West Ham United and Newcastle United will play on Saturday the 19th of February at 12:30 pm in the 26th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in London at the London Stadium. The referee will be Chris Kavanagh.
West Ham United occupies the 5th place in the league with 41 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Leicester City in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 12 times, draw 5 times, and lost 8 times.
Newcastle United sits in the 17th position in the standings with 21 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Aston Villa in its last match in the Premier League. Until now, it has won 4 times, draw 9 times, and lost 10 times.
Newcastle United won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 19th of December against Manchester City and the score was 0-4.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
West Ham United
West Ham United has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (23 times or 92.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (23 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-2 (once).
David Moyes is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: Ł. Fabiański, A. Cresswell, C. Dawson, V. Coufal, T. Souček, D. Rice, M. Lanzini, J. Bowen, M. Benrahma and M. Antonio.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of West Ham United would be 29.60.
There are doubts about the presence of K. Zouma.
David Moyes will probably not be able to employ A. Masuaku because of injury.
A. Obinze Ogbonna will definitely miss the match.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-3-3 and 4-4-2 (4 times or 17.39% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (4 times), 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 West Ham United with the following players: M. Dúbravka, F. Woodman, F. Schär, E. Krafth, M. Ritchie, J. Apolinário de Lira, J. Shelvey, J. Willock, R. Fraser and A. Saint-Maximin.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Newcastle United would be 28.20.
Eddie Howe will probably not be able to employ F. Fernández and J. Lascelles because of injury.
C. Clark, J. Lewis, J. Manquillo Gaitán, K. Trippier, I. Hayden and C. Wilson will definitely miss the match.