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The bad news just keeps on coming for embattled John Carver – Newcastle United have been confirmed as the sixth most out-of-form team in Europe over the last ten games.

Number crunchers from the CIES Football Observatory in Zurich have worked out the form of every club in Europe’s big leagues – England, Spain, France, Germany and Italy – and rated United as 93rd out of 98 clubs.

The table – topped by Jurgen Klopp’s in-form Borussia Dortmund – was worked out by calculating the average points banked this season and then comparing it to the points accrued over the last 10 games.

Newcastle United's loss of form 1.3 Average points this season 0.5 Average points over last 10 games CIES Football Observatory

And depressingly, Newcastle are 0.8 points down on their not-especially-impressive average of 1.3 points per game at the moment.

Marseille are rock bottom, followed by Hannover 96. The one saving grace is that United aren’t the worst English side – that is West Ham, third-from-bottom – and Augsburg and Spanish side Eibar are also worse off. But then it’s Newcastle.

The renaissance of Crystal Palace under Alan Pardew is also acknowledged. They are the sixth most in-form side in Europe’s big leagues, one below Arsenal.

Sunderland might be under threat of relegation but they are 53rd in the table, having banked an average of 0.9 points this season.