Newcastle vs Sheffield Utd Match Preview

Newcastle is ranked at 17th place with 39 points and comes after two wins a draw and two losses over the last five matches. This has also been a result of the fact that they had already secured the stay in the Premier League a couple of weeks in advance, so there was no pressure for the result as they did not need the points.

With 43 goals scored they have one of the best offensive sides from the bottom half teams and in the last five matches they scored a total of 11 goals, averaging slightly more than two goals per game. It is worth mentioning the 1-1 draw against Liverpool or the 2-4 win on the road against Leicester. Even in the 3-4 loss against Manchester City they played quite good.

Wilson, who is their best scorer with 12 goals, is injured for this duel and in attack we should see the duo Jelinton - Saint Maximin who together have combined for 7 goals and 6 assists.

Sheffield Utd, on the other hand, is ranked at the bottom of the table at 20th spot with just 20 points and comes after two wins and three losses over the last five matches. They got relegated for quite some time now as it was quite a poor season in general by them. They have lost 28 matches which is the most in the league and they have 8 more losses than West Brom which got relegated too.

Only 19 goals scored which makes them the worst attack in the league and in the last five matches they scored just two goals. It was a goal each in the wins against Everton and Brighton. In these two remaining games they will try to improve their record a bit.

In attack, we should see again McGoldrick from the start as he is their best scorer with 7 goals and 1 assist.

In conclusion, I think both teams can score at least a goal here. Newcastle has been playing an open football in the past games and they have no reason to start defending hard now. Sheffield Utd has been awful this season, but the win against Everton might give a slight push forward for them to try and end the season in style.