Tottenham Hotspur – Newcastle United
On Sunday, as part of the 16th matchday of the Premier League, Spurs from Tottenham host Newcastle in a crucial game that could be groundbreaking for the season. After three consecutive home defeats, Spurs must win again to maintain their place in the top five.
The Magpies must also prove that they are capable of getting good results away from home. They have only picked up five points away from home so far this season. The game kicks off at 17:30, find out everything else now in our Tottenham – Newcastle predictions
Tottenham – Newcastle info:
- Date & Time: 10.12.2023, 17:30 hrs.
- Location: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London
- Competition: Premier League, matchday 16
- TV broadcast: Sky
Tottenham Form & Balance Check
History is repeating itself for Tottenham. For the second time in a row, Spurs have lost a home game 2-1 against a direct rival for the European places. As against Aston Villa, the hosts started the game well against West Ham.
After dominating the first half, they went into the dressing room with a lead. Unfortunately, the team fell apart in the next 45 minutes. They allowed West Ham to equalize before a poor back pass from Destiny Udogie to his goalkeeper sealed their defeat. With this third successive home defeat, Tottenham miss the chance to catch up with Manchester City.
Low performance!
On Sunday, Ange Postecoglou and his team have the last chance to defend their fifth place. A defeat against Newcastle would knock them out of the European places and could even see them leapfrog Manchester United, who host Bournemouth on the same day.
While the defeat to Chelsea was mainly due to two red cards for Spurs and the point loss to Villa was a real tactical defeat, the latest loss revealed a mentally fragile London team.
They seemed unable to maintain their level of play for more than an hour. Tottenham simply played too timidly, in contrast to the confident Tottenham who had picked up a point at the Etihad four days earlier. It’s time for Tottenham to win again at home or they sink deeper into crisis
Tottenham facts & analysis
- 5th place in the Premier League
- No wins in five games – four defeats
- Lost three home games in a row
Newcastle form & record check
The Magpies will come to London with a psychological advantage as the hunters. But they won’t have an easy afternoon. In the Premier League, Newcastle are almost invincible at St. James’ Park, but they do much more difficult away from home.
With just one win in seven away games, Newcastle are no real threat away from home. Although they beat Sheffield Wednesday 8-0 in September, they have failed to beat Manchester City (0-1), Brighton (1-3), Bournemouth and most recently Everton.
At home
The visitors were unable to score in many phases of possession and suffered from Everton’s counter-attacks. Nevertheless, they must overcome their weakness on the road on Sunday if they are to move into the top five. Against a weak Spurs team, they have a good opportunity to collect important points against a direct competitor for the Champions League places.
Just as affected by injuries as their opponents, the visitors will be without Nick Pope, Sven Botman, Sandro Tonali, Jacob Murphy, Dan Burn and Sean Longstaff, among others.
Newcastle facts & analysis
- 7th place in the Premier League table
- Last game lost
- Three wins, two defeats from the last five games
Predicted line-up – last update on December 8, 2023
Tottenham – Newcastle head-to-head & stats
The two teams have met in five games so far and Paderborn have only drawn once, the other four duels all went to Leverkusen.
- Leverkusen score an average of 2.56 goals in home games and SC Paderborn 07 score an average of 1.82 goals in away games
- Leverkusen have lost none of their last 21 games.
- Bayer Leverkusen have scored in each of their last 21 games.
- Leverkusen haven’t conceded a goal in 4 games.
