Love To Toon In

Newcastle are playing a lot better than four 1-0 defeats in a row suggests whereas Manchester United are playing as badly as everybody suggests!

The Magpies outshot Watford 8-5 in the FA Cup and perhaps more significantly had an equal number of shots to Arsenal (15) at the Emirates but twice as many on target (6) in their last league outing.

Steve McClaren may be facing criticism but he actually has a point when he says his team have been unlucky.

Arguably the Red Devils have ridden their luck on many occasions this season and fortunes are due a change at St James’s Park. The hosts are value at 4/1, but a 1-0 Newcastle win at 13/1 looks even better considering the recent trends for both sides.

Let’s not forget that the Toon often save their best for the telly - this one is on BT - and for the biggest clubs having beaten Spurs and Liverpool in December.