seeing their side take down the Red Devils.

With Newcastle leaking goals at the moment, and Manchester United in pretty strong goal scoring form, we can expect goals on Tyneside. Fortunately, Paddy Power’s festive period Money Back Special is running for this match as well, and if there are five or more goals scored in Newcastle v Man Utd betting, then the bookie will refund lost stakes on First Goalscorer, Last Goalscorer, Correct Score and Scorecast singles which have been placed on the match. So plenty of great football betting coverage there to take on your betting. In the Newcastle v Manchester United First Goalscorer Market for example, Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez are at 4/1, with Demba Ba at 7/1. So plenty of value around and coverage to be had with Paddy Power’s Money Back Special. Highly popular online bookmaker Paddy Power offer a free £50 bet for new customers registering an account. The bookie will match the value of your first bet on a new account with a free bet, up to the maximum value of £50, giving you some great free betting cash to get started with.

Newcastle v Manchester United Betting Odds
Newcastle 4/1, Draw 5/2, Man Utd 3/4 at Paddy Power

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