While it might only
be October, this has all the hallmarks of a six pointer. Newcastle
United are six adrift of their opponents, while Brighton ended a five
match winless run with a win last time out. United meanwhile threw a
2-0 lead against Manchester United to lose 3-2 and mean they are yet
to win this year.
The question in this
game is not so much who is better, but rather who feels more
confident to see out a match.
Newcastle United News
Newcastle will be
without a large chunk of players from an already thin squad. Ciaran
Clark Salomon Rondon, Paul Dummett and Yoshinori Muto are all doubts
for this game, as is Kenedy. Florian Lejune is still out, too.
They will be without
a lot of players, meaning that it will be down to the engine room of
Mohamed Diame and Jonjo Shelvey to get Newcastle up the pitch into
attacking positions. With such a paucity of quality even with a fully
fit squad, though, is that possible?
Brighton and Hove Albion News
Brighton meanwhile
will be without Davy Propper and Pascal Gross, meaning that they will
be missing two of their most important midfielders. Gaetan Bong and
Dale Stephens are doubts, too, meaning that Chris Hughton will need
to stretch his reserves of talent if he wants to get a win back at
his old club.
The injuries are
mounting up a bit for a squad that already looked limited in terms of
quality. Can they correct that and get a result here despite being
depleted?
Verdict
We can see Newcastle
finally breaking their winless un in this game. Brighton have not
been great despite their win against West Ham, and Newcastle will
need to start getting positive results sooner or later. If they
cannot defeat a low in confidence and injury stricken Brighton, it’s
not likely they’ll win a game!
Brighton
are a good side, but in their present form Newcastle should have all
eyes on victory here. It’s now or never for the Toon.
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