📊 Form Guide
Newcastle United WLWWWL
Newcastle United will be hoping for a better result following a 3-1 Premier League losing effort in their last game against West Ham United.
In that match, Newcastle United had 62% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Newcastle United, goals were scored by Jacob Murphy (4') and Sven Botman (45' Own goal). West Ham United had 14 shots at goal with 8 on target. Paquetá (35') and Tomáš Souček (97') scored for West Ham United.
Newcastle United haven’t been able to stop scoring goals, hitting the target in one hundred percent of their last 6 matches.
They have hit an aggregate of 14 during that period while also conceding a total of 3. We shall soon see if that trend can be continued on here.
Athletic Bilbao LWDWLL
Since a losing effort in their last game against Real Sociedad in La Liga action, Athletic Bilbao will be hoping to turn things around here.
In that match, Athletic Bilbao had 49% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Athletic Bilbao, the goals were scored by Guruzeta (42') and Navarro (79'). Real Sociedad got 9 shots at goal with 5 of them on target. Méndez (38'), Guedes (47') and Jon Gorrotxategi (92') scored for Real Sociedad.
The stats don’t lie, and Athletic Bilbao have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 games, seeing their opponents hit 10 goals in total. In defence, Athletic Bilbao just haven’t been too solid at all.
📰 Team News: Newcastle United
The Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe will be happy not to have any fitness concerns whatsoever ahead of this match thanks to a fully injury-free group to choose from.
It’s our opinion that The Magpies will probably make use of the 4-3-3 formation for this one, handing starts to Nick Pope, Kieran Trippier, Malick Thiaw, Sven Botman, Daniel Burn, Bruno Guimaraes, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy, Nick Woltemade and Harvey Barnes.
🗞️ Team News: Athletic Bilbao
Owing to a fully healthy squad available for selection, the Athletic Bilbao manager Ernesto Valverde does not have any fitness worries at all coming into this clash.
We are inclined to think that Los Leones seem likely to begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 lineup, going with Unai Simon, Andoni Gorosabel, Aitor Paredes, Aymeric Laporte, Inigo Lekue, Mikel Jauregizar, Alejandro Rego, Alex Berenguer, Unai Gomez, Robert Navarro and Gorka Guruzeta.
✨ Prediction
We feel that in this game, Newcastle United look likely to score more than once against Athletic Bilbao, who may well find it hard getting on the scoresheet.
Therefore, we are anticipating a decent 2-0 winning score for Newcastle United at full-time.
Andre Moura, 19:01 05/11/2025