If we look at the odds, Manchester United is indeed not favored, even the odds given are higher than the away team. In terms of ranking, Newcastle is temporarily superior. However, Man United will try harder to win today's match. Because the next match will face Liverpool who are at the top of the standings, and of course Liverpool is a solid team with quite good player performance this season. Furthermore, Man United will also face Arsenal in the FA Cup. Will Man United make bad history this season with consecutive defeats? Ruben Amorim certainly does not want to be embarrassed at the beginning of his career in the Premier League.
There is nothing like been favored here, the bookies are simply working based on the players performance. Manchester United have seen alot of backward in their recent games, and when you compare it with Newcastle, the away team seems better in the table but just they don't underestimate Manchester too much, they have to make the odd too close. The odd would have been 1.6 for Manchester united and 1.45 for Newcastle but I deep down, the prediction is hard, so the bookmakers made it higher so people don't avoid it on their ticket, they know you wouldn't see 2 odd and ignore but I will do because such games ruin multiple Bet.
The situation of Manchester United is not good, I wish Amorim can do better and makes the team go higher on the table, it's putting his reputation on the line, some months ago, he was a tough beast coach in Sporting but he is here struggling with Manchester United despite bringing along his assistant coaches.