Newcastle United have picked up where they finished last season and are yet to concede a goal in the Premier League. The last time the Magpies did that was back in 2011-12 when they finished fifth and qualified for the Europa League.
Nobody on Tyneside is predicting a European finish for the Magpies this season, despite a lot of outside noise. The long-term ambition is for European football to return to Tyneside, having finished just seven points adrift of West Ham in the Europa Conference League places.
The 2011-12 campaign is the only Premier League season where they've kept clean sheets in their opening two games. You would have to go back to 1990-91 and then 1961-62 for the last two times they kept clean sheets in their opening two fixtures - both of those coming in the second division.
