Newcastle United and Watford are going to face on Saturday the 15th of January at 3:00 pm in the 22nd week of the Premier League. The match will be played in Newcastle upon Tyne at the St. James’ Park. The encounter will be officiated by Paul Tierney.
Newcastle United sits in the 19th position in the league with 11 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Manchester United in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won once, draw 8 times, and lost 10 times.
Watford occupies the 17th place in the league with 13 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 4 times, drawn once, and lost 13 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-4-2 and 5-3-2 (4 times or 21.05% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (4 times), 5-3-2 (4 times), 4-5-1 (3 times), 5-4-1 (3 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times), 3-4-3 (once) and 3-5-2 (once).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Watford with the following players: M. Dúbravka, M. Ritchie, J. Lascelles, F. Schär, K. Trippier, J. Shelvey, J. Murphy, S. Longstaff, R. Fraser, J. Apolinário de Lira and A. Saint-Maximin.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Newcastle United would be 29.00.
Eddie Howe will probably not be able to employ K. Darlow, C. Clark and J. Willock because of injury.
F. Fernández, J. Lewis, I. Hayden and C. Wilson will definitely miss the match.
Eddie Howe will not be able to have the presence of J. Manquillo Gaitán who is suspended.
Watford
Watford has mostly adopted the 4-1-4-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 61.11%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-1-4-1 (11 times), 4-2-3-1 (4 times), 4-4-2 (2 times) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Claudio Ranieri is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: D. Bachmann, J. Ngakia, F. Sierralta Carvallo, C. Cathcart, I. Sarr, J. Kucka, O. Tufan, M. Sissoko, J. King and J. Hernández Suárez.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Watford would be 28.00.
There are doubts about the presence of E. Dennis.
Claudio Ranieri will probably not be able to employ B. Foster, F. Femenía Far and C. Kabasele because of injury.
A. Masina, D. Rose, W. Troost-Ekong, O. Etebo, I. Louza and K. Baah will definitely miss the match.