Brighton and Hove Albion V Newcastle FA Cup Betting Preview

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Saturday January 28th Kick Off: 17.30
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Alan Pardew takes his high flying Newcastle side to the south coast on saturday evening to face off against Gus Poyet’s championship side Brighton in a cup tie that looks to have all the hallmarks of a classic upset.

Alan Pardew’s side have been involved in some exciting cup fixtures this season against hapless Nottingham Forest and Steve Keans Blackburn, producing over 15 goals in the process.

It’s interesting that Cheik Tiote hasn’t played in any of these games and there’s no doubt that Newcastle are a weaker defensive outfit without their excellent Ivorian midfielder, the other major problem for Newcastle is Demba Ba is still out in Africa and they have

Gus Poyet ‘s side have returned to form recently, with three wins on the bounce in the Championship, and the hosts will fancy their chances of breaching the Magpies’ backline and the chance of a shock victory.

Betting Tips

I’m going to take a chance on Brighton here, they will be right up for this and come into the game in very good form, Newcastle are missing there most influencial players and I think the home side can take full advantage of it and win the match at a huge 3/1.

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