Newcastle United and Queens Park Rangers will face each other in the Championship on Wednesday evening.
Former Leeds United and Nottingham Forest midfielder David Prutton has predicted on Skysports.com that Newcastle United will fail to win against Queens Park Rangers this week.
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Newcastle will take on London outfit QPR at home in the Championship on Wednesday evening.
Prutton believes that the Magpies will fail to win the encounter at St. James’ Park and will have to settle for a draw instead.
“Even though there were changes, every time a team loses in the manner Newcastle did at Oxford in the FA Cup, it will still have an impact,” Prutton wrote on Skysports.com. “It reflects on the club.
“The next team they put out must right that wrong, that performance and that result. I think it’s going to be tough for Newcastle against QPR. We’ve seen a lot of Ollie’s team, and the game against Burton, you’d have thought they would take three points.
“I think we’ll see a response from Newcastle with a change of personnel, but I think QPR are a tough task. Let’s go for a draw.”
A footnote added: “PRUTTON PREDICTS: 1-1.”
Newcastle are second in the Championship table at the moment with 58 points from 27 matches, just two points behind leaders Brighton & Hove Albion.
The Magpies’ recent form has been patchy, and they were knocked out of the FA Cup at the weekend.
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Rafael Benitez’s side went down 3-0 to League One club Oxford United away from home at the Kassam Stadium in the fourth round of the prestigious cup competition.
Meanwhile, QPR currently find themselves 17th in the Championship table with 33 points from 28 matches.
Rangers will head into the match against Newcastle on the back of a 2-1 defeat to Burton Albion at Loftus Road in the league.
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