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Newcastle United vs Wolverhampton Prediction, 2/27/2021 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Guy Bruhn - 2/24/2021

Leander Dendoncker Wolverhampton Wanderers

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Game: Newcastle United vs Wolverhampton

Date: Saturday, February 27, 2021

Location: St. James' Park in Tyne, England

TV: Peacock Premium

Odds/Point Spread: Newcastle United (+235) Wolverhampton (+130)

Miguel Almiron and Newcastle United (7-4-14, 17th in the EPL) host Wolverhampton (9-6-10, 11th in the EPL) at St. James' Park on Saturday. The starting goalies will be Karl Darlow for Newcastle United and Rui Patricio for Wolverhampton. Newcastle United are at +235 while the Wolves are at +130. The O/U is set at 2.5.

Newcastle United faced off with Manchester United in their last game and took a loss by a final of 3-1. Newcastle United tried 10 dribbles in this contest and successfully completed 6 of those attempts for a rate of 60.0%. In the passing game, they finished this match with a 69.9% received passes rate by converting 193 of the 276 pass attempts in their last outing. In relation to shooting accuracy, Newcastle United wrapped this game up at a 60.0% rate by putting 6 shots on target of 10 total shots. Newcastle United has an average of 1.00 goal per 90 (25 goals in total) and have tallied 16 assists in all contests for the season.

Miguel Almiron is a guy who should be able to impact this match for Newcastle United. He has totaled 26 assists while accumulating 14 yellow card warnings in his career. Almiron has been given a starting assignment in 143 matches so far in his career and has 0.22 G/90. The forward representing Paraguay has 31 goals scored in 12,670 professional minutes. Someone else who should impact this game is Joelinton, the forward who is from Brazil. He has helped a teammate on a goal 17 times during his career while scoring 28 total goals. Joelinton has totaled 10,961 mins in 124 starting assignments and has been given a total of 31 yellow cards. He currently averages 0.23 goals per 90 mins thus far in his career.

The man protecting the net for Newcastle United will be Karl Darlow. Darlow has seen the pitch for 18,017 mins and has 463 stops so far in his career. His goals against per 90 mins is 1.3 (261 total goals surrendered) and he holds a save % of 64.8. The goalie hailing from England has seen 716 shots tried against him in 200 career starts. Darlow (77-57-64 record during his career) has accumulated 57 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 28.5% clean sheet rate.

The last time they took the pitch, Wolverhampton went home victorious with a score of 1-0 against Leeds United. They finished this game by connecting on 258 of the 326 passing attempts earning a percentage of 79.1%. Wolverhampton earned a 50.0% successful dribble rate by completing 3 of the 6 dribbles they tried. Wolverhampton had 5 shots attempted out of the team's 16 shots attempted which had them sitting at a 31.3% clip in their last game. With a total of 24 goals and 13 assists in all their matches, Wolverhampton sports an average of 0.96 goals and 0.52 assists per 90 minutes.

Romain Saiss will be someone to watch for Wolverhampton. The defender from France has accumulated 22,443 professional minutes and has scored 17 goals. He has earned 77 yellow cards during his soccer career and has assisted a teammate on a goal 6 times. He scores 0.07 goals per 90 and has been in the starting lineup in 250 games so far in his pro soccer career. Make sure to keep an eye out for Pedro Neto, the forward representing Portugal. He has tallied 9 goals so far in his career while assisting on a goal 7 times. Neto has been given 6 yellow cards in 3,022 mins (32 career starting assignments). His G/90 average in his career is 0.27.

Rui Patricio will be residing in front of the net for Wolverhampton. Thus far in his career, Patricio has surrendered 397 goals and has tallied 1,097 stops in 427 starts. He has conceded 0.93 goals per 90 mins while he holds a mark of 231-104-91. He holds a save percentage of 74.5 and his shutout rate is 38.2%. Patricio has 163 shutouts while seeing 1,481 shots tried against him in 38,365 minutes throughout his career.

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

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Newcastle United (+235)

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