Newcastle United v Brighton: Joe Buck match preview

Joe Buck previews the Premier League clash between Newcastle United and Brighton at St James' Park.

Transcript

00:00So Newcastle United back at St James' Park in Premier League action after the international

00:04break to their host Brighton in what could be a real tough game. Obviously Brighton one

00:08of the teams over the last few years that have given Newcastle a run for their money

00:11in a lot of games and I expect them to finish in the round where Newcastle will have aspirations

00:16of finishing of course. Newcastle come into the game one place below Brighton in the table

00:20just on goal difference so any win today will move them above Brighton and yeah it'll be

00:24a really interesting game obviously we saw before the international break against Everton

00:27performance, good performance but couldn't put the ball in the back of the net and I think

00:31that'll be the difference today if they can get the ball in the back of the net. Brighton are

00:34very good at attacking you expect them to get a goal. Yeah Newcastle's defensive record although

00:38it's been all right you know they've only kept two clean sheets so you probably expect them to

00:41concede and it's where they can score more than Brighton I know that's every football but

00:44particularly today it feels like whichever team can get on the front foot more and you know take

00:49their chances are really going to win. Hopefully Newcastle will have Alexander Isak back that's a

00:53massive boost for Newcastle and obviously he's missed their last three games with a broken toe

00:57so it's good to see him back and of course the extra spice of this game is Yancuba Minta he's

01:01never played at St James' Park despite being contracted in Newcastle for a whole season or

01:05for a year and so be interested to see how he plays. He's had a very good start at Brighton

01:10and you know there'll be 50 odd thousand people in this stadium really looking at how he gets on

01:15and what Newcastle maybe have missed you know being forced to sell him but yeah it's set up

01:19to be a really good game. Today as I said you know both teams harbouring European aspirations and one

01:24that you know a win as much as it's only October it could go a real way and you know being a big

01:29statement of intent of one of their rivals really and yeah first time Fabian Hertzle and Eddie

01:34Howard met as well as manager so that's another dynamic so should be an interesting game and one

01:39that Newcastle really hope to especially St James' Park where they've had such a good record recently

01:42they'll be hoping to to really stamp their authority and you know get a good result especially

01:46after that Everton sight disappointment and one that you know they've got some hard fixers coming

01:50up Chelsea twice, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest as well before the next international break so

01:54you know it's the start of a difficult run of games and one they'll be confident of getting three points in.