Newcastle are suppose to be the ones leading this encounter but it seems they're never serious until things start getting bad for them. Having all the ball possession in this game but could not show that hunger to get a goal, I wonder why they become very much stronger to beat when it comes to the bigger teams but if they're playing a team that's of the same level with them you'd see them playing rubbish. Since West Ham are leading I can't say they are going to continue with the strength they used in the first half because we know how poor they are in maintaining a lead and Newcastle will come all out to get an equalizer and even win the game but let's see if the visitors can surprise us by defending properly.
Newcastle did dominate the match in terms of ball possession, but they were not good at creating important opportunities. We can see it from the total shots on goal from both teams, Newcastle has 2 while West Ham United has 6. Many people predict that Newcastle will win, because they also benefit from the home side of the match. However they destroyed all expectations, I'm sure there were a lot of failed betting slips.
. The very weird thing is that United needs points now, they are ranked terrible and they need to win some three points very urgently, the more points they lose, the worse they are getting on the standings and while that is true that they have to let go this season, it's still quite early into the season and more than twenty games are available so we could potentially see them do fine if they just focus.
