Newcastle - Fulham England - Premier Prediction

Newcastle - Fulham
16.05 16:00
The Premier League season is coming to its end and the battle for survival is still full of many twists as Newcastle finally managed to record their first win under Alan Shearer against Middlesbrough. A win couldn’t come at a better moment as the Magpies managed to get out of the relegation zone thanks to a better goal difference than Hull. Shearer will surely get praised a lot since two players he subbed in during the 2nd half, Obafemi Martins and Peter Lovenkrands scored vital goals. A win over their big relegation rivals was the first for Newcastle in the previous 18 rounds. Hull will play Manchester United in the last round, so a potential win over Fulham would practically secure their Premier league status. Shearer has no new injury concerns so it’s expected that the match is started by the same 11 players who played against Middlesbrough. Obafemi Martins is still having groin problems, but is likely to start the game off the bench. Alan Smith can also be on the bench, but Jose Enrique definitely won’t play due to a knee injury while Joey Barton is still suspended due to a red card he got against Liverpool.
They want the 7th spot
Fulham are one of the pleasant surprises this season since they were in the relegation zone one round before the end of the last season. A year later, they’re at the 7th spot in the Premiership and at the place that will give them a Europa League spot next year which is fantastic achievement for the team from Craven Cottage. That, however, shouldn’t be that shocking. Fulham got a very experienced manager in Roy Hodgson, who coach the best European teams including Inter Milan. Hodgson used his knowledge and contacts in order to get as good players as possible to Craven Cottage, and out of all of them Brede Hangeland was surely the biggest hit this season. This season still isn’t over for Hodgson and Fulham as they can’t relax since the potential loss to Newcastle would allow one of their followers in the standings (Tottenham, West Ham or Manchester City) to take over that 7th spot which Fulham deserved in this very successful season for them. Simon Davies will be out due to ankle injury. Diomansy Kamara has returned to the squad and scored two goals against Aston Villa and it’s possible he will start the match instead of Bobby Zamora. Andrew Johnson could also return from a knee injury, as well as Erik Nevland.
No lack of motivation
Fulham have had a lot of problems in their away games for the most part of this season, but towards the end they started to record wins away from their Cottage, and the most impressive performance was against Manchester City. After the first win since Shearer took over, he will have a very confident team that will have an ideal opportunity to get one of the places that will guarantee them playing in one of the best leagues in the world next year as well. Both sides will have lots of motives entering this match so we can expect a good and very competitive game with lots of goals, especially because Fulham have recently improved their scoring efficiency lately. Low-medium stakes.
Tip: Over 2.5 Goals, Odds 2.1;