10 reasons why Posh can win at Newcastle United
1 George Boyd, Aaron Mclean and Craig Mackail-Smith have scored 17 Championship goals between them. Newcastle's likely strikers on Saturday Andy Carroll and Marlon Harewood have managed just four between them.
1 George Boyd, Aaron Mclean and Craig Mackail-Smith have scored 17 Championship goals between them. Newcastle's likely strikers on Saturday Andy Carroll and Marlon Harewood have managed just four between them.2 Posh owner Darragh MacAnthony is an inspirational leader loved by all his club's fans for bankrolling two promotions in two years. Newcastle owner Mike Ashley is not loved by all his club's fans for overseeing a shambles and a relegation.
3 Posh away fans are awesome and back their side 100% at every game. Newcastle's home fans are a fickle bunch and will get on their players' backs when Boyd opens the scoring.
4 Posh have a team full of young players capable of massive improvement (sooner rather than later). Newcastle have a team full of has-beens like Nicky Butt and Alan Smith.
5 Posh are under no pressure on Saturday as no-one expects them to win. Newcastle are under tremendous pressure as everyone expects them to win the title.
6 The law of averages demands that Posh will keep a clean sheet away from home for the first time. The law of averages demands that Newcastle (three goals conceded in seven games at St james' Park) will ship a shed load of goals in.
7 Posh beat Scunthorpe 3-0, four days after Scunthorpe beat Newcastle 2-1.
8 Newcastle will still be mentally scarred after the drubbing they received at London Road earlier this season (well Steven Taylor played).
9 George Boyd skinned European Champions League winner Michel Salgado the other week so a Manchester United reject like Danny Simpson will be no problem.
10 George Boyd.
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AVERAGE ATTENDANCES
(Championship)
41,251 NEWCASTLE
28,948 Derby
26,383 Sheffield United
23,428 Leicester
23,076 N Forest
22,531 Sheffield Wed
21,456 West Brom
21,211 Ipswich
21,055 Cardiff
20,522 Middlesbrough
17,309 Coventry
17,146 Reading
14,941 Crystal P
14,413 Bristol C
14,214 Swansea
13,880 Watford
13,243 QPR
12,601 Preston
11,834 Barnsley
11,126 Plymouth
10,143 Doncaster
9,115 POSH
8,167 Blackpool
7,067 Scunthorpe
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