Champions League: Newcastle vs PSV Eindhoven – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Champions League game between Newcastle and PSV Eindhoven who meet up on Wednesday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.

Round 7 of the Champions League serves up an encounter between Newcastle and PSV Eindhoven taking place at St James’ Park on Wednesday.

Team form: Newcastle vs PSV Eindhoven

Newcastle Form

Newcastle have been too mediocre in their last three matches, where a win has failed to come their way. Against Bournemouth, they recorded a 2-2 draw, before coming up short against Manchester City, who ran out 0-2 winners. Lately, they recorded another draw in a 0-0 match with Wolverhampton. Newcastle claimed a middle-of-the-road three wins in their previous six matches on home soil in the Champions League. They also drew zero and lost three, as they scored 11 and conceded six goals.

PSV Eindhoven Form

PSV Eindhoven are in awesome shape going into this next encounter, as they won their last three matches on the bounce. FC Utrecht got left behind in a 1-2 win, before Excelsior got hammered in a 5-1 victory. Fortuna Sittard was the most recent victim in a 1-2 win for PSV Eindhoven. PSV Eindhoven won twice, while also recording three draws, and one defeat in their last six away matches in the Champions League. The scoreline from these matches says nine goals conceded and 12 scored.

Betting stats and facts for Newcastle and PSV Eindhoven

Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Newcastle and PSV Eindhoven. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.

Players in form: Newcastle vs PSV Eindhoven

Anthony Gordon has five strikes in six Champions League matches for The Magpies, who will be relying on his services, when clashing with PSV Eindhoven. The visitors are looking to Ricardo Pepi, who has provided his team with three Champions League goals.

Betting markets: Newcastle vs PSV Eindhoven

Full-time result

Newcastle won six of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at St James’ Park. They drew three and lost one as well, while PSV Eindhoven won nine of their last 10 games away. They drew one and lost zero. PSV Eindhoven won their last 6 matches on the trot. Good luck taking on PSV Eindhoven currently, as they look back on an excellent streak of 21 away games without defeat. Newcastle have not lost to PSV Eindhoven in 4 consecutive meetings.

Both teams to score

Newcastle scored the first goal of the match in five of their previous ten games. Impressively, PSV Eindhoven scored the first goal in nine out of previous ten games. Both teams have scored in last 4 consecutive PSV Eindhoven games. PSV Eindhoven should feel cheery over the chances of getting at least one goal in this coming Wednesday, as Newcastle only managed two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. PSV Eindhoven claimed three clean sheets in their last 10 games. Both Team have scored in 3 last consecutive meetings between Newcastle and PSV Eindhoven when playing at St James’ Park.

Total goals

Newcastle saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.6 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in nine of the last ten games for PSV Eindhoven, who managed to hit the net 3.1 times on average in these games. PSV Eindhoven scored at least one goal in their last 23 matches.