Newcastle - Brighton Football prediction

Newcastle and Brighton & Hove Albion play at St. James' Park in a 9th round Barclays Premier League duel. The record of recent direct matches favors the home team, who in the last 4 games won 2, drew 1 and lost 1. The last direct confrontation between these two teams, on 12-30-2017, ended with a draw for (0- 0). Special attention is needed for the home / off condition, since both teams present significantly different results in their home and away games.

Analysis of Newcastle
The home team is currently in 19th place with 2 points earned after 2 draws and 6 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost at home to Leicester City by (0-2). In the last match, lost out to Manchester United by (3-2). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when they play in front of their fans, since in the last 30 matches they have 2 wins, 5 draws and 8 defeats as a visitor, with 13 goals scored and 23 conceded, against 6 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats at home, with 18 goals scored and 14 conceded.

In this competition, he lost his last 4 matches at home and did not win any of the last 8 he played. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 6 of the last 8 games in this competition. This is a team that has struggled to open the scoring and has only managed to make the first goal once in the last 8 games for the Barclays Premier League. In 8 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the board in the five games in which he suffered the first goal.

Newcastle enter this unmotivated round after a 3-2 away away defeat at Manchester United. The home side often plays in a traditional 4-3-3, preferring a faster style of play, progressing in the field, mainly through the sides. In this drawing, the three men responsible for creating danger plays in the opposing area are Kenedy, Ritchie and Muto. By receiving an opponent with lower quality, it is prevented that the team of the house acts in a more offensive way. The coach Rafael Benítez will not be able to count on Florian Lejeune for being injured.
Confirmed lineup: M. Dúbravka, J. Lascelles, D. Yedlin, F. Fernández, P. Dummett, M. Ritchie, Kenedy, J. Shelvey, M. Diamé, Y. Muto, Ayoze Pérez.
Technician: Rafael Benítez.

Review of Brighton & Hove Albion
The visiting team is currently in 13th place with 8 points, after 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, lost out to Manchester City by (2-0). In the last match, won at home to West Ham by (1-0). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when played with the support of their fans, since in the last 30 games has 6 draws and 9 defeats as a visitor, with a total of 10 goals scored and 27 suffered. Already inside the home, he won 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses, with a total of 24 goals scored and 20 conceded. In the league, Brighton & Hove Albion had 1 point in 12 chances, after 1 draw and 3 losses in their last 4 away games.

For this competition, you do not win as a visitor for 4 games. The team conceded goals in 7 of the last 8 games for this competition, so they have not been very strong defensively. In his away games there is a tendency to few goals, since in 36 of the last 53 that disputed there were less than 3 goals. This is a team that scores a few times first: just opened the scoring in 2 of their last 8 games for the Barclays Premier League, these 2 reached the break in advantage in all and won in the late 90 'in all. In 8 games in this competition, suffered the first goal 6 times and never managed to turn the score.

Brighton & Hove Albion enter this motivated round after a 1-0 home win at West Ham: Murray, in the 25th minute, marked the only goal of the match. The visiting team used to play in a tactical system in the 4-3-3, focusing in the fast transitions, especially through the wings. One of the strengths of the visiting team is the way they manage to achieve the free-kicks. It is worth mentioning that Brighton & Hove Albion presents many difficulties in finalizing the opportunities that can create. The visiting coach should not rely on Davy Propper for being injured.
Confirmed lineup: M. Ryan, S. Duffy, Bruno Saltor, L. Dunk, G. Bong, S. March, D. Stephens, B. Kayal, G. Murray, A. Jahanbakhsh, J. Izquierdo.
Coach: C. Hughton.