Newcastle aim to continue dominance over Spurs at St James’ Park

Newcastle United welcome Tottenham Hotspur to St James’ Park on Tuesday night in a thrilling Premier League gameweek 14 matchup.

Newcastle secured their first away victory of the campaign with a 4-1 triumph over Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium last time out.

Tottenham inconsistencies continued after they lost 2-1 at home to Fulham in their last Premier League outing.

Match preview

Newcastle have won five of their last six Premier League games against Tottenham (L1), as many as they had in their previous 17 (D2 L10).

Tottenham have lost their last three Premier League games against Newcastle, last losing more consecutively against the Magpies between April 2006 and December 2008 (6).

Having won just two of their 11 Premier League home games against Spurs between 2010/11 and 2021/22 (D3 L6), Newcastle have now won their last three against them by an aggregate score of 12-2.

The Magpies haven’t lost any of their last 10 home midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) evening matches (7pm or later) in the Premier League (W7 D3) since a 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace in February 2021.

Spurs have won just one of their last 13 midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Premier League games (D2 L10), beating Brentford 3-2 in January 2024.

Thomas Frank’s side are unbeaten in Premier League games outside of London this season, picking up 10 points in four games (W3 D1). They last had a longer unbeaten run outside of the capital between March and October 2022 (six games).

Newcastle boss Eddie Howe has won six of his eight Premier League matches against Spurs manager Thomas Frank, all while the Dane was at Brentford (D1 L1). It’s his joint most wins against an opposing manager, also beating Marco Silva six times (D1 L5).

Team news

Newcastle United

Sven Botman faces a fitness issue, as he was sidelined with a back issue in the Magpies’ win at Everton.

Kieran Trippier, Harrison Ashby, Will Osula and Emil Krafth remain out with injuries.

Summer signing Yoane Wissa is back in training after being sidelined with a knee injury, but he’s not expected to be back for this fixture.

Tottenham Hotspur

Cristian Romero returns after his one-match suspension served against Fulham.

Dominic Solanke, James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, and Yves Bissouma are unavailable due to injuries.

Predicted line-ups

Newcastle United: Nick Pope, Tino Livramento, Malick Thiaw, Fabian Schär, Lewis Hall, Bruno Guimarães, Sandro Tonali, Joelinton, Jacob Murphy, Harvey Barnes, Nick Woltemade.

Tottenham Hotspur: Guglielmo Vicario, Pedro Porro, Cristian Romero, Micky van de Ven, Djed Spence, Rodrigo Bentancur, João Palhinha, Mohammed Kudus, Xavi Simons, Randal Kolo Muani, Richarlison.