Newcastle is coming into this match playing in very good form in their recent matches. They have won their last 2 straight as well as 4 of their last 5 matches and their attack has been on fire in these. They have scored at least 4 goals in 3 of their last 4 matches and they have outscored their opponents 9-2 in their last 2 matches alone. When playing at home, they have been in much better form as well as they have won their last 2 straight as well as 4 of their last 5 matches there with no losses in that span and 3 of those wins were by 2 goals or more as well. They have also outscored their opponents 9-1 in their last 2 matches at home. They are going up against a Brighton side that has not been in good form in their recent matches. They have lost 2 of their last 3 as well as 3 of their last 5 matches. Their attack has been awful in these as they have scored just 1 goal in their last 3 matches as well as just 2 goals in their last 6 matches. Their defense has not been good either as they have allowed at least 3 goals in 2 of their last 3 as well as 3 of their last 5 matches. When playing away from home, they have lost 5 of their last 7 matches with no wins in that span. Their attack has been awful in those as they have only scored 2 goals in their last 7 away matches, and their defense has also allowed at least 2 goals in 4 of their last 6 away matches. Brighton has been struggling to score goals in their recent matches as they have been in awful form with a lot of key injuries as well while Newcastle has been the complete opposite recently, winning a lot of matches with a lot of goals scored in those. Newcastle has been hitting their stride again recently and they will be pushing to win this match at home as it is their last home match of the season and they still have Chelsea on their tail just 2 points behind in the table. Newcastle will win this match at home and collect all 3 points, take Newcastle -1 here.
England Premier League: Newcastle United -1, Rot. 200146