Stoke City - Newcastle Utd
Newcastle's long injury list is the main reason for them to lose their last 3 games in a row. This losing streak and the inability to score goals have seen the team drop down the table
and leaves them in desperate need of a win. The poor performance of Newcastle have resulted in them droping down to the
14th place in the table and qualifying for the Europa League will be merely impossible, if they lose once again. There are five key players injured in the Newcastle squad - Yohan Cabaye, Hatem Ben Arfa,
Haris Vuckic, James Perch, Dan Gosling. Furthermore, Gabriel Obertan, Shola Ameobi and Ryan Taylor are doubtful to take part in this match.
The situation of Stoke City is on the contrary. The team is unbeaten so far at home and has won its last two games. There are only two injured players for Stoke - Rory Delap and
Marc Wilson. Michael Owen is back in training, but it is not likely that he will start the game. Stoke`s defence is what keeps the team going this season as they have conceded only 11 goals. However, the attack of
the team is performing rather poorly as they have scored only 11 goals.
Newcastle`s creativity seems to be lost after the injury of Hatem Ben Arfa and so far a proper replacement for him is not found. The guests in this match will definitely need a creative players up in front, if they
want to penetrate Stoke`s strong defence.
There have been under 2.5 goals in Stokes last 6 home games, which applies to Newcastle`s last 3 visits. The football prediction calculated by the forebet algorithm gives Under 2.5 goals in this match
and a highest probability for a draw.
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