Benefit Newcastle? – Final 10 fixtures in comparison with Chelsea, Aston Villa and Brighton

Benefit Newcastle? – Final 10 fixtures in comparison with Chelsea, Aston Villa and Brighton

It’s been an up-and-down season at Newcastle United thus far, that includes a couple of highs, loads of frustration, plenty of inconsistency and up to date damage and suspension setbacks.

Nevertheless, Monday’s win at West Ham has the potential to be a turning level. It actually felt like that as we dug in for an important three factors and Bruno Guimaraes gave it giant in entrance of the away finish after Eddie Howe reacted to the win like a person who knew its big significance.

The Carabao Cup Closing comes subsequent, however after that’s the run-in. Our last 10 video games of 2024/25 and the chase for European soccer, the place we seem to have a bonus on a number of of the chasing pack.

Third place Nottingham Forest have good run-in, strengthening their place for top-five end, however Newcastle’s last 10 fixtures look significantly higher than European rivals Chelsea, Brighton and Aston Villa.

As proven by Opta’s Fixture Problem desk beneath, Newcastle’s subsequent 4 video games are in opposition to sides at present within the backside half. All of our six remaining dwelling video games look very winnable (Brentford, Man Utd, Palace, Ipswich, Chelsea and Everton).

Chelsea, at present two factors above us, have a tough set of remaining fixtures. They face journeys to Arsenal, Brentford, Fulham, Nottingham Forest and Newcastle, together with Liverpool, Spurs, Man Utd and Everton at dwelling.

Six of Aston Villa’s final 9 (they’ve performed a sport greater than Newcastle) are in opposition to prime half sides, and two of their backside half opponents are Spurs and Man Utd. See the remaining fixtures ranked beneath:

On the flip facet, Man Metropolis’s fixtures look superb and will supply them a route into the highest 5, whereas Bournemouth might go on a run with 5 of their subsequent six in opposition to sides within the backside half.

We’ve received seven of our final 9 on the highway and it’s really been our dwelling kind that has value us at occasions this season, seeing us lose to Brighton twice, West Ham, Fulham, Bournemouth.

Our last six dwelling video games look winnable; 5 of them are in opposition to sides at present within the backside half earlier than we tackle Chelsea in our last sport of the season at St James’ Park.

If we will construct on Monday’s morale-boosting win at West Ham, preserve Alexander Isak match and rally at St James’ over the ultimate two months of the season, now we have an actual shot at ending in these prime 5 spots.