Newcastle United host West Ham United at St James' Park tonight live on Sky Sports - kick-off is 8pm.
Pundits have been backing a Newcastle win everywhere you look for this one, and Sky Sports' Jones Knows is no different.
It's no real surprise then that Sky have also backed the Magpies to come away with three points tonight, predicting a 3-1 scoreline in Newacstle's favour.
Paul Merson still stands above with his 3-0 prediction, but it seems that goals are expected tonight, which isn't an unfair assessment after the epic 4-3 last season.
What stands out in Sky Sports' prediction, however, were the stats provided around Joe Willock whom they believe will get on the scoresheet tonight.
Willock does appear to be getting better with each game and Sky Sports pointed out that he has taken seven of Newcastle's 34 shots, which is 21% of the team's collective attempts.
He's clearly knocking on that door and Sky Sports are expecting that door to open tonight.
Willock's only goal this season has come in the first minute of the Carabao Cup tie against Nottingham Forest in which he was later injured.
That does suggest that he's due another one and his performances recently have certainly deserved one.
Frankly, we're not bothered who scores tonight, as long as there are a few knocked in.
PL | GD | PTS | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Liverpool
|
13 | 18 | 34 |
2 |
Arsenal
|
13 | 12 | 25 |
3 |
Chelsea
|
13 | 12 | 25 |
4 |
Brighton
|
13 | 5 | 23 |
5 |
Manchester City
|
13 | 3 | 23 |
6 |
Nottingham Forest
|
13 | 3 | 22 |
7 |
Tottenham Hotspur
|
13 | 14 | 20 |
8 |
Brentford
|
13 | 3 | 20 |
9 |
Manchester United
|
13 | 4 | 19 |
10 |
Fulham
|
13 | 0 | 19 |
11 |
Newcastle United
|
13 | 0 | 19 |
12 |
Aston Villa
|
13 | -3 | 19 |
13 |
Bournemouth
|
13 | 1 | 18 |
14 |
West Ham United
|
13 | -7 | 15 |
15 |
Everton
|
13 | -11 | 11 |
16 |
Leicester
|
13 | -11 | 10 |
17 |
Crystal Palace
|
13 | -7 | 9 |
18 |
Wolves
|
13 | -10 | 9 |
19 |
Ipswich
|
13 | -11 | 9 |
20 |
Southampton
|
13 | -15 | 5 |