Newcastle United and Brighton & Hove Albion will clash on Saturday the 11th of May at 3:00 pm in the 37th week of the Premier League. The match is going to be played in Newcastle upon Tyne at the St. James’ Park. The chosen referee is Darren England.
Newcastle United occupies the 6th place in the league with 56 points. It comes from a 1-4 win against Burnley in its last match in the Premier League. To date, it has won 17 times, draw 5 times, and lost 13 times.
Brighton & Hove Albion occupies the 11th place in the standings with 47 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Aston Villa in its last match in the Premier League. Up to now, it has won 11 times, draw 12 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Newcastle United
Newcastle United has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (34 times or 97.14%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (34 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Eddie Howe is expected to play against Brighton & Hove Albion with the following players: Martin Dúbravka, Lewis Hall, Emil Krafth, Dan Burn, Tino Livramento , Anthony Gordon, Bruno Guimarães, Sean Longstaff, Jacob Murphy, Callum Wilson and Alexander Isak.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Newcastle United would be 27.45.
Eddie Howe will probably not be able to employ Fabian Schär and Kieran Trippier because of injury.
Sven Botman , Jamaal Lascelles , Matt Targett, Lewis Miley and Joe Willock will definitely miss the match.
Eddie Howe will not be able to have the presence of Sandro Tonali who is suspended.
Brighton & Hove Albion
Brighton & Hove Albion has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (24 times or 68.57%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (24 times), 3-4-2-1 (6 times), 4-3-1-2 (3 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Roberto De Zerbi is expected to play against Newcastle United with the following players: Bart Verbruggen, Igor, Adam Webster, Lewis Dunk, Joël Veltman, Billy Gilmour, J. Moder, Simon Adingra, Pascal Groß, Facundo Buonanotte and Danny Welbeck.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Brighton & Hove Albion would be 27.18.
Roberto De Zerbi will probably not be able to employ Tariq Lamptey, Jan Paul van Hecke, João Pedro, Adam Lallana and James Milner because of injury.
Pervis Estupiñán, Solomon March, Jack Hinshelwood, Kaoru Mitoma and Evan Ferguson will definitely miss the match.