📊 Form Guide

Newcastle United

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Newcastle United will be looking for a repeat result of the 0-1 Premier League success versus Fulham.

In that game, Newcastle United had 33% possession and 12 attempts on goal with 4 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Newcastle United was Bruno Guimarães (81'). Fulham had 14 shots at goal with 4 on target.

Matches involving Newcastle United have proved to be absorbing ones of late with high scoring being the norm. Over their past half dozen clashes, a total of 20 goals have gone in for both sides combined (at an average of 3.33 goals per game) with 11 of them being chalked up by Newcastle United. Previous results aside, we must now wait to see whether that trend might be maintained here in this match.

Heading into this fixture, Newcastle United are undefeated in their previous 5 league matches at home.

Tottenham Hotspur

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Tottenham Hotspur head into the clash after a 3-1 Premier League win versus Nottingham Forest in their last game.

In that match, Tottenham Hotspur had 64% possession and 17 attempts at goal with 7 on target. For Tottenham Hotspur, the scorers were Micky van de Ven (52') and Pedro Porro (58'). At the other end, Nottingham Forest got 13 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. Murillo (15' Own goal) and Chris Wood (27') scored for Nottingham Forest.

Illustrating their fondness for productive encounters, the back of the net has been hit 20 times in the previous six games in which Tottenham Hotspur have sent out their troops, making it a mean average of 3.33 goals for each clash. Opposing teams have managed 7 of these goals.

Heading into this fixture, Tottenham Hotspur haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

An examination of their most recent head to head clashes going back to 04/04/2021 shows us that Newcastle United have won 2 of these & Tottenham Hotspur 3, with the tally of drawn games standing at 1.

Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 30 in total which averages out at 5 goals per meeting.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Premier League match day 16 on 10/12/2023 and the score finished Tottenham Hotspur 4-1 Newcastle United.

On that day, Tottenham Hotspur had 57% possession and 23 shots on goal with 12 of them on target. The goalscorers were Destiny Udogie (26'), Richarlison (38', 60') and Heung-min Son (85').

At the other end, Newcastle United had 9 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Joelinton (91') was the scorer.

The referee was Chris Kavanagh.

📋 Team News: Newcastle United

Nick Pope (Shoulder injury), Callum Wilson (Chest injury), Kieran Trippier (Calf injury), Tino Livramento (Ankle injury), Miguel Almirón (Knee injury), Lewis Miley (Back injury), Joelinton (Groin surgery), Sven Botman (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Jamaal Lascelles (Cruciate ligament injury) will not be able to play for Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe.

It’s our opinion that The Magpies may well go for a 4-3-3 formation this time, utilising Martin Dubravka, Emil Krafth, Fabian Schaer, Paul Dummett, Daniel Burn, Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Elliot Anderson, Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon.

🗞️ Team News: Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou has to currently contend with reduced team options. Manor Solomon (Meniscus injury), Richarlison (Knee injury), Ryan Sessegnon (Hamstring injury) and Fraser Forster (Ankle injury) will miss out on this game.

We are inclined to think that Spurs might begin the game with a 4-2-3-1 formation, going with Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Iyenoma Udogie, Rodrigo Bentancur, Yves Bissouma, Brennan Johnson, James Maddison, Timo Werner and Heung-Min Son.

🧠 Prediction

Our thinking is that Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United may find themselves both scoring more than one goal each in what promises to be a fairly balanced contest.

Let’s see how it plays out, but we expect to see goals and there is to be a real possibility it will end up level. With that in mind, we reckon that it will be a really entertaining tussle with a 2-2 score draw when the full-time whistle blows.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 11:01 13/04/2024