On Saturday Oct 8th, in week 10, Brentford will travel to Newcastle upon Tyne to battle Newcastle United in a clash of these two closely matched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 11 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Newcastle United recorded a 4-1 win against Fulham. Callum Wilson struck first for Newcastle United in the 11th minute on a feed from Joseph Willock, then Miguel Almirón added another in the 33rd minute on a feed from Bruno Guimarães. Newcastle United is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Brentford recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against AFC Bournemouth. Neither AFC Bournemouth nor Brentford could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 7 and 13 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. Brentford is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Newcastle United won the head to head battle with 1 win.
Ivan Toney has been the most prolific scorer on Brentford in the last 5 matches with 3 goals. Both Alexander Isak and Miguel Almirón have been the hottest scorers for Newcastle United in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Newcastle United will be without Allan Saint-Maximin, Matt Ritchie, Callum Wilson, Alexander Isak, Emil Krafth, Jonjo Shelvey and Karl Darlow, while Thomas Frank’s squad will be without Keane Lewis-Potter.