West Ham face a long night on Tyneside if they don’t take goals to Newcastle and will face a long winter with one eye on the Premier League relegation zone unless they start bucking up their ideas away from the East End.

Newcastle is in good form and takes on an underachieving West Ham team whose head coach is on thin ice this Monday. Back the home favorite without hesitation.

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As you can see, my take on it is, that it’s very difficult to see Eddie Howe making any changes at all for this West Ham match, apart from the enforced one for Dan Burn. Which w

The Hammers go to Newcastle on Monday night. Lopetegui said, "We are ready for high demands. "In my opinion Newcastle are one of the most complex teams in the league. They have a lot of technical, physical and tactical quality. We have to be aware of that and be ready to compete, and that is what we are all working on.

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Edson Alvarez will return from suspension, and he will likely go straight back in the team, joining Tomas Soucek and Lucas Paqueta in the central roles. Paqueta has been far from his best this campaign, but the Spanish boss continues to pick him in his team.

West Ham will once again be without Niclas Fullkrug for their Premier League clash with Newcastle on Monday night. Hammers boss Julen Lopetegui is reportedly under mounting pressure after a dreadful start to the season,