Newcastle United and Fulham are going to face on Saturday the 16th of December at 3:00 pm in the 17th week of the Premier League. The match is going to take place in Newcastle upon Tyne at the St. James’ Park. The appointed referee is Samuel Barrott.
Newcastle United occupies the 7th position in the standings with 26 points. It comes from a 4-1 loss against Tottenham Hotspur in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 8 times, drawn twice, and lost 6 times.
Fulham occupies the 10th position in the table with 21 points. It comes from a 5-0 win against West Ham United in its last match in the Premier League. So far, it has won 6 times, draw 4 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Newcastle United
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (16 times).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Fulham with the following players: Martin Dúbravka, Lewis Hall, Fabian Schär, Jamaal Lascelles, Valentino Livramento, Joelinton, Bruno Guimarães, Sean Longstaff, Anthony Gordon, Miguel Almirón and Alexander Isak.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the average age of Newcastle United would be 26.36.
Nick Pope, Sven Botman, Elliot Anderson, Jacob Murphy, Matt Targett, Joseph Willock and Harvey Barnes will definitely miss the match.
Eddie Howe will not be able to have the presence of Kieran Trippier and Sandro Tonali who are both suspended.
Fulham
Fulham has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (10 times or 62.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (10 times) and 4-3-3 (6 times).
Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: Bernd Leno, Antonee Robinson, Tosin Adarabioyo, Calvin Bassey, Timothy Castagne, João Palhinha, Tom Cairney, Andreas Pereira, Alex Iwobi and Raúl Jiménez.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Fulham would be 28.10.
There are doubts about the presence of Willian.
Marco Alexandre Saraiva da Silva will probably not be able to employ Tim Ream, Tyrese Francois and Adama Traoré because of injury.
Steven-Andreas Benda and Issa Diop will definitely miss the match.