Newcastle and Brentford will be looking to strengthen their hopes of European qualification when they head-to-head on Saturday evening in the Premier League.
Brentford can potentially climb up to sixth with a convincing win at St James’ Park against a Magpies side who have lost their last two while also crashing out of the Carabao Cup in midweek.
Still, a victory for Eddie Howe’s men would take them back into the top half and level on points with the Bees on 36 points.
Check out the confirmed lineups for both sides ahead of the 5:30pm clash.
Newcastle confirmed lineup
Brentford confirmed lineup
How to watch Newcastle vs Brentford
Newcastle vs Brentford will be shown live on Sky Sports and the Sky Go app in the UK.
Stats for Newcastle vs Brentford
- Newcastle have won nine of their last 10 home games against Brentford in all competitions (D1) since losing their first ever meeting in September 1934.
- Brentford have won two of their last three league games against Newcastle (L1), having failed to win any of their previous 10 (D1 L9).
- Brentford are looking to complete their second ever league double over Newcastle, previously doing so in the 1934-35 second tier campaign.
- There have been an average of 4.1 goals per game in Premier League meetings between Brentford and Newcastle (37 goals in 9 games), the highest ratio of any fixture to have been played as many times.
- Newcastle have lost their last two Premier League games, their fifth different run of consecutive defeats in the last two seasons. The Magpies haven’t lost more on the bounce since December/January in the 2023-24 season (4).
- London teams have only won four of their 29 Premier League visits to Newcastle since Eddie Howe took charge of the Magpies (D5 L20). Since Howe’s first game – a home match against Brentford – Newcastle have won more home Premier League games against London sides than anyone else (20).
- Across the last eight Premier League matchdays, only Arsenal (17) have won more points than Brentford (16), with the Bees also having the joint best defence in that time (7 goals conceded).
- Although Brentford rank fourth bottom for total shots in the Premier League this season (247), they have the sixth-best xG (38.5). Their xG per shot is 0.16, the best by a team in any of the last five seasons.
