'Get ready for it': Alan Shearer made staggering prediction head of NUFC v Ipswich that ultimtately came true

Newcastle United had a canny day at the office on Saturday when they beat Ipswich Town 4-0 in their own back yard.

The Magpies have been in great form lately but the last two convincing back-to-back wins had come at St James' Park, so Saturday was seen as a test to see if they could take that form on the road.

Chris Sutton and Paul Merson had both backed Newcastle to win, but only by a narrow margin with both expecting a 1-2 scoreline.

However, it now appears that Alan Shearer had far more confidence in his beloved Newcastle after making a bold prediction before the match.

Alan Shearer felt an Alexander Isak hat-trick coming

Speaking on The Rest Is Football podcast, Gary Lineker made a mention of 'mystic' Al who predicted that Alexander Isak would notch his first hat-trick.

“I’m going to say, just before we start, there was a bit of chat on our WhatsApp group about Alexander Isak and fantasy teams.

“And you said ‘you should, he’s going to score a hat-trick today’ and lo and behold – Mystic Al."

With Shearer adding:

“Hat-trick incoming, get ready for it!”

Let's not have to wait another five years for another hat-trick

Shearer must have thought it wasn't going to happen when Isak passed the ball to Arijanet Muric when through one-on-one, but you can't keep a player like Isak quiet for too long and the Swede eventually completed his hat-trick.

Hopefully, that's now the floodgates open and we won't have to wait over five years for another Newcastle United hat-trick.

How can it be that Ayoze Perez was the last player to score three goals in one game for Newcastle before Isak? That's actually tragic.