As Christmas approaches, the Premier League is back in action. On Tuesday night, Newcastle welcomes the challenge of Nottingham Forest on the "Gift Opening Day". This season, Newcastle is plagued with injuries and declining performance, not only the UEFA Europa League and EFL Cup have been exited, but also the morale has been seriously hit. With the intensive schedule and low morale, the team may not be able to find their form quickly, so a half-time draw may be worth looking forward to. (Now 621 Tuesday 8:30pm)
Under the pressure of a disorganized squad and multiple fronts, Newcastle's recent performances have collapsed across the board, with five defeats in their last six matches, including bottoming out of the UEFA Europa League group stage and a penalty shootout loss in the EFL Cup. The players' form is a concern after a 0-1 defeat away to Luton in the last league match. With Zulunton, Nick Purby, Zulwelock and other key players remaining sidelined, the team is expected to play solid defense in this match, trying to avoid a setback in confidence.
The situation of Nottingham Forest is not much better, the leader of the team, Guba was fired not long ago, and the Portuguese manager, Nuno, was appointed as the new manager. However, the team's decline has not been curbed, and they lost 2-3 to Gonemouth at home in the last round. Newcastle is good at defense, and is expected to make sure they don't concede a goal in the first half of this away game. In addition, Newcastle's recent slow pace of play, the last four league home halves were drawn with their opponents, this half-time draw may become the norm.
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Tuesday 20:30 EPL Newcastle vs Nottingham Forest
Tue 23:00 EPL Forest vs Fulham
Tue 23:00 EPL Southend United vs Luton
Wednesday 01:30 EPL Generali vs Liverpool
