6/1 Newcastle vs Fulham Bet Builder Tips, Prediction
Newcastle United are third in the Premier League and nine points off first-place Arsenal. On Sunday, the Magpies will welcome Fulham to St James’ Park for a top-six Premier League clash. Yes, it is a top-six match, as Fulham’s brilliant 2-1 win over Chelsea on Thursday sent them into the European qualification places.
By the time the teams kick off a St James’ Park, Fulham could be outside the top six depending on Liverpool’s result at Brighton on Saturday. Newcastle United won in the Carabao Cup in midweek with a 2-0 victory over Leicester City. The win sends Newcastle into the semifinals of the competition against Southampton.
Newcastle won the reverse fixture against Fulham 4-1. The Magpies are unbeaten in 13 straight league games.
Sportsbooks’ best betting odds on Newcastle United winning at full-time are 1/2. Fulham are at odds of 7/2 to win, while a draw is at the best betting odds of 5/1. Let’s explore some ideas for a bet builder for the Premier League fixture.
Newcastle vs Fulham Bet Builder
Full-time result: Newcastle United to win – Bet now
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Newcastle United posted a 4-1 win at Craven Cottage in the reverse league fixture against Fulham. Callum Wilson, Miguel Almiron (two), and Sean Longstaff scored goals for Newcastle United with all four coming before the hour-mark. Fulham’s Bobby Reid pulled a goal back with two minutes left to play in the game.
Fulham’s Nathaniel Chalobah was sent off after receiving a second yellow card after a mere eight minutes in the game. Fulham received four cards in the game compared to Newcastle United’s zero.
The Magpies are on a great run of league form with 13 straight games ending without a defeat. Fulham are coming off a massive West London Derby 2-1 win against Chelsea. The Cottagers are on a four-game winning streak.
Newcastle’s defence is the best in the league with just 11 goals allowed. The defence should stifle Fulham and keep them from scoring many (or any) goals. Our betting tips prediction is for another Newcastle win against Fulham.
Both teams to score in the first half: NO
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Newcastle United’s defence has been brilliant at keeping games low scoring in the opening 45 minutes. Nineteen straight games played by Newcastle United in all competitions saw both teams fail to score in the opening half.
Fulham’s last six games in all competitions went into halftime with both teams not scoring goals. Neither of these teams sees many goals in the opening half of games. Our betting tips prediction is for both teams not to score in the opening half on Sunday at St James’ Park.
The reverse fixture was 3-0 at halftime in favour of Newcastle. The Magpies may not run away with this game at halftime, as Fulham have improved since the teams played earlier this season. Newcastle United drew their last two league games. Both matches finished nil-nil as neither Newcastle nor their opponents (Leeds and Arsenal) were able to score goals in the game.
Sunday’s game could feature a low-scoring opening half with both teams not scoring goals. It would be the 20th straight game Newcastle saw both teams not scoring in the first half.
Halftime result: DRAW
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Newcastle United drew their last two league games against Leeds United and Arsenal. The games finished nil-nil at full-time. The Magpies are coming off a huge night at St James’ Park, as they defeated Leicester City 2-0 in the EFL Cup quarterfinals. The win puts Newcastle United just one step away from the final.
Newcastle’s last four games in all competitions were draws at halftime. All four games had a score of nil-nil at the break. Thirteen of Newcastle United’s 24 games in all competitions ended the first half as draws. Newcastle United are the draw-leaders of the Premier League this season with eight stalemates at full-time.
Seven of Fulham’s 21 matches in all competitions were draws at halftime. Our betting tips prediction is for Newcastle and Fulham to draw in the first half.
Total cards for Fulham: Over 0.5
Fulham received four cards in the reverse fixture against Newcastle United. The Cottagers are one of the league’s most physical sides. Fulham have received the most yellow cards in the league with 46 yellow cards and one red card for a total of 47 cards.
Fulham averaged 2.47 cards per match in the Premier League this season in 19 matches. The Cottagers will need to be physical against a strong Newcastle United side. Fulham are led in yellow cards by Joao Palhinha and Kenny Tete, with six cards apiece.
Palhinha will be important in the middle of the park to slow down the Newcastle attack. He will likely go head-to-head with Bruno Guimaraes. Our betting tips prediction is for Fulham to tally over 0.5 cards on Sunday.
Total corners: Over 5.5 corners
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The reverse fixture between Newcastle and Fulham saw nine corners in the 90-minute match. Newcastle recorded eight of the nine corners in the game. Newcastle United’s Premier League matches average the second most corners per game in the league.
The Magpies saw 10.9 corners in their opening 18 matches. Newcastle averaged 6.6 corners for and 4.3 corners against in the league in their opening 18 games.
Fulham’s opening 19 games averaged 9.8 corners. The Cottagers tallied 5.0 corners and conceded 4.8 corners per fixture.
Our betting tips prediction is for Newcastle United and Fulham to combine for more than 5.5 corners on Sunday at St James’ Park. There should be plenty of attacking football on display with the defences needing to repel the waves of offence.
