Newcastle United and Brentford are going to face on Saturday in the 12th week of the Premier League. The match will be played in Newcastle upon Tyne at the St. James’ Park.
Newcastle United occupies the 19th position in the standings with 5 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has draw 5 times and lost 6 times.
Brentford sits in the 14th place in the league with 12 points. It comes from a 1-2 loss against Norwich City in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now,, it has won 3 times, draw 3 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United has mostly adopted the 5-3-2 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 36.36%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 5-3-2 (4 times), 5-4-1 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times) and 3-5-2 (once).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Brentford with the following players: K. Darlow, M. Ritchie, C. Clark, J. Lascelles, J. Murphy, J. Shelvey, M. Almirón Rejala, I. Hayden, R. Fraser, A. Saint-Maximin and C. Wilson.
If the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Newcastle United would be 28.27.
Brentford
Brentford has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 90.91%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (10 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Thomas Frank is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: Á. Fernández Llorente, P. Jansson, E. Pinnock, R. Henry, V. Janelt, C. Nørgaard, S. Canós Tenes, I. Toney and B. Mbeumo.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Brentford would be 25.11.
There are doubts about the presence of O. Frank and M. Jensen.
Thomas Frank will probably not be able to employ S. Baptiste and Y. Wissa because of injury.
D. Raya Martin, K. Vassbakk Ajer, M. Bech Sørensen and P. Dasilva will definitely miss the match.
