MAGPIES FAVOURITES IN BLACKPOOL BATTLE OF NEWBIES

Both Newcastle, as well as Blackpool will be heading out today to shout out any criticism or thoughts that their promotion was a fluke.
Simply put...Newcastle will want to destroy their fellow Premiership newcomers in a clash that one feels will ultimately be one sided
Betfair put Newcastle as firm favourites at 1.58 to Blackpool's 6.8, with an unlikely draw at 4.4. This all seems smoke and mirrors in what will most certainly be a Magpie win.
Andy Carrol, fresh back from injury is favourite according to William Hill to open the scoring for the Magpies at 4.33, with odds set at 1.8 for him to score at any stage in the game. Shola Ameobi, when considering his potential, also seems a steal at 2.5 to find the back of the net.
Sol Campbell is expected to make his hotly anticipated debut this afternoon, alongside fellow debutants Cheik Tiote and Hatem Ben Arfa.
If...and it is a very big if...Blackpool are to open their scoring account, Campbell is the man expected to do so at 3.75, with Marlon Hareweood at 4.33
Betfair put Newcastle to win both halves at 2.52, with a Draw/Newcastle result at 4.9.
All in all, one feel that Blackpool playing away to an ever so welcoming Geordie crowd- very much sarcasm here- that they will find it all too much to handle.
Newcastle will waltz this one...