Newcastle United will purpose to bounce again from conceding a late equaliser towards Tottenham as they host a Burnley aspect who’ve misplaced their previous 5 matches.
BBC Sport examines a few of the key themes forward of Saturday’s assembly at St James’ Park (15:00 GMT).
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Late targets costing Newcastle
The on Tuesday evening was Newcastle’s Premier League season thus far in microcosm – a promising efficiency and potential three factors each undone by conceding a late purpose which altered the results of the match.
Cristian Romero’s Ninety fifth-minute equaliser from a nook implies that Newcastle have dropped 11 factors from profitable positions within the Premier League this season – the joint most of any aspect together with Brentford.
It was additionally the fifth time that the Magpies have conceded within the ninetieth minute or later, rating them second of all Premier League groups after Leeds United (six), with three of these late targets affecting the outcome.
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Together with the draw towards Tottenham, Newcastle conceded injury-time winners throughout dwelling defeats to Arsenal and Liverpool earlier this season, a failing that has contributed in direction of the Magpies’ present place within the backside half of the Premier League desk.
Eddie Howe’s aspect, nevertheless, have been in robust type at dwelling, profitable six successive matches at St James’ Park in all competitions previous to being held by Spurs, they usually subsequent face a Burnley aspect who’ve seemingly misplaced their method in current weeks.
Newcastle have thrown away profitable positions in a number of video games this season [BBC]
5 losses for Burnley
Burnley journey to the north-east after struggling a fifth straight defeat – at dwelling to Crystal Palace on Wednesday evening.
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That outcome, coupled with Leeds’s midweek win towards Chelsea, implies that the Clarets are actually 4 factors adrift from security as they try to triumph away from dwelling for less than the second time this season.
If Scott Parker’s aspect are to emulate their sole away victory at Wolves in October by surprising Newcastle, the guests should shortly deal with widespread points – each in defence and in entrance of purpose.
Burnley had 58% possession and 11 photographs towards Palace however couldn’t discover a technique to rating – a failing that has dogged their season thus far.
The Clarets have recorded the fewest photographs of any Premier League workforce, whereas additionally they rank within the competitors’s backside three for giant possibilities created, crosses and touches within the opposition field.
Burnley are struggling to seek out methods to attain within the Premier League [BBC]
In the meantime, solely Wolves have conceded greater than Burnley’s 28 targets and Parker’s males have the best anticipated targets tally towards of any aspect.
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It’s maybe not the time to journey to a floor on which you have not received since 1976. Burnley are winless in all seven Premier League visits to St James’ Park, whereas Newcastle have misplaced simply one in every of their previous 27 Premier League video games towards promoted sides.