Manchester United 4/5 Favourites to Beat Newcastle United

Manchester United 4/5 Favourites to Beat Newcastle United

Manchester United 4/5 Favourites to Beat Newcastle United

📅11 January 2016, 11:00

This Tuesday, 12th January, Newcastle United and Manchester United will play their twenty-first game of the Premier League season at St. James’ Park.

The teams last played in August last year and the game ended in a goalless draw. Before that they played in March and Manchester United won the game 0 – 1. Manchester United has won three out of the last five encounters while the last time that Newcastle beat Manchester United was in December 2013.

It looks as if Manchester United is set to extend their record as they are favourites to win the match; the bookmakers at Winner Sports have given the team odds of 4/5 to win while the odds on Newcastle United are 7/2 and a draw has been set at 51/20. In the correct score market the shortest odds of 21/4 are a 1 – 0 victory for Manchester United followed by 11/2 on a 1 – 1 draw.

Newcastle United is currently eighteenth in the Premier League with 17 points having won 4 games, drawn 5 and lost 11. They are two points below Swansea City.

Manchester United is fifth in the league with 33 points having won 9 games, drawn 6 and lost 5. They are three points below Tottenham Hotspur.