ยท 23 October 2025, 21:30
Newcastle United are in Premier League action on Saturday in a 3 pm kick-off as they host Fulham at St James' Park.
The Magpies want to make it back-to-back wins after picking up a 3-0 victory on Tuesday night against Jose Mourinho's Benfica.
Marco Silva's Fulham, a lot like Newcastle, don't have the points on the board to back up their level of performance this season and come to Tyneside a bit low on confidence.
After Paul Merson said he expected a big win for Newcastle, it's perhaps no surprise to see Chris Sutton going the same way.
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Things didn't go Newcastle's way last time
Chris Sutton backs Newcastle to win big on Saturday
In fact, it looks as though Chris Sutton has been copying Paul Merson's homework again as the BBC columnist has gone with the same score.
"I nearly always back Newcastle to win at home, even after they've just played in the Champions League, and I feel pretty confident about their chances here too.
"Eddie Howe's side played well against Benfica in midweek and while I think Fulham are a well-organised team who are capable of going to St James' Park and winning - like they did last season - they are not in great form at the moment.
"Sutton's prediction: 3-1"
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We can't help but feel there's a big win coming our way on Saturday
Home advantage is going to play a big part on Saturday, we feel, and while we faltered against Fulham at home last season, we feel that we should have enough about us to put that right this time around.
The difference in confidence should be enough on its own, but the St James' Park crowd, buoyed by that win on Tuesday, will add an extra dimension to proceedings that we don't think Fulham will be able to cope with.
Eddie Howe has been given plenty to think about after some top performances on Tuesday, so his starting XI will be interesting to see, but whoever he picks, we will definitely back them to get us the win. We don't usually like to stick our necks out like this, but the confidence is flowing.