Newcastle United v Stoke City Free Bets, 4.10pm

We should expect a real blood and guts display at St James’ Park on Sunday between two of the most physical teams in the Premier League. Stoke scrambled out of the bottom three after bagging a draw against West Ham last weekend, although the Potters have taken nothing from away matches at Chelsea and Wolves, with bet365 offering 14/5 that this changes with victory against the Magpies.

Kenwyne Jones will return to the north-east after leaving Sunderland for Staffordshire in the summer and the striker has been a real handful for City since signing at the Britannia Stadium. His physical presence should cause problems and William Hill offer 7/1 that he scores first in this match.

Newcastle also have a physical centre forward of their own in Andy Carroll and he’s 5/1 with Coral to open the scoring, although it was Hatem Ben Arfa who produced a touch of class to score the winner at Everton and Boylesports make him an 8/1 shot to break the deadlock once again.

Chris Hughton’s team have made a bright start to life back in the Premier League and you can get even money (bet365) that their good form continues on Sunday. The two home matches that United have played have resulted in a 6-0 thrashing of Aston Villa and then a 2-0 reverse at the hands of Blackpool, so perhaps it’s not quite time to be lumping on them yet!