West Ham vs Newcastle United
12 September 2000hrs
Football – England – Premier League
Pick West Ham AH0
Bookmaker Marathonbet
Odds: 1.62 odds taken 0316 GMT, Friday 11 September

The evening kick-off in Saturday’s season-openers in the Premier League sees West Ham taking on Newcastle United as the betting tips continue at the London Stadium.

Table of Contents

1 West Ham Preview – Can West Ham avoid another relegation battle?
2 Newcastle United Preview – Can Newcastle improve upon last term’s finish?
3 West Ham vs Newcastle United
4 The best betting odds for West Ham vs Newcastle United

West Ham Preview – Can West Ham avoid another relegation battle?

An impressive four-match unbeaten sequence towards the end of last season proved to be the decisive factor in West Ham’s bid for Premier League survival as The Hammers collected vital wins against Norwich City 4-0 and Watford 3-1 in the relegation ‘six-pointers’ along with picking up important points in draws with Manchester United and Aston Villa.

West Ham will be desperate to avoid a repeat of last season’s last-ditch survival though as they look to start this new campaign in positive fashion against Newcastle United, and having lost just two of their last seven matches at home, The Hammers will be hoping they can gain early momentum here.

Indeed, the bigger picture shows that David Moyes’s side have lost just three of their last 10 matches at the London Stadium and despite the recent sale of their rising star, Diangana, to West Brom, the likes of Yarmolenko, Bowen and Antonio should cause The Magpies a few problems here, especially Antonio, who scored 8 goals in his last 7 matches for the hosts last term.

Our betting suggestion:

Both teams to score

1.90

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(odds taken 0316 GMT, Friday 11 September

Newcastle United Preview – Can Newcastle improve upon last term’s finish?

Overall, it was a fairly steady season for Saturday’s visitors, Newcastle United, under manager, Steve Bruce, as The Magpies avoided being dragged down into the relegation battle below them and finished in 13th place in the Premier League.

However, Newcastle’s season could have been even better as they’d previously put together a promising six-match unbeaten sequence in the top flight which included wins against Southampton, Sheffield United and Bournemouth but their season then imploded as The Magpies failed to win any of their subsequent six matches, losing four of these.

Newcastle United’s achilles heel last term was undoubtedly their form away from St James’ Park as the visitors picked up just two wins from their final 11 matches on their travels and with just four clean sheets to their name; the absence of first-choice goalkeeper, Dubravka, could therefore be a big miss for Newcastle here.