Newcastle has been going up each week lately. The huge investment in the winter transfer window has worked out pretty well. They have not lost a single game in Premier League this year. Lately they won teams like Brighton, Brentford and Everton. We have to admit that Newcastle last year and this year are two totally opposite teams and it would be not serious to talk about last year results. So I would like to touch only about their performance this year. They have conceded only 5 goals this year in Premier League, their defense and their game organization is definitely their biggest strength.

I also like the fact how Newcastle is building their team. It's not like a lot new teams where rich guys buy them and just then add huge names on the team, they are building team very disciplined form the defence. They have added good players on their middlefield and defence, some of them are even young players who will rise together with team but I have that feeleing that we will see this team in 2-3 years as one of the top teams.

I have to admit that also Southampton is playing very good this season but last match opened some doubts for me. Even they had the ball possession against Aston Villa, they lost 4-0. They looked very disorganized and could not find their way for good chances in offensive line. They had just one shot on goal. They still miss Lyanco and McCarthy who are injured for a quite a long time already. The current squad needs some freshness. If they continue to play like they played against Aston Villa, I dont see them winning this match. It will be extremely hard to score against Newcastle. One more thing, for such a teams as Southampton it is very important to have an early goal so they can keep playing in their style. I think they will not manage it today and it will put just useless pressure on the team.

Odds are down since opening (opening was 2.20 on this selection in december), but went more down around week ago. So we will follow again too that, but of course it's not the reason why I am taking it tonight.

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纽卡斯尔最近每周都在上升。在冬季转会窗口的巨大投资已经取得了很好的效果。他们今年在英超联赛中没有输过一场比赛。最近他们赢得了像布莱顿，布伦特福德和埃弗顿这样的球队。我们必须承认纽卡斯尔去年和今年是两支完全相反的球队，谈论去年的结果是不严肃的。因此，我只想谈谈他们今年的表现。他们今年在英超只丢了5个球，他们的防守和比赛组织绝对是他们最大的优势。

我也很喜欢纽卡斯尔的球队建设。不像很多新球队那样，有钱人买下他们，然后再加上一些大牌球员，他们正在打造一支防守非常有纪律的球队。他们在中场和后防线上增加了优秀的球员，其中一些甚至是年轻球员，他们会和球队一起成长，但我有一种感觉，我们会在2-3年内看到这支球队成为顶级球队之一。

我必须承认南安普敦这个赛季也打得很好，但是上一场比赛给我带来了一些疑问。即使他们在对阿斯顿维拉的比赛中控球，他们还是以0 - 4输了。他们看起来组织混乱，在进攻线上找不到好机会。他们只有一次射正球门。他们仍然想念已经受伤很长一段时间的里昂科和麦卡锡。现在的球队需要一些新鲜的东西。如果他们继续像对阵阿斯顿维拉时那样打，我不认为他们会赢得这场比赛。在对纽卡斯尔的比赛中，我们很难进球。还有一件事，对于像南安普敦这样的球队来说，尽早进球是非常重要的，这样他们才能保持他们的风格。我认为他们今天无法做到这一点，这只会给球队带来无用的压力。

自开赛以来，赔率有所下降(去年12月的开赛赔率为2.20)。