Manchester United vs Newcastle Prediction & Betting Tips - Premier League

Prediction published on 08/09/2021, 15:11  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 08/09/2021 at 15:15 in Premier League Predictions

Cristiano Ronaldo will be the star attraction when Manchester United hosts Newcastle United at Old Trafford on Saturday as Premier League action returns after the international break. Manchester United are third in the standings with seven points while Newcastle United are 17th with one point. The hosts are coming from a hard fourth 1-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in their last game with Mason Greenwood scoring the all important goal. It was the third straight game he scored and remains a key player here. While United have all the firepower in attack any team would dream of, they are a bit short defensively. Going to this game they have just two clean sheets in 10 league matches, and both teams have scored in eight of the last 10 league matches. At home, both teams have scored in their last six league matches and five of them have produced over 2.5 goals. Going to this game, United have three straight wins over Newcastle and have won five of the last six meetings. While Ronaldo is expected to start, another new signing Jadon Sancho is a doubt after picking up an injury on international duty.

Newcastle United are quite the opposite of Manchester United; they are having a very poor start to the season and there’s almost no assurance they can start a better run here. They haven’t won any of their opening four matches and even in the League Cup they’ve already been eliminated. In their three league matches they have a draw and two losses; they’ve conceded two or more goals in three of their four matches this season though they’ve scored two in two of the four matches. In the Premier League though, Newcastle United have a good scoring run; in their last 10 league games, they’ve failed to score in just two. They have scored two or more goals in three of their last five away league matches. In their meetings with Manchester United, both teams have scored in four of the last six.