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Newcastle and Nottingham Forest meet at St James' Park in a Premier League clash on Tuesday lunchtime to kick off a huge day of Boxing Day action.

Newcastle head into the Boxing Day fixture as strong favourites for victory, with talkSPORT BET pricing a home win at 2/5.

Nottingham Forest make the trip up to Tyneside as underdogs with the same bookie pricing their victory at 13/2, while a draw is priced at 17/5.

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Newcastle head into the Christmas weekend with an unfavourable recent record having lost four of their last five matches in all competitions, which has seen then drop out of both the Champions League and the Carabao Cup, as well as lose ground on the top four.

Eddie Howe's side head into the weekend in sixth place in the Premier League, five points shy of fourth placed Manchester City, but could find themselves ahead of the defending champions with back to back victories over the Christmas weekend due to City's commitments in the Club World Cup.

Despite being out of form, the Magpies' home record domestically has been very impressive, with no team having picked up more points at home in the league heading into the Christmas weekend.

The Tyneside club have picked up nine wins from their 10 domestic home games this season, winning eight in a row since August.

Nottingham Forest have endured a difficult last couple of