On the 19th of February, West Ham United will host Newcastle United at London Stadium in a Premier League match. The game day is forecasted to be a windy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 5th placed West Ham United, recorded a 2-2 draw against Leicester City. Jarrod Bowen struck first for West Ham United in the 10th minute on a feed from Issa Diop, but Youri Tielemans got the equalizer for Leicester City in the 45th minute . West Ham United is looking for direction having 4 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Newcastle United recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Aston Villa. Kieran Trippier struck first for Newcastle United in the 35th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Aston Villa couldn’t manage to score, and Newcastle United took the shutout win. Newcastle United is looking for direction having 4 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
West Ham United and Newcastle United last played eachother at the St. James’ Park on the 15th of August. West Ham United took the match by a score of 4 to 2 in front of almost 51000 spectators. Callum Wilson scored the first goal for Newcastle United in the 5th minute, then Aaron Cresswell tied it up for West Ham United in the 18th minute on a feed from Pablo Fornals But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback victory in the 63rd minute on a goal by Tomáš Souček.
Newcastle United’s top weapon lately has been Kieran Trippier, who has two goals in the last five matches. West Ham United is glad to have Jarrod Bowen in top form. In the last 5 matches the attacker has scored four goals
West Ham United will be without Angelo Ogbonna, Manuel Lanzini, Łukasz Fabiański and Arthur Masuaku, while Newcastle United will be without Matt Ritchie, Federico Fernández, Callum Wilson, Kieran Trippier, Jamal Lewis and Paul Dummett.