Their 1-0 win over Aston Villa was not as free-flowing as their previous victory over Everton, however, the three-points were just as welcome on Tyneside as they had been five days earlier.
Helped by favourable results elsewhere, Newcastle extended the gap between themselves and Norwich City to four points and the outlook for the rest of the season looks a lot rosier than it did just a few weeks ago.
But do the numbers and projections for the rest of the season back this up? Are the data experts predicting Premier League safety for Howe’s side this season?
Using data from FiveThirtyEight, here is how the supercomputer is predicting the rest of the Premier League season will look like and who may or may not be celebrating when the season is complete:
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But do the numbers and projections for the rest of the season back this up? Are the data experts predicting Premier League safety for Howe’s side this season?