Everton vs Newcastle United Prediction, 1/30/2021 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 1/28/2021

Game: Everton vs Newcastle United

Date: Saturday, January 30, 2021

Location: Goodison Park in Liverpool, England

TV: NBCSN

Odds/Point Spread: Everton (-250) Newcastle United (+600)

Callum Wilson and Newcastle United (5-4-11, 16th in the EPL) are headed to Goodison Park on Saturday where they'll meet Everton (10-3-5, 7th in the EPL). The goalkeepers protecting the net will be Jordan Pickford for Everton and Karl Darlow for Newcastle United. Everton are at -250 while the Magpies are at +600. The over/under is set at 2.5.

Everton stepped onto the pitch against Leicester City in their most recent match and walked away with a draw with a final of 1-1. In the passing game, they earned a 75.2% passes received rate by completing 248 out of their 330 passing targets in their last game. Everton attempted 16 dribbles in this game and were successful in 8 of those attempts for a percentage of 50.0%. Concerning shot accuracy, Everton walked away from the pitch at a 25.0% rate by landing 2 shots on target out of 8 total shots. Everton sports an average of 1.56 goals per 90 (28 goals in total) and have accounted for 19 assists in all competitions for the season.

Gylfi Sigurdsson is a player who should impact this matchup for Everton. Sigurdsson has been in the starting lineup in 314 matchups thus far in his career and he accounts for 0.30 G/90. The forward hailing from Iceland has earned 94 goals scored in 28,432 professional minutes played. He has totaled 58 assists while accumulating 26 yellow card warnings during his career. Another player who could decide the outcome is James Rodriguez, the forward hailing from Colombia. He has assisted a teammate on a goal 84 times in his pro soccer career and he has scored 81 goals. Rodriguez has been on the pitch for 16,366 mins in 187 starts and has been handed a total of 22 yellow card warnings. He currently averages 0.45 goals per 90 minutes during his soccer career.

The man defending the goal for Everton is Jordan Pickford. Pickford (88-73-114 mark in his professional soccer career) has 75 clean sheets, which has earned him a 27.1% clean sheet rate. The goalkeeper from England has seen 1,183 shots tried against him in 277 career starting assignments. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.38 (381 total goals allowed) and he has a save percentage of .687. Pickford has defended the goal for 24,792 mins and has earned 815 saves during his soccer career.

When they last played, Newcastle United walked away from this one with a loss by a score of 2-1 against Leeds United. Newcastle United ended the game with a 65.2% successful dribble percentage by completing 15 of the 23 dribbles they attempted. They finished this game by completing 240 out of their 326 passing tries earning a percentage of 73.6%. Newcastle United had 5 shots attempted out of the team's 22 shots attempted which had them at a 22.7% rate when they last stepped onto the pitch. Having earned a total of 18 goals and 11 assists in all their contests, Newcastle United has an average of 0.90 goals and 0.55 assists per 90 minutes.

Callum Wilson should provide a spark for Newcastle United. The forward born in England has 20,382 professional minutes while scoring 93 goals. He has accumulated 34 yellow card warnings in his pro soccer career and has assisted on a goal 30 times. He is currently averaging 0.41 goals per 90 mins and has been in the starting lineup in 231 contests during his career. Be sure to keep an eye out for Miguel Almiron, the forward who represents Paraguay. Almiron has been handed a total of 14 yellow cards in 12,232 mins (138 career starts). His goals per 90 average in his career is 0.21. He has earned 29 goals in his career while assisting a teammate on a goal 26 different times.

Karl Darlow will reside in front of the net for Newcastle United. So far in his career, Darlow has conceded 252 goals and has accumulated 449 stops in 195 starting assignments. He has allowed 1.29 goals per 90 mins while he holds a mark of 75-57-61. He has earned a save % of .648 and his clean sheet rate sits at 28.7%. Darlow has 56 clean sheets while defending 694 shots against him in 17,567 career mins.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Everton (-250)

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