Newcastle United sitting fairly within the Premier League prime three.
Ten factors from a potential twelve, three wins and a draw.
What’s to not like?
Nevertheless, this isn’t what I’m speaking about when I’m saying ‘Benefit Newcastle United’, effectively circuitously.
What I’m speaking about is Europe.
Taking part in in Europe has all the time meant extra matches for Premier League golf equipment.
That’s apparent.
On the identical time although, I don’t assume it has sunk in with many individuals, simply how loopy the additional calls for are going to be with the brand new codecs within the Champions League and the Europa League.
For everyone, it has been a sluggish begin to the season, loopy that by the point we get to the following spherical of Premier League matches this coming weekend, in 5 weeks solely 4 PL matches performed by every of the 20 golf equipment.
When you now assume it will get loads busier for Newcastle United, then simply take a look at our more than likely rivals for a spot close to the highest of the Premier League desk.
That is earlier than you then add in all the additional matches and journey within the two worldwide ‘breaks’ in October and November, with the standard suspects having usually way more gamers travelling and taking part in than Newcastle United.
Let’s simply stick with home video games although.
Right here I’ve listed a variety of dates beneath, itemizing what number of extra matches Newcastle United can have been assured to have performed between now (17 September 2024) and that date, in comparison with these Premier League golf equipment competing in Champions League or Europa League:
7 November 2024
Newcastle United 7 matches (6 Premier League and 1 Carabao Cup)
Our PL opponents 11 (6 Premier League, 1 Carabao Cup and 4 in Europe)
12 December 2024
Newcastle United 12 matches (11 Premier League and 1 Carabao Cup)
Our PL opponents 18 (11 Premier League, 1 Carabao Cup and 6 in Europe)
30 January 2025
Newcastle United 21 matches (19 Premier League and 1 Carabao Cup and 1 FA Cup)
Our PL opponents 29 (19 Premier League, 1 Carabao Cup, 1 FA Cup and eight in Europe)
20 February 2025 (If taking part in within the additional knockout spherical play-off stage of Champions League or Europa League)
Newcastle United 23 matches (21 Premier League and 1 Carabao Cup and 1 FA Cup)
Our PL opponents 33 (21 Premier League, 1 Carabao Cup, 1 FA Cup and 10 in Europe)
13 March 2025 (If having performed within the additional knockout spherical play-off stage of Champions League or Europa League and having bought via it)
Newcastle United 26 matches (24 Premier League and 1 Carabao Cup and 1 FA Cup)
Our PL opponents 38 (24 Premier League, 1 Carabao Cup, 1 FA Cup and 12 in Europe)
Conclusions
That is simply loopy.
No marvel gamers equivalent to Rodri are speaking about gamers probably happening striker over the elevated variety of matches.
As I mentioned, not each English membership within the Champions League and Europa League is assured to be additional knockout play-off spherical stage in February 2025 BUT it is rather probably lots of the six Premier League golf equipment will discover themselves doing so.
While that date of by 13 March 2025, you solely must have reached the final 16 for that to use, the variety of video games acknowledged (except you weren’t within the play-off knockout spherical, then you possibly can subtract two video games from the entire).
Nevertheless, whichever method you take a look at it, that is an unimaginable quantity of matches greater than these PL golf equipment who aren’t within the Champions League or Europa League.
Plus, it doesn’t bear in mind additional Carabao Cup matches for many who get previous the spherical subsequent midweek and/or any membership getting previous FA Cup third spherical.
As I mentioned earlier, that is very a lot benefit Newcastle United.
It doesn’t imply NUFC will mechanically do higher in these coming months than these golf equipment with the additional European matches, BUT it does imply that Newcastle have a bonus that may enhance their possibilities of doing higher than in any other case, in comparison with these golf equipment in Europe.
Chelsea after all are within the third tier European competitors and while that has not fairly as many matches as the opposite two competitions, there may be usually much more travelling concerned as a result of location of lots of the golf equipment in that Euro competitors.
Up up to now, Newcastle United have truly needed to play one MORE match than these six PL golf equipment within the Europa League and Champions League.
Having picked up the ten factors from 12 in that point interval, the scales are very a lot shifting now to benefit Newcastle United.
