Newcastle lost this exact fixture 2-0 last season but haven’t lost consecutive home league games against West Ham since February/October 1998.
West Ham are looking to complete just their third Premier League double over Newcastle, after 1998-99 and 2018-19.
Newcastle have kept just one clean sheet in their last 14 Premier League games, a 1-0 win at Chelsea back in March.
Newcastle have dropped more points from winning positions than any other side in the Premier League this season (27), while also gaining fewer points from behind than anyone else (3).
West Ham have lost 3-0 against Brentford and 1-0 against Arsenal in their last two Premier League games. They last lost three in a row without scoring in February 2024.
Newcastle have conceded a league-high 20 goals in the final 15 minutes of Premier League games this season. The only side to concede more and not be relegated in a single campaign are Crystal Palace in 2023-24 (23).
West Ham have failed to score in each of their last three away league games. They last went four without a goal in April/May 2015, the fourth game of which was at Newcastle in their final away game of the season.
Callum Wilson scored twice for West Ham against Bournemouth in November earlier this season. Only two players have scored 2+ goals in a match against two different former sides in a Premier League campaign – Chris Wood in 2023-24 (vs Burnley and Newcastle) and Nicolas Anelka in 2006-07 (vs Arsenal and Man City).
West Ham’s Tomás Soucek has scored more Premier League goals against Newcastle than he has vs any other opponent (5). He’s one goal or assist away from being only the second Czech player to register 50 goal involvements in the Premier League (41 goals, 8 assists) after Patrik Berger (38 goals, 31 assists).
Harvey Barnes has been involved in 21 goals in all competitions for Newcastle this season (16 goals, 5 assists), second only to Anthony Gordon. It’s his most goals scored in a season in his career in English football, while only in 2021-22 with Leicester has he been involved in more (24 – 11 goals, 13 assists).
