Wolves vs Newcastle Pre-Match Report

Newcastle head down to the Midlands this Saturday to play Wolves at The Molineaux, with The Magpies looking to continue there unbeaten run and stretch it to 7 PL games, where they currently sit in a healthy 4th in the table.

The last four matches between the teams, three of those have been 1-1, with Newcastle beating Wolves 4-1 at St. James' Park back in April.

In-form strike duo Leon Best and Dema Ba will be looking to continue their goal scoring for Newcastle this weekend.

Davide Santon played the full 90 minutes for Newcastle Reserves on Tuesday night beating Swansea Reserves 5-3 and has stated his desire to break into the First Team. The Italian will be included in the squad. Shola Ameobi, Alan Smith and Mike Williamson are out injured.

Alan Pardew will be looking to keep the same team together that beat Blackburn 3-1.

I am feeling extremely positive about this next match!
Can't stand Big Nose McCarthy so will be hoping for a convincing win :-)

(Unbeaten in 11 games actually if you count the last three of last season)

Its quite extraordinary that no team competitively has broken us down since the beginning of May, that said there's been nervy times when we're either a goal up or all square but thats just ordinary for Toon fans. Despite that, its slowly starting to come together in terms of results and I don't think any fan would've said by the end of September that we would be 4th and also maintaining it.

Given the form we've built up, it should be plain sailing at Molineux on Saturday by winning...however I think we need to air on the side of caution a bit and not take it for granted. As long as Pardew keeps the same XI that beat Blackburn at home last Saturday and stick to a similar style of attacking football that kept Rovers at bay, then the win is more likely. If Santon is in the 16 for the trip to Wolves (I doubt he'll start) then I would happily give him 15-20 minutes to slowly blend into the team.

Wolves are a stickler for picking up big wins against the big sides, especially against the current top 3 during last season (beat Man Utd 2-1, beat Man City 2-1 and beat Chelsea 1-0) However the form at Molineux this season has been poor, their last two home results were contrasting defeats, a predictable 2-0 defeat to Spurs but perhaps a shock was the 3-0 mauling by QPR. On that basis, Toon should be capable of going there and taking all 3 points.

Given them facts I think Toon should go there and win 1-0 or 2-1.

I love your in depth analysis there.
I look forward to reading more posts from you in the near future!!

told you Simon that it was a good idea in you joining up