Newcastle United vs Brighton & Hove Albion - prediction, team news, lineups

Bang successful signifier visits bang retired of signifier connected Saturday afternoon, arsenic Brighton & Hove Albion and Newcastle United collide successful the Premier League astatine St James' Park.

The Magpies' 1-0 decision to Arsenal past play marked their 5th nonaccomplishment successful a enactment successful each tournaments, portion the Seagulls' 3-0 beating of Chelsea spelled the extremity of Liam Rosenior's Blues reign.

Match preview

The accidental to unafraid mathematical Premier League information passed Newcastle by astatine the Emirates Stadium, and Eddie Howe's men could inactive endure an unthinkable relegation to the Championship successful the gameweeks that remain.

The Magpies could arguably see themselves unfortunate not to instrumentality thing distant from their showdown with exhausted leaders Arsenal, but nary of Howe's players could replicate the infinitesimal of magic that Eberechi Eze produced from a first-half short-corner routine.

Yoane Wissa blazing a close-range volley implicit the barroom summed up not lone Newcastle's day, but their past fewer weeks, arsenic the hosts person present suffered 4 consecutive top-flight defeats to languish successful 14th spot successful the Premier League table, 8 points supra the driblet zone.

Only already-relegated Burnley and managerless Chelsea person besides mislaid each of their past 4 successful the apical flight, and Newcastle are present astatine hazard of suffering 5 consecutive Premier League defeats for the archetypal clip since takeover; they past endured that destiny nether Steve Bruce successful January 2021.

The Magpies' nonaccomplishment to find the nett astatine the Emirates besides marked the extremity of their 18-match scoring tally successful each competitions, but amusement is seldom successful abbreviated proviso astatine St James' Park, wherever some teams person scored successful each of Newcastle's past 8 fixtures.

Only 1 squad recovered the backmost of the nett astatine the Amex connected April 21, though, and that squad was high-flying Brighton, arsenic Ferdi Kadioglu, Jack Hinshelwood and the evergreen Danny Welbeck boosted the Seagulls' Champions League chances astatine the disbursal of Chelsea's.

While the Blues committee pulled the trigger connected Rosenior, the Brighton hierarchy revelled successful different Fabian Hurzeler masterclass, 1 which has kept the visitors successful with the slimmest accidental of sneaking into the top-five places.

The sixth-placed Seagulls beryllium 8 points beneath Aston Villa and Liverpool with 4 games remaining, but connected the different broadside of the coin, each of Everton, Bournemouth, Brentford, Chelsea and Fulham are wrong touching region of Hurzeler's men.

However, 13 points from the past 15 connected connection makes Brighton the astir in-form squad successful the Premier League implicit the past 5 games, and the South Coast broadside besides boast 10 points from their past 4 distant matches, keeping cleanable sheets connected 3 occasions.

Furthermore, October's 2-1 location triumph marked Brighton's sixth consecutive crippled without decision against Newcastle, who person lone beaten the Seagulls doubly since some teams' ascent to the Premier League successful 2017.

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Team News

The 1 pleasing facet of past Saturday for Newcastle fans was Bruno Guimaraes coming done 75 minutes unscathed pursuing his injury, and Howe volition besides invited Joelinton backmost from a yellow-card prohibition for gameweek 35.

The hosting manager is optimistic that Anthony Gordon volition instrumentality from a tiny groin occupation too, but Fabian Schar (foot), Tino Livramento (groin) and Emil Krafth (knee) are inactive sidelined.

Howe's determination to demote Aaron Ramsdale for Nick Pope astir backfired spectacularly astatine the Emirates, wherever the second escaped a reddish paper for fouling Viktor Gyokeres adjacent to the halfway line, truthful Ramsdale whitethorn beryllium instantly reinstated here.

As for Brighton, Adam Webster, Stefanos Tzimas and Diego Gomez (all knee) volition not beryllium involved, portion James Milner (unspecified) is besides expected to miss retired connected a reunion with 1 of his erstwhile clubs.

Forgotten antheral Solly March (muscle) is the lone Seagull who could instrumentality from the aesculapian country for Saturday's game, but a commencement is retired of the question for a subordinate with conscionable 4 elder minutes nether his loop this season.

Mats Wieffer's half-time withdrawal vs. Chelsea raised eyebrows, but the Dutchman is not believed to person picked up an wounded and should beryllium retained implicit Joel Veltman this weekend.

Newcastle United imaginable starting lineup:

Ramsdale; Miley, Thiaw, Botman, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Barnes, Osula, Gordon

Brighton & Hove Albion imaginable starting lineup:

Verbruggen; Wieffer, Van Hecke, Boscagli, Kadioglu; Baleba, Gross; Minteh, Hinshelwood, Mitoma; Welbeck

We say: Newcastle United 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion

Even against a regressing and fatigued Arsenal side, Newcastle's spirited show astatine the Emirates offers genuine anticipation for the remainder of the season, particularly with Guimaraes backmost successful the fold and Joelinton besides returning.

However, triumph implicit 1 of the astir in-form teams successful the part could inactive beryllium a span excessively far, and a goal-happy Brighton tin marque the agelong travel worthwhile by claiming a constituent from an entertaining draw.

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