In their final game of 2023, West Ham United went to the Emirates Stadium and emerged with a 2-0 victory over an Arsenal side boasting Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard. Fast forward 11 months and the Hammers head to St James' Park to face Newcastle United on Monday having won away from home just three times since.

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Chris Sutton, Paul Merson, Joe Cole and Mark Lawrenson have made their predictions for the Magpies' home game against the London side.

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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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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 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.

For West Ham United’s visit to St James’ Park on Monday night, Eddie Howe is set to name a back four that hasn’t yet started together.