Our prediction for this FA Cup match:
Blackburn Rovers
Match Time & Date:
15/01/2019
02:45 PM
Prediction: 2-1
Newcastle United
Ewood Park will host FA Cup replay between Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. The Riversiders produced a splendid display in a 1-1 draw with the Magpies at St. James’ Park, which is surely giving fans a reason for optimism ahead of Tuesday’s football game. Newcastle United are having yet another season to forget and seeing that the team’s main goal is to secure the Premier League survival, we do not believe that there is a big value in betting on the visitors. Rafa Benitez’s troops failed to impress in the St. James’ Park clash and we do not believe that they are capable of spoiling Blackburn’s party at Ewood Park. The Riversiders did well to beat Millwall at the Den in their last league fixture, meaning that they are brimming with confidence ahead of the visit of the struggling Premier League side.
Highlighted Player (Jack Rodwell):
Once an exciting midfielder talent who left his boyhood club Everton for Manchester City in 2012, Jack Rodwell has been attracting plenty of criticism over the past couple of years due to the lack of playing time and refusal to leave the Etihad, despite being on the margins with Citizens.
Rodwell joined Everton’s academy when he was eight and soared through the ranks to emerge as one of the key players for the Merseyside club during his five-year stay with the Toffees. A talked-about £15 million move to City turned into a largely disappointing two-year stint with the Citizens, before Rodwell moved to Sunderland.
Having largely struggled to replicate his flying form from his time at Everton, Rodwell signed for the Championship club Blackburn Rovers in 2018 for the remainder of the season, in a bid to get his career back on track. Rodwell represented England through all youth ranks up to the senior side, for which he only managed three caps.
Highlighted Team (Newcastle United):
Newcastle United failed to impress in the 2015/2016 Premier League campaign and, as a result, they dropped to the English second tier. The Magpies will host their rivals at their St. James’ Park in the 2016/2017 Championship campaign and it has to be noted that the capacity of the stadium is 52,354.
Newcastle United have won four domestic trophies (1904/1905, 1906/1907, 1908/1909, 1926/1927), while lifting six FA Cup titles (1910, 1924, 1932, 1951, 1952, 1955) and a number of star players were part of the St. James’ Park outfit in the past.
David Ginola, Michael Owen, Alan Shearer, Les Ferdinand, Nolberto Solano, Gary Speed, Obafemi Martins and Kevin Nolan are notable footballers who are still remembered at the club. Newcastle’s fiercest rivals are Sunderland and there have always been fireworks when the two local rivals face each other in the Tyne-Wear derby. The color of Newcastle’s home kit is black and white.
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