West Ham face long night on Tyneside if they don’t score goals Newcastle and will face a long winter with an eye on the Premier League relegation zone unless they start moving their ideas away from the East End.

Only bottom club Southampton and poor travelers Brentford scored fewer than the five times the Hammers found the net on their travels.

After a victory at Crystal Palace and drew with Fulham and the Bees, Julen Lopetegui’s underachievers lost 4-1 at Tottenham and 3-0 at Nottingham Forest in the top flight as well as 5-1 at Liverpool in the Carabao Cup.

Home victories over Ipswich and Manchester United, which prompted the Old Trafford board to sack Erik Ten Hag, were followed by a dismal 0-0 draw with fellow countrymen Everton at the London Stadium in the last match before the international break and the Hammers are only four. points above the bottom three.

Newcastle, who are in the top six list for a return to European football next season, were strong at St James’ Park where they conceded just three goals – a feat which gives them market share with Liverpool. the best defensive record in front of their own fans.

Their last two home games were great efforts as they beat Arsenal 1-0 and Chelsea 2-0, so it’s no surprise that they are no better than a 1/2 ON overall to collect maximum points on Monday.

Alexander Isak has returned to form after a slow start in which he was on the scoreboard just once in seven games to bury the ball in the net in his last four matches.

He opened the scoring against the Blues and Gunners and is 19/5 with Unibet to do so again and he is 11/10 with the same company to take his tally to six this season scoring at any time.

Newcastle are 13/10 with Unibet to win by more than a goal and a 2-0 win for Eddie Howe’s side is 17/2 with William Hill and bet365.

• Baltimore has lost its last two away games 29-24 against the Cleveland Browns and 18-16 against the Pittsburgh Steelers and will face a third consecutive defeat when it travels to the Chargers in Los Angeles on Monday night. Take the hosts to win outright at 5/4 with William Hill, Ladbrokes and Coral and over 49.5 points at 4/5 with BoyleSports, Betway, Sky Bet and Bet Victor.

• Former Portsmouth and Hove trainer Graham Holland banked £100,000 by winning the Irish Greyhound Derby in Dublin for a record fourth time on Saturday with Bockos Diamond. The flying machine is now the 8/1 favorite with bet365, Paddy Power, Betfair, Coral and Ladbrokes to win next summer’s English Greyhound Derby final at Towcester.

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