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.

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.

What are West Ham under Julen Lopetegui? It looks like David Moyes football without the swashbuckling counter-attack style that led the club to some special places under his watch. Lopetegui's appointment is turning into one of the big mistakes of the summer.

Looking at the Newcastle team v West Ham. Eddie Howe and his players are hoping to build on their last three matches, that cup win over Chelsea and then Premier League victories over Arsenal and Forest.