Wolverhampton Wanderers are the next team looking to put an end to Newcastle United's stunning run of form as they visit St James' Park on Wednesday night for an 7:30pm kick-off live on TNT Sports.
Newcastle extended their winning run to eight games at the expense of League Two Bromley on Sunday as the Magpies progressed to the FA Cup fourth round.
Wolves had a new manager bounce in December which pulled them out of the relegation zone after Vitor Pereira came in, but they did lose last time out to Nottingham Forest.
The visitors are also missing their main man, Matheus Cunha, through suspension which will make things even harder for Wolves.
Paul Merson certainly believes Wolves face an uphill battle as he predicts an easy win for Newcastle in his column for Sportskeeda.
"Newcastle are playing some amazing football with all their main players firing at the moment. They're a team that's absolutely flying! Newcastle have one eye on the Carabao Cup final after beating Arsenal 2-0 in the first leg of the semi-final last week. I bet they wish they could play the return leg this week instead of next month because by that time, they risk having injuries or losing steam.
"I still expect Newcastle to win here though. Wolves enjoyed a kick-start when the new manager came in. But then they lost to Nottingham Forest and I can see them losing again in this one! It should be back to reality for Wolves.
"Prediction: Newcastle United 3-0 Wolves"
Merson and Chris Sutton have both gone with a 3-0 win for Newcastle, which would be nice.
Hopefully, at least one of those goals will be scored by Alexander Isak, so he nabs a new record of being the first Newcastle player to score in eight consecutive games.
It's easy, when we're on a run of form like this, to get overconfident going into games, which is fine for us supporters, but the players need to be careful but we're sure Eddie Howe is keeping their feet on the ground.
PL | GD | PTS | ||
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1 |
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25 | 36 | 60 |
2 |
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25 | 29 | 53 |
3 |
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25 | 12 | 47 |
4 |
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25 | 17 | 44 |
5 |
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25 | 15 | 43 |
6 |
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25 | 13 | 43 |
7 |
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25 | 9 | 41 |
8 |
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25 | 5 | 39 |
9 |
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25 | -3 | 38 |
10 |
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25 | 0 | 37 |
11 |
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25 | 1 | 34 |
12 |
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25 | 12 | 30 |
13 |
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25 | -3 | 30 |
14 |
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25 | -4 | 30 |
15 |
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25 | -7 | 29 |
16 |
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25 | -18 | 27 |
17 |
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25 | -19 | 19 |
18 |
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25 | -27 | 17 |
19 |
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25 | -30 | 17 |
20 |
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25 | -38 | 9 |