History repeats itself as Newcastle United meet West Ham once again on the opening day of the season for a second successive season.
The Irons are the favourites with Grosvenor Sport at 6/5 while Steve Bruce's side are 11/5 and a draw is 5/2.
Last time out, it was Newcastle who secured the bragging rights with a 2-0 win at London Stadium before West Ham had a successful end of the season to secure Europa League football this year while the Toon were in a relegation fight despite an impressive 12th-place finish.
Expectations will be high for the hosts and with West Ham fans looking forward to Europa League football this season, they will want to see that same level of performance on the pitch.
Their lack of transfers means their squad depth will be stretched - only goalkeeper and PSG loanee Alphonse Areola is the only new face in the squad this summer.
Meanwhile, the hosts have Callum Wilson back from injury and the boost of Joe Willock will lift morale.
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Team stats
This is the third time the two sides have met on the opening weekend of the Premier League season.
Since returning to the Premier League, Newcastle have registered more league wins against West Ham (tied with Southampton) than against any other team - five including a double last season.
West Ham have lost their first Premier League match in each of the last five seasons - no team since 1945 has lost six consecutive opening matches in the top flight.
H2H
This will be the 138th meeting between the two sides - Newcastle have the upper-hand with 57 wins while West Ham have 42 wins and 38 draws.
In their last six meetings, three of them have finished with both sides scoring and four with over 2.5 goals too (which is at 17/20).
