On Thursday night, Newcastle are going to have a really critical match for nearly guaranteeing their Champions League ticket. It is a home match against Brighton and honestly I don't expect it to be very comfortable either. Because Brighton are still a team trying to secure a spot for the Europa League right now. They are a pretty weird team these days as well. Because even though they got a huge defeat by Everton home (1-5) they still became victorious in a very tough match in Emirates - by even a score like 3-0.
Weird's words are quite suitable to describe Brighton's condition in the last two matches they have played, for some reason, they were able to lose badly to a team that was still struggling to get out of the bottom three and that happened at Brighton's house, but a week after they had to go to the Emirates Stadium to face a team that still struggling to keep the chance for Arsenal to win the league but Brighton was able to play very extraordinary and scored 3 goals without conceding, it proved that in the last match their attack and defense were just as strong because sometimes Brighton's defense can be weak, especially when entering the second half, and the match against Newcastle the opportunity to make a surprise is very possible for Brighton to beat this home team even though I predict a draw is the best that an away team can achieve.
Newcastle will struggle to get full points in the two matches they will play as a home team, and their most formidable opponent is Brighton, with all the uniqueness of this opponent it is very possible to make a surprise, if Newcastle are able to win against Brighton then against Leicester it will be easier for them to secure a position in the champions league which only needs 5 points left to be able to stay in the top 4 and not be overtaken by Liverpool anymore.
These are the odds for the Newcastle - Brighton match I see by a bookmaker. Maybe it seems risky but I'm going for Newcastle win anyway.
At risk because judging by what Brighton has done against Arsenal? quite preposterous but Newcastle I can say is different from Arsenal, and this season the home game gives a lot of points for Newcastle so I think Newcastle will be able to beat Brighton by a narrow score