The ‘Jones Knows’ Sky Sports column has provided some insightful analysis and opinion on Newcastle United’s current situation.
The column discusses other topics and challenges at teams in addition to making predictions about what will occur during specific Premier League matches.
But unlike the typical ex-pro forecasts, which are typically just based on how “big” a club is and whether they won the previous game or not, this one includes proper analysis and insight, not lazy assumptions.
The ‘Jones Knows’ piece on Sky Sports focuses on Newcastle’s matchup with Brentford from the standpoint of sports betting.
The ‘Jones Knows’ columnist for Sky Sports, Lewis Jones, has identified some significant underlying elements that could or ought to have a significant impact on the Brighton vs. Newcastle matchup.
The form of Nick Pope is gradually becoming a problem for Newcastle.
In his past 22 Premier League appearances, after having previously kept six straight clean sheets, he only managed to keep two. His only clean sheet in his previous 15 Premier League games came in a 0-0 tie with Leicester in May.
Newcastle is facing nearly the same number of shots per game, and its shots on target faced and projected goals against record have only barely changed from the important shots faced data during that six-game run of shutouts to now.
Newcastle are having a harder time winning games because of it.
“How then can we make money?
“Really simple.
“Bet on one of Europe’s most effective scorers to score at St James’ Park.
Bryan Mbeumo has scored nine goals for Brentford in their nine Premier League games without Ivan Toney since the start of the previous campaign (W5 D4). When playing without Toney since the beginning of last season, he scores one goal every 90 minutes, as opposed to one every 826 minutes when they team up.
“So, I was surprised to see odds of 100/30 with Sky Bet available on him finding the net at any time, as well as 22/1 with Sky Bet for him to score two or more.”
There’s a lot of useful information there, and I concur with most of what the Sky Sports expert says. However, there are some things that I disagree with.
Even if I interpret what he says differently and reach different conclusions, I always like reading what he has to say.
Nick Pope played the final 13 Premier League games of the previous season, and during that stretch, he only managed to keep one clean sheet. The really important thing was that Newcastle picked up 29 points at a rate well above two points per game, thanks to nine wins and two draws with just the two defeats in thirteen games, which coincided with Eddie Howe playing an increasing amount of attacking football. Nick Pope only managed to keep one clean sheet in 13 games and allowed 15 goals, but that wasn’t the most important thing.
Nick Pope was certainly at fault for the first goal at Brighton, but other than that, the Newcastle goalkeeper couldn’t be held responsible for any of the other outcomes this season. greater a case
Newcastle and Pope were merely the victims of Liverpool’s lethal finishing, which resulted in the Scousers scoring two excellent goals, since the Reds only had four shots on goal overall and only two in the final hour of the game after falling behind. Although it goes without saying that NUFC should have ended the game sooner.
Even though Newcastle won 3-1, Brighton had just two shots on goal and scored twice in the second half. For Newcastle, it was a very bad day.
Overall, I believe Newcastle United hasn’t played poorly this season; rather, they have just faced tough competition, failed to capitalize on important opportunities, and had a number of unfavorable circumstances, including some unfortunate luck (!).
Newcastle is also a dangerous team, but Brentford is even more so.
In this match last season, NUFC was up 2-0 after 28 minutes and won 5-1.
From the first whistle, Eddie Howe will instruct his squad to attack Brentford and push hard.
Fair play to the away team if they manage to overcome that and secure a draw or even a victory.
But I have every faith that Newcastle can and will thrash the guests today.
Considering the current gloom around Newcastle United AND the gloomy sky above Tyneside today.
