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Everton face a trip to Newcastle United at St. James' Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 39 and win only 16 of the 71 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2002, the Magpies carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premiership match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2003/2004 | Sat 13 Sep | Everton | 2 - 2 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
2002/2003 | Sun 06 Apr | Everton | 2 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
2002/2003 | Sun 01 Dec | Newcastle Utd. | 2 - 1 | Everton | PREM |
2002/2003 | Wed 06 Nov | Newcastle Utd. | 3 - 3 | Everton | LC |
2001/2002 | Fri 29 Mar | Newcastle Utd. | 6 - 2 | Everton | PREM |
2001/2002 | Sat 27 Oct | Everton | 1 - 3 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
2000/2001 | Sat 03 Mar | Everton | 1 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Newcastle United could not have a more impressive recent home form, having won each of the last six games. In this time, Magpies have rattled up an impressive 18 goals, and conceded 6.
In complete contrast to Newcastle Utd., Everton are having a torrid time on their travels, attaining just 3 draws from the previous six away games. While the Blues have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Newcastle Utd. find themselves in a respectable 5th position, courtesy of the 45 points they have accumulated from 30 games. Everton find themselves struggling down in 14th position in the league having picked up 34 points from their 30 matches.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 12 |
Everton | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Blues are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Newcastle Utd.. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Newcastle Utd. | Won 7 successive home games. 10 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 6 . |
Everton | Previous 2 away games have finished all-square. Not won in previous 7 away matches. Drawn each of the last 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |