Newcastle United returns to the campaign on Wednesday evening when they organize Brentford in the Premier League.
The Magpies ended their 70-year waiting time before the international March period for a big cutlery when they defeated Liverpool in the Carabao Cup final in the Wembley Stadium with 2: 1, which means that they can now concentrate their attention to securing the Champions League football for the next season. Newcastle is only two points behind Chelsea on the fourth and knows that the fifth could even be enough to qualify for the first European competition in 2025/26.
Brentford is still looking for a description of European football itself, but will cut out your work to secure the continental qualification. After three wins and a draw from their previous four outings, the bees are in relatively encouraging form, including their 2: 1 comeback against Bournemouth in front of the international players.
Here is 90 minutes Guide for the collision in St. James’ Park.
Newcastle against Brentford head-to-head record (last five games)
Current form (all competitions)
Newcastle | Brentford |
|---|---|
Liverpool 1-2 Newcastle – 16/03/25 | Bournemouth 1-2 Brentford – 15/03/25 |
West Ham 0-1 Newcastle – 10/03/25 | Brentford 0-1 Aston Villa – 08/03/25 |
Newcastle 1-2 Brighton – 02/03/25 | Brentford 1-1 Everton – 26/02/25 |
Liverpool 2-0 Newcastle – 26/02/25 | Leicester 0-4 Brentford – 21/02/25 |
Newcastle 4-3 Nottingham Forest – 23/03/25 | West Ham 0-1 Brentford – 15/02/25 |
country | TV channel/live stream |
|---|---|
United Kingdom | BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra (only audio) |
United States | peacock |
Canada | Fubotv Canada |
Newcastle will be again without Anthony Gordon because he is injured and the final match serves his suspension, while Sven Botman, Lewis Hall and Jamaal Lascelles are not available due to fitness problems in the backline of the magpies.
Alexander Isak will lead the line to expand his 19-year-old Premier League record for the season, while Harvey Barnes will be the man who is commissioned to replace Gordon in the left flank. The usual midfield trio by Joelinton, Bruno Guimaraes and Sandro Tonali will perform, while Kieran Trippier and Dan Burn will continue in defense fighting.
Newcastle predicted the line-up against Brentford (4-3-3): Pope; Trippier, crowd, burn, livramento; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Isak, Barnes.
Brentford welcomed three long -term absentee to the international break, with Gustavo Nunes, Aaron Hickey and Rico Henry earning the club’s U21 every minute. All three could be part of the Matchday squad on Wednesday.
Mikkel Damsgaard missed the international break with Denmark through illness and is a doubt about Newcastle, while loan player Michael Kayode has been able to return from an injury in the past few weeks.
Igor Thiago, Joshua Dasilva and Fabio Carvalho are all.
Brentford predicted the line-up against Newcastle (4-3-3): Flekken; Ajer, Collins, Pinnock, Lewis-Potter; Yarmolyuk, Norgaard, Janelt; Mbumo, Wissa, a shame.
The recent meetings between the pages have achieved a wealth of goals, with 16 of them in the last three battles 16 of them. At the beginning of this season, the bees secured a rare victory over the magpies in the league, but were beaten in the Carabao Cup in St. James’ Park, with Little expected the teams on Wednesday.
After Brentford fought on her travels at the beginning of the season, he turned the corner and now won her last five away from home. You will be confident that you will drive north, but will be greeted by a loud audience of St. James, which is still humming from the Carabao Cup Ruhm.
Brentford will want to bring Newcastle back on earth, but would like to accept a draw against her opponents of Tyneside.