Manchester United vs Newcastle prediction: Isak to set Magpies on their way to victory
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Read our free football betting tips ahead of Monday’s Premier League clash at Old Trafford. Manchester United host Newcastle at Old Trafford in the Premier League this evening with the home side in danger of ending a disappointing year on a down note (8pm, Sky Sports).
United are desperate for a win after a torrid start under new manager Ruben Amorim, who suffered his fourth league defeat on Boxing Day after as his side capitulated at Wolves. This sort of collapse is becoming a worrying theme at United in recent weeks after similar happenings against Spurs and Bournemouth, and it doesn’t get any easier as they come up against a Newcastle side who have surged up the table in recent weeks.
Wins in their last three matches have propelled the Magpies up into fifth in the league, and Eddie Howe’s side remain firmly in the hunt for Champions League football. While it certainly doesn’t look like the Red Devils will be a rival for the top four at the moment, three points at Old Trafford would be another excellent result for a Newcastle side who have already taken points off Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City this season.
And the Magpies are favoured to get a result at the Theatre of Dreams, with an away win priced at around 6/4 on betting sites, and United offered at 9/5 to get the win. Even the most pessimistic of United fans could not have seen such a disastrous start to Ruben Amorim’s tenure, and though there was brief optimism after the win in the Manchester derby, the last two results have shown that the Portuguese has a mammoth task on his hands.
