Burnley vs Newcastle Predictions

• Burnley are the joint-lowest home scorers in the Premier League this season
• Only seven of Newcastle’s 23 league goals this season have come on their travels
• Newcastle have won their last seven Premier League meetings with Burnley

Turf Moor tussle unlikely to be classic

Burnley are winless in their last nine matches and scoring goals is becoming a problem for Scott Parker’s side, particularly on their own patch at Turf Moor, as they have netted the joint-fewest home goals in the division, with their tally of seven only being matched by rock-bottom Wolves.

Saturday’s goalless draw with Everton, a match that saw the Clarets fail to register a single shot on target, highlighted their struggles in front of goal, but Tuesday’s visitors Newcastle are hardly in form either.

The Magpies are a Jekyll and Hyde team this season, picking up plenty of points on home soil but struggling on their travels, as they have won just once in nine top-flight away matches.

Eddie Howe has seen his side draw a blank in back-to-back road games at Manchester United and fierce rivals Sunderland, with only seven of their 23 league goals coming away from their St James’ Park home.

Magpies may edge tight contest

All the signs are that this could be low scoring, but Newcastle’s impressive recent record against Burnley suggests they may have just about enough to come out on top.

The Tynesiders have won each of their last seven league meetings with Tuesday’s hosts, including a 2-1 success when the pair locked horns at St James’ Park earlier this month.

Burnley’s only two previous Premier League victories over Newcastle have both been at Turf Moor and both by a 1-0 scoreline, but it could be the visitors celebrating a victory by a solitary goal come Tuesday’s final whistle.

Woltemade could prove the matchwinner

If one goal is enough to win this game for Newcastle, then seven-goal leading scorer Nick Woltemade could be the man to get it.

German international Woltemade is enjoying an impressive first season with the Magpies, and he showcased his ability to bounce back by netting a brace in the recent draw with Chelsea off the back of his unfortunate own goal in the derby defeat to Sunderland.

Woltemade scored in Newcastle’s only away league win of the season to date at Everton last month and he can repeat that trick on this latest trip to the north west.