Premier League: Newcastle United vs Everton
At 3:45 a.m. Beijing time on February 9, 2022, the 24th round of the Premier League, Newcastle United will face "Toffee" Everton at home. Newcastle United have been very dismal this season, with 2 wins, 9 draws and 10 defeats after 21 league rounds, finishing second from the bottom of the league with 15 points, and with one less round, there is a one-point gap with Norwich in the safe zone. Due to the previous downturn in results, Newcastle United invested a total of 102.1 million euros in the winter window, becoming the most invested team in the winter window of the five major leagues, signing the likes of Guimarães, Dan Bourne, Wood, Taggart and Trippier, which can be described as "crazy".
Newcastle United have been in significant shape recently, having been unbeaten in two consecutive games, with 37% of the ball in the last round of league away games against Leeds United, 37% of the ball, 7 shots on goal and 3 shots on target, with Servi's goal, and finally won 1-0. From the data point of view, Newcastle United scored 21 goals in 21 rounds of the league, conceded 43 goals, both ends of the attack and defense performance is very bad, from the team's winter window of reinforcements, but also mainly for the attack and defense of both ends to do, the current team strength can be improved how much, we have to wait and see.
Everton's results this season have dropped significantly, after 20 league rounds, they have achieved 5 wins, 4 draws and 11 losses, ranking 16th in the league with 19 points, and are currently only 4 points higher than the relegation zone. Although Everton has also made a change of coaching adjustment recently, Lampard as the firefighting manager is also facing embarrassment, and with the current situation of the team, whether it can get out of the predicament is probably unknown, after all, the Toffee has problems at both ends of the attack and defense.
Everton have been unscored in 5 consecutive league rounds and 3 consecutive defeats, even to the weak Norwich, which shows the downturn in the team's state, although the latest win in the Cup won brentford 4-1 and qualified for promotion, but the fate of the team is still determined by the league end. Everton's away record this season has been very poor, with 1 win, 3 draws and 6 defeats in 10 league games away from home, ranking 18th in the league, with a tendency to become an "away bug".
In terms of past encounters between the two teams, Newcastle United have played Against Everton in the past 10 times, achieving 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses, and the past performance is at a disadvantage, but the first leg of this season is away from home to 2-0 clean sheets, or has a certain psychological advantage. In terms of recent situation, Newcastle United's state has improved significantly, and the strength of the winter window also shows the determination of the team to relegate; and although Everton has changed the coach, with the current strength of the team's squad, I am afraid that Lampard will not have a big change, which is also the so-called "smart woman is difficult to cook without rice".