Stoke the Bookmakers favourites to beat Newcastle in Relegation Battle

Stoke City are the odds of 6/4 with Bet365 to beat Newcastle United in Saturday’s crucial Premiership relegation battle.  A game in which three points for the home side would all but secure their Premier League status for another year and plunge Newcastle into deeper relegation trouble. 

After appointing Alan Shearer as temporary manager until the end of the season last week, a wave of optimism swept St James Park but a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Chelsea soon brought the Geordies back to earth and Saturday’s visit  to the Britannia Stadium is a must win game if the Magpies are to give themselves a fighting chance of survival and the odds are currently stacked against them, with bookmaker Ladbrokes offering just 8/11 that Newcastle will be plying their trade in The Chapionship next season. The away win on Saturday can be backed at best odds of 21/10 with Stan James.

The stats for this game do favour a home win with The Potters unbeaten at home in 2009 and currently on a run of just one defeat in their last six games. Newcastle in comparison have won just once in 2009, that coming agaisnt bottom side West Brom, something that new boss Shearer will have to rectify very quickly if they are to stay up.

This is sure to be a tense encounter and the bet which makes most appeal is a Stoke City win 1-0 at 7/1 with Stan James.

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