Newcastle United vs Huddersfield Town Predictions & Betting Tips, Match Previews

Newcastle have had 8 days to mull over their surprise loss at Fulham in their opening Championship game of the new season. They weren’t involved in the League Cup unlike almost everyone else in the division but in someways might not have minded another game to give some of their new signings some time to gel in a competitive environment. There were a few signs of that happening at Craven Cottage but they struggled to break down a well-organised Fulham defence. They will want to lay down a real marker here in their first home game and nothing short of 3 points will suffice.

Huddersfield can come here without much pressure on them following their opening day win. That came courtesy of debutant Kasey Palmer’s goal 10 minutes from time against Brentford which landed them a 2-1 win and it built on some solid pre-season showings. Like Rafa Benitez, David Wagner has been very active in the transfer market so he’d have been delighted that some of his new signings made an instant impact. They were less impressive in midweek though going down 2-1 at Shrewsbury in the League Cup with a fairly similar eleven out.

At St James’ Park, Newcastle shouldn’t be dropping many points this season but it’s important they start well to emphasise on opponents that this is going to be a fortress rather than just a nice stadium that might inspire opposing teams. We are likely to see more tempo in the Newcastle play here and they’ve had a week longer together to try and put a few things right. Huddersfield are a side that likes to play football but that could just work in the home team’s favour as if it does develop into an open game, Newcastle have much more quality in their ranks and should be able to put at least two goals between themselves and their opponents.

Therefore backing Newcastle -1.0 Asian Handicap at 2.075 looks to offer real value here.