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Wigan v Newcastle United

Saturday 28 April 2012 3pm

It seems like we are saying this every week but this is a crucial match for Newcastle United.

This six match winning run is incredible and if it stretches to seven against Wigan, it will equal our previous best in the Premier League.

Maybe Wigan sum up the strengths and weaknesses of English football, a team that looked dead and buried a couple of months ago and then in their last six matches, playing really good football, they have beaten Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and should have won at Chelsea.

Tricky opponents but no team is in better form than United, six in six at this stage of the season is beyond any realistic dreams.

Statistics are only one part of the jigsaw but 3 wins and only 15 goals at home all season tells you why they are battling relegation. At the other end they have improved immeasurably in recent times, conceding 12 in the last 12 premier league games, having leaked 48 in the opening 23 matches.

One time Newcastle target, Victor Moses, looks an exciting prospect and United are rumoured to be considering a bid once again, but the truth is that they just don’t score enough with their top scorer on a shocking five goals.

Newcastle broke the spell cast by five successive defeats at the DW Stadium on our last visit, plus a major tormentor of those times is now in black & white , Ryan Taylor having scored four goals against United while at Wigan.

With Cisse scoring freely & the likes of Ba/Ben Arfa  also looking the part, as well as a defence now having gone 398 minutes without conceding, why wouldn’t you be feeling confident?

Cabaye is currently on top form and rates as our most creative (1.6 chances created per match) AND most effective at tackling (making 3.4 successful tackles on average per match), even ahead of Cheick Tiote who returned against Stoke.

Alan Pardew will have drilled into the team not to be complacent, after that we only need a normal run of luck.

Exciting times and not a single player who isn’t earning his money on the pitch. Enjoy.

In the betting stakes we have hooked up with ***Betfair. Many of you will have ‘normal’ betting accounts with the various bookies but what Betfair have to offer is something very different, though the most important thing is that the prices you get are better than anywhere else almost every time!

Last time we suggested Newcastle to beat Stoke 3-0 and if you’d backed with Betfair you could have got 16-1, much better than any other online bookmaker.

At the time of putting this together the prices on offer for our recommended bets are Newcastle to win 3-0 (33-1), Newcastle to keep a clean sheet (just over 5-2) and Hatem Ben Arfa to score the first goal (11-1), once again all prices better than any other online bookmaker.

Betfair are offering all Newcastle fans a £25 free bet or alternatively a £20 free bet and up to a maximum of £1000 cash back depending on your betting, so click here to sign up for their great offer.

If you already have a Betfair account or just want to check out what we are saying is true, go direct to the Wigan v Newcastle match odds here.

***Betfairoffer you the chance to place bets on your fancied wagers or take (lay) other people’s bets, it may sound a bit more complicated but in reality it is very easy and no more difficult than using other betting websites. The big difference is the bigger prices, giving you more chance of coming out on top.

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