Pre Match report for the Newcastle Utd game - Saturday, 18th October 2025
PREMIER LEAGUE 25/26: Brighton V Newcastle - 18/10/25 P8
Newcastle manager: Eddie Howe (2021) . P173 W = 50.8% @ July 25
EH did ok last term, stewarding Toon to a top six spot and a place in the Champions League.
Newcastle 25/26: W2 D3 L2 . F6 A5 GD1 . Pt9 Po11 = 1.28pt/gm . W = 28.5% L = 28.5%
last six: ldw dlw
EFL Cup: Spurs (H) R4, Bradford 4-1 (H) R3
Ch Lg: Barcelona 1-2 (H), PSG (A), Benfica (H), B Leverkusen (A),
PSV (H), Marseille (A), A Bilbao (H), Union SG 0-4 (A)
start: Villa 0-0 (A), Liverpool 2-3 (H), Leeds 0-0 (A), Wolves 1-0 (H), Bmouth 0-0 (A),
Arsenal 1-2 (H), Forest 2-0 (H), Brighton (A), Fulham (H), W Ham (A)
mid-season: Brentford (A), Man C (H), Everton (A), Spurs (H),
Burnley (H), Sunderland (A), Chelsea (H), Man U (A), Burnley (A)
Newcastle fans expectations: top six finish at least, knockout silverware, Champions League.
odds at start: top 28/1 . top four 7-4 . top six 8-15 . sack EF 20/1
prospects: behind the curve currently and need to up their game by end of start period Q1.
INS: A Cordero (Malaga), A Elanga (Forest 52m), P Seung-soo (S Bluewings),
V Salia (D Tiblisi), O Goodbrand & A Hutchinson (Rangers), A Ramsdale (Soton loan),
M Thiaw (AC Milan 34m), J Ramsey (Villa 39m), N Woltemade (Stuttgart 69m),
Y Wissa (Brentford 55m), I Moran (Liverpool), V Salia (D Tbilisi).
friendlies: Carlisle 4-0 (H), Celtic 4-0 (A)
Korea tour: Arsenal l 3-2, K leag l 1-0, Spurs 1-1 . . Espanyol 2-2 (H), A Madrid 0-2 (H)
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Newcastle away: versus Albion 1-0 1-1 0-0 3-0 1-1 0-0 3-1 1-1 . W0 D5 L3 . F4 A10 . W = 0%
Newcastle 25/26 away: W0 D3 L 0. F0 A0 GD0 = 1.00pt/gm or 33.3% of total points.
reverse sequence: ddd - points gained = 33.3% lost = 66.6%
Bmoth 0-0: (0-0) 0 56%-44% on 2-1, off 9-3, c 5-2, f 7-10, y 2-1, s 4-4 4231-3421
Leeds 0-0: (0-0) 0 43%-57% on 1-2, off 9-7, c 5-5, f 10-15, y 1-1, s 4-4 433-532
Villa 0-0: (0-0) 0 40%-60% on 3-3, off 0-13, c 3-6, f 13-11, y 1-1, r 1-0 s 1-3 4231-433
next six: W Ham Brentford Everton Sunderland Man U Burnley
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Newcastle from 11/12: 5 16 10 15 18 P, 1 C, 10 13 13 12 11 4 7 5 11 @ 17/10/25
top four: 23 . top six: 12 25 . top ten: 14 18 24 . bottom six: 13 15 . rel: 16
Prem points: 65 41 49 39 37 - 44 45 44 45 49 71 60 66 9
recent managers: Steve Bruce (19-21), Rafa Benitez (16-19), Steve McClaren (15-16),
John Carver (14-15), Alan Pardew (10-14).
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