Newcastle United now find themselves in their richest vein of Premier League form of the season - and arguably at exactly the right time.
In fact, their haul of 15 points from the last five matches puts them on a tally of 56 and Howe's team now have more points at the 29-game stage than all three of the last Newcastle teams that have qualified for the Champions League. Back in 1997, Kenny Dalglish's side had 51 by now while Sir Bobby Robson's team after the same amount of matches had one less in 2002 and 2003.
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