With a 6‑1 advantage in their pockets from the match in Baku, Newcastle gets ready to play against Qarabağ for the second leg of their UEFA Champions League play‑off on 24 February at 20:00 GMT. Anthony Gordon’s four goals and Malick Thiaw’s early header meant Eddie Howe’s side were out of sight before half‑time.
The match takes place at St James’ Park, a stadium known for its raucous atmosphere and capacity crowd of around 52,000, so expect a vibrant evening even if the tie looks settled. The reward for progressing is a meeting with either Barcelona or Chelsea in the...
Meet Melanie Gervasoni
Melanie Gervasoni
I've been a copywriter for almost 10 years now. The job, broadly, is getting people to read things they were fully prepared to scroll past. At 7bet, what I write about is sports and casinos.
Areas of Expertise
English football
Major tournaments
Pre-match analysis
Betting markets
Tennis
Basketball
Writing Approach
The stuff I’m proudest of is the articles you finish reading and come away actually understanding the game a bit better. I try my hardest to keep my English as plain as possible so that even beginners can grasp the topic.
How Do You Stay Up to Date?
- Stats and analytics platforms for form, xG, and head-to-head numbers
- Official league and club sites for confirmed team news and lineups
- Football news outlets, both British and continental press
- Odds movement across the books
- Watching live sports, obviously
Featured Work & Quick Facts
Approximate published articles: I must have written more than 800 articles throughout my career – these are a few I particularly enjoyed writing for 7bet.
Education & Languages
- I have a degree in Marketing, Sales and Export Management, which sounds grander than my daily to-do list usually is, but it's how I ended up writing for a living.
- I work in two languages: Italian, my native language, and English, which I'm fluent enough in to argue about football.
