Newcastle United vs West Brom Prediction, 12/12/2020 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Josh Schonwald - 12/10/2020

Game: Newcastle United vs West Brom

Date: Saturday, December 12, 2020

Location: St. James' Park in Tyne, England

TV: NBCSN

Odds/Point Spread: Newcastle United (+120) West Brom (+210)

Conor Gallagher and West Brom (1-3-7, 19th in the EPL) go to St. James' Park on Saturday where they'll take on Newcastle United (4-2-4, 13th in the EPL). The goaltenders who are expected to start will be Karl Darlow for Newcastle United and Sam Johnstone for West Brom. Newcastle United are at +120 while the Baggies are priced at +210. The over/under has been set at 2.5.

Newcastle United faced Crystal Palace in their last game and went home with a win by a final score of 2-0. Newcastle United attempted 8 dribbles in this match and were successful in 3 of the attempts for a rate of 37.5%. When discussing the passing game, they ended with a 82.4% received passes rate by completing 309 out of their 375 passing attempts last game. Concerning shot accuracy, Newcastle United wrapped this game up at a 50.0% rate by putting 7 shots on target out of 14 total shots. Newcastle United is averaging 1.10 g/90 (11 goals in total) and have 6 assists in all matches this season.

Miguel Almiron is a player who can be a difference maker for Newcastle United. Almiron has been given a starting assignment in 131 games in his pro soccer career and tallies 0.21 G/90. The forward born in Paraguay has earned 27 goals scored in 11,617 mins played. He has accounted for 26 assists while accumulating 14 yellow cards during his career. One more guy who could decide who wins is Callum Wilson, the forward born in England. He has assisted on a goal 28 times so far in his career while scoring 92 goals. Wilson has been on the field for 19,572 minutes in 222 starting assignments and has been handed 33 yellow card warnings. He is currently averaging 0.42 goals per 90 mins during his career.

The guy protecting the net for Newcastle United will be Karl Darlow. Darlow (74-55-54 mark during his soccer career) has earned 55 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 29.7% clean sheet percentage. The goalie from England has seen 650 shots tried at him in 185 career starts. His GA/90 is 1.26 (233 goals surrendered) and he is the owner of a save percentage of .652. Darlow has been on the pitch for 16,667 minutes and has 422 saves in his pro soccer career.

When they last played, West Brom took a defeat with a final score of 5-1 against Crystal Palace. West Brom finished the match with a 66.7% successful dribble percentage by completing 14 of the 21 dribbles they attempted. They finished this game by completing 445 out of their 506 attempted passes earning a rate of 87.9%. West Brom connected on 4 shots on goal out of the team's 9 shots tried which gave them a 44.4% rate in their last outing. Having accumulated 8 goals and 4 assists in all their contests, West Brom is averaging 0.73 goals and 0.36 assists per 90.

Conor Gallagher will be someone to watch for West Brom. The midfielder from England has earned 4,512 professional minutes and has earned 8 goals. He has collected 14 yellow card cautions in his pro soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 8 times. He averages 0.16 goals per 90 mins and has been given a starting assignment in 51 contests so far in his pro soccer career. Make sure to watch out for Callum Robinson, the forward representing England. Robinson has earned himself 10 yellow card cautions in 11,945 professional minutes (136 career starts). His goals per 90 average during his pro soccer career is 0.30. He has collected 40 goals so far in his pro soccer career while helping on a goal 21 times.

Sam Johnstone will look after the net for West Brom. Johnstone has totaled 77 clean sheets while seeing 965 shots tried against him in 21,870 minutes throughout his career. He holds a save percentage of .717 and his clean sheet rate is 31.7%. He has given up 1.17 goals per 90 mins and he has earned a record of 103-71-69. So far in his pro soccer career, Johnstone has allowed 285 goals and has accounted for 694 stops in 243 starts.

Who will win tonight's EPL game against the spread?

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Newcastle United (+120)

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