Newcastle continue to improve under Rafa Benitez, moving up to seventh in the Premier League table after Saturday’s 1- 0 defeat of Crystal Palace at St James’ Park.

Mikel Merino netted the game’s solitary goal four minutes from time for the hosts, who are now 10/11 from 6/4 with BetVictor to achieve a top-half finish.

Benitez has shaped Newcastle accordingly, to the point where they are very hard to break down, especially so on home soil.

The Magpies are getting better with every week that passes under the Spaniard in the top-flight and I expect them to do a number on Burnley next weekend at Turf Moor; Newcastle and Burnley both priced at 9/5 and the draw 11/5.

Clarets’ boss Sean Dyche has been linked to the vacant post to the King Power Stadium and BetVictor have cut his price to 3/1 from 12s to replace Craig Shakespeare as Leicester City’s next permanent manager.

Irrespective of who is in the home dugout at Turf Moor I expect Newcastle to leave Lancashire with a draw at the very least and they offer punters plenty of value at both 10/3 with BetVictor to win to nil and 7/1 to win back-to-back league games by the 1-0 correct score.

What Middlesbrough wouldn’t give for a 1-0 win at the moment, with Garry Monk’s side now winless in their last five league games.

Boro lost 1-0 to Cardiff at the Riverside on Saturday and have eased to 5/1 from 10/3 with BetVictor to achieve promotion back to the top-flight next term. Boro are 6/4 favourites to bounce back at Reading next weekend; the hosts 2/1 and the draw 5/2.

Sunderland’s winless run is even longer, with the Black Cats now 10/3 from 4s for the drop after the 3-3 thriller at Griffin Park on Saturday.

That point sees Simon Grayson’s side winless run extended to nine games in all competitions and they are 13/8 to end that sequence when hosting Bristol City at the Riverside at the weekend; the visitors 11/4 and the draw 5/2 with BetVictor.

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