Week 12 features a match on Saturday Nov 20th, where Newcastle United will host Brentford at St. James’ Park in a meeting of these two closely matched Premier League teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 7 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Newcastle United is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Brighton & Hove Albion. Leandro Trossard scored the first goal for Brighton & Hove Albion in the 24th minute on a penalty kick, then in the 66th minute, Ciaran Clark sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Isaac Hayden earning Newcastle United at least a draw. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while 14th placed Brentford is fresh off their 1-2 loss against Norwich City. Mathias Normann scored the first goal for Norwich City in the 6th minute, then Teemu Pukki added another in the 29th minute on a penalty kick. Brentford looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo are the top scorers for Brentford in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Callum Wilson has been the most prolific scorer on Newcastle United in his last five matches with 2 goals
Eddie Howe’s squad will be without Paul Dummett and Elliott Anderson, while Thomas Frank’s squad will be without Kristoffer Ajer, Shandon Baptiste, Joshua Da Silva, Mads Bech Sørensen, David Raya and Yoane Wissa.