'They will fall a bit short': Paul Merson now predicts who will win on Sunday Wolves or Newcastle

Newcastle United make the trip to Molineux on Sunday for a Sky Sports televised encounter with Wolverhampton Wanderers which kicks off at 4:30pm.

Molineux isn't the happiest of hunting grounds for Newcastle with five of their last six encounters resulting in a draw and the sixth being a defeat.

Last season Newcastle struggled away from home and that's something Eddie Howe has vowed to improve this season, so hopefully Sunday will be the perfect time to right both of those wrongs.

So far this season we have two draws on the road, although one of those did end up in a win via a penalty shootout, so make of that what you will.

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Paul Merson has backed Newcastle to be too much for Wolves

Thankfully we don't put our neck out on the line and offer up predictions of our own, we let the pundits do that, and Paul Merson has given his score prediction via Sportskeeda.

"Wolves are in serious trouble. They could end up being the team that loses ground quickly with other teams in the battle to avoid relegation. This is a big game for them.

"I actually thought Newcastle were a bit fortunate in their win over Tottenham before the international break. Spurs were definitely better in that game. I've still got to give credit to Newcastle as well though, let's not take that away from them. If Wolves get a win, it would be massive but I just don't see that happening.

"Newcastle will still fall short of qualifying for the Champions League in my opinion. I think they've got more points than they probably should have so far this season. There are five teams fighting for that fourth spot - Aston Villa, Tottenham, Manchester United, Chelsea and Newcastle. They are definitely in that race, but I fill they will fall a bit short in the end.

"Prediction: Wolves 1-2 Newcastle United"

So far a Newcastle win is the popular prediction

Merson is the second pundit to back a 2-1 away win for the Magpies on Sunday with Mark Lawrenson predicting the same score.

We'd definitely take a win on the road, and let's be honest, we should be beating Wolves regardless of the venue after they sold their best player in Pedro Neto. Let's not forget their capitulation in the second half against Chelsea.

We just need to wait and see now if Chris Sutton thinks it will be the same outcome for a clean sweep.