Brentford vs. Newcastle United 2/26/22 Premier League Soccer Picks, Predictions, Odds

Brentford and Newcastle United face off on Saturday in an English Premier League showdown at Brentford Community Stadium. When these two teams faced off in November of 2021 the two teams played to a 3-3 draw. 

Brentford currently sits in 14th place in the standings having picked up 24 points. Brentford has struggled coming into this game losing six of their last seven games in the Premier League. The only other game was a 0-0 draw against Crystal Palace. In the last game against Arsenal, Brentford gave up two goals, and that led to the defeat. Over the last three games, Brentford has scored only one goal total, and they need to find a way to get the offense going. Brentford has scored 27 goals total while their defense has given up 42 goals total. Ivan Toney has been the top player for Brentford scoring six goals and adding two assists. There have been seven players who have scored at least two goals. 

On the other side of this matchup is Newcastle United who sits in 17th place in the standings having picked up 22 points. Newcastle has picked up at least one point in each of their last five games. In the last game against West Ham they fell behind, but it was a goal by Joe Willock right before half that allowed them to pick up a point. Newcastle has scored 26 goals total while their defense has given up 45 goals. Callum Wilson has been the top player for Newcastle scoring six goals. Allan Saint-Maximin has also been good, scoring five goals and adding three assists. 

This isn’t my favorite play on the board, but there is some value with Newcastle United with a draw as a no bet. Newcastle has picked up at least a point in each of the last five games, and worst case scenario they play to a draw here. I expect Brentford is going to struggle to score, and Newcastle will win with a draw as a no bet.