West Ham vs Newcastle Premier League Match Preview or Key Statistics ✅
✅West Ham have scored two or more goals in each of their last five Premier League games against Newcastle United; only versus Blackburn Rovers in March 2007 have they had a longer such scoring run against a team in the competition (7 games).
✅Newcastle United have won nine Premier League away games against West Ham United- only versus Tottenham Hotspur (10) have they picked up more wins on the road in the competition.
✅Newcastle United have lost 11 Premier League games on MD1, only opponents West Ham United have lost more such matches in the competition's history (13) West Ham have lost their opening league match of the season in the last four seasons, shipping at least four goals in each of the last three.
✅The last top-flight team to lose their opening league match in five consecutive seasons was Wimbledon between 1986-87 and 1990-91.
✅Newcastle have lost their first league match of the season in six of the last seven campaigns, drawing the other. Their last opening day win was back in 2012-13, when they beat Spurs at St. James' Park.
✅Newcastle have lost 79 away Premier League matches in London, more than any other side, while manager Steve Bruce has won just 17% of his away games in the capital in the top-flight (P59 W10 D14 L35).
✅West Ham dropped 26 points from winning positions in the 2019-20 Premier League, more than any other side. It was also the highest such tally recorded by the Hammers in a single Premier League campaign.
✅Between them, West Ham manager David Moyes (8) and Newcastle boss Steve Bruce (5) have lost more Premier League games on MD1 (13) than the other 18 current managers in the competition combined (11).
✅West Ham's Michail Antonio ended last season with eight goals in his last seven Premier League appearances - his tally of eight goals in July 2020 is bettered only by Luis Suárez in December 2013 (10 goals) in a single calendar month in Premier League history.
✅Newcastle's Jonjo Shelvey has scored three Premier League goals against West Ham, netting home and away against them for the Magpies last season-against no side has he scored more top-flight goals (also 3 vs Fulham).
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