80% of bets in the last 24 hours have gone on the North-East club to finish in the top six of the Premier League
It’s been a tough time for Newcastle United off the field with various headlines surrounding both owner Mike Ashley and manager Rafa Benitez. But on the field the Toon Army have enjoyed three successive wins that have rocketed the team into the upper echelons of the Premier League table.
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A 3-0 win against West Ham followed by a gritty 1-0 victory away at Swansea steadied the ship after a drab start to the season. But the 2-1 victory over Stoke at St James Park has a few giddy Toon fans dreaming of European Football for the first time in four years and it seems that bettors might agree with them!
In the last seven days more bets have been placed on Newcastle to finish in the top six than any other team. 31% of bettors believe that a top six finish is on the cards, which would complete an incredible turnaround orchestrated by Benitez after managing in the Championship for the first time in his career last season. Since the win against Stoke a flurry of bets were received, with a massive 80% of top six bets in this time going on the Black and Whites.
If you want to get in on the action, you can still get 50/1 on Newcastle to play against the elite of Europe in 2018. The top six of last season are the six favourites, with Everton being the shortest price of the rest at 13/2.
Oddschecker Spokesman George Elek: “It’s been the perfect tonic recently for Rafa Benitez, as he looks to recover from a recent operation. European Football might seem a stretch for some people, but the same was said back in 2013 when Alan Pardew’s Magpies finished fifth with the likes of Papiss Cissé scoring for fun. It’s never dull in the North-East, so who knows where the Toon will end up!”
