Week 7 brings us a match on Sep 30th where Newcastle United will host Burnley at St. James’ Park in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Premier League teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Newcastle United recorded a 8-0 blowout win against Sheffield United. Sean Longstaff struck first for Newcastle United in the 21st minute on a feed from Anthony Gordon, then Dan Burn added another in the 31st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Sheffield United couldn’t manage to score, and Newcastle United took the shutout win. Newcastle United is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while burnley is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Manchester United. Bruno Fernandes struck first for Manchester United in the 45th minute on a feed from Jonny Evans, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Burnley couldn’t manage to score, and Manchester United took the shutout win. Burnley looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 4 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Burnley’s top weapon lately has been Lyle Foster, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. Newcastle United’s top weapon lately has been Callum Wilson, who has three goals in the last five matches
Newcastle United will be without Joelinton, Sven Botman, Harvey Barnes, Miguel Almirón, Javi Manquillo, Emil Krafth and Sandro Tonali, while Burnley will be without Jóhann Guðmundsson, Lyle Foster, Michael Obafemi, Hjalmar Ekdal and Vitinho.