Newcastle United's win over Eveton sees supercomputer change tune with relegation prediction

Newcastle United fans recorded back-to-back victories for the first time this season with a morale-boosting victory over Everton.

Roared on by a jubilant St James' Park crowd, Eddie Howe's side earned a 3-1 victory against the Toffees to move out of the relegation zone for the first time since October.

Own goals from Jamaal Lascelles and Mason Holgate meant the teams went into the break level, but second-half strikes from Ryan Fraser and Kieran Trippier secured all three points for the hosts.

It means Newcastle will be going into Sunday's home fixture with Aston Villa unbeaten in their last four matches, and hoping for a third straight win having previously edged a win at Leeds United.

Coupled with the arrival of five January signings, these recent results and performances have raised hopes on Tyneside of Premier League survival.

It is a view shared by forecasting website FiveThirtyEight, who now tip the Magpies to avoid relegation by just a single point.

Owned by ABC News, the American website started out by analysing politics but branched out into sports including the English Premier League.

Calculating the outcome of each match based on historic data, the forecasts have calculated Newcastle will collect a further 16 points to finish on a total of 34.

Burnley, Watford and Norwich City are the predicted bottom three, with points totals of 33, 30, and 28 respectively.

Since October, the site's post-gameweek forecasts had predicted the Magpies to go down every week.

Manchester City are forecast to retain the Premier League title with a tally of 92 points, with Arsenal joining Chelsea and Liverpool in the Champions League spots.