Newcastle v Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result and reaction as Isak and Gordon star in big win
Newcastle 4-0 Tottenham: The Magpies soared back into the Premier League top six with a dominant victory
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Alexander Isak smashed his way through the 20-goal barrier as Newcastle United boosted their European hopes by denting those of Tottenham Hotspur.
The Magpies’ £63m record signing produced two sumptuous finishes either side of Anthony Gordon’s strike to take his tally for the campaign to 21 before Fabian Schar’s thunderous late header secured a 4-0 win at St James’ Park.
It was their third victory in four Premier League outings and ended fourth-placed Spurs’ three-match unbeaten run, and while it might not have been as spectacular as last season’s 6-1 rout in the corresponding fixture, it was equally emphatic.
Head coach Eddie Howe once again set up his team to suck in the visitors and then hit them on the break, and the plan worked to perfection on an day defender Micky van de Ven in particular will want to forget quickly as he was sat down for both first-half goals.
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Newcastle vs Tottenham
Newcastle have found the net in all of their top-flight home fixtures this season, with Tottenham the only other side to achieve that.
Their run of scoring in 16 consecutive Premier League home matches is their longest since an 18-game streak from September 2002 to August 2003.
Newcastle vs Tottenham
Ange Postecoglou’s side have failed to find the net in just one of their past 43 league matches - the 3-0 defeat at Fulham last month.
18 of their 23 Premier League goals this year have come in the second half of games.
Newcastle vs Tottenham
Tottenham have won four of their past six top-flight matches, drawing one and losing the other. However, Spurs have triumphed in just two of their past nine Premier League away games, drawing four and losing three.
Newcastle vs Tottenham
Newcastle have lost only two of their last 10 Premier League matches, winning five and drawing three. Eddie Howe’s side are vying to win consecutive league games for the first time since December.
Newcastle vs Tottenham
Newcastle could win consecutive home league matches against Spurs for the first time since a run of four between April 2006 and December 2008.
Tottenham have scored on each of their last 17 visits to St. James’ Park in all competitions since a 1-0 FA Cup defeat in March 2005.
Newcastle vs Tottenham
Newcastle have lost six of their last nine home games against Tottenham in the Premier League, drawing one and winning two. However, those two wins were a 5-1 victory in May 2016 last season’s 6-1 triumph in April 2023.
Newcastle vs Tottenham
Eddie Howe makes two changes to the Newcastle side that defeated Fulham 1-0 last weekend.
Joe Willock is ruled out with an Achilles injury while Lewis Hall drops to the bench. Elliot Anderson and Harvey Barnes both came into the starting line-up.
Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou makes just the one change to the team which cruised to a 3-1 win over Nottingham Forest. Rodrigo Bentancur is preferred to Pape Matar Sarr in midfield.
Richarlison doesn’t make the squad.
Newcastle vs Tottenham line-ups
Newcastle XI: Dubravka, Krafth, Schar, Burn, Barnes, S Longstaff, Guimaraes, Anderson, Murphy, Isak, Gordon
Tottenham XI: Vicario, Porro, Romero, van de Ven, Udogie, Bissouma, Bentancur, Johnson, Maddison, Werner, Son Heung-min
Ange Postecoglou: I’ve no interest in filming a new docuseries at Tottenham
Ange Postecoglou has no interest in following the lead of Newcastle and other clubs, which includes his own, of allowing the TV cameras inside the Tottenham dressing room to film a documentary.
Spurs return to St James’ Park on Saturday for the first time since their 6-1 thrashing last April, which features in a recent docuseries about the north-east club.
Episode three of the four-part series focuses on a match which proved the nadir of a sorry season for Tottenham and subsequently resulted in the appointment of Postecoglou in June.
This documentary about Newcastle is the latest in a collection of sports series by Amazon Prime, which includes Spurs’ 2019-20 campaign where then-manager Jose Mourinho predictably proved a TV star, but the current coach in the hotseat has no such burning desire.
Ange Postecoglou: I’ve no interest in filming a new docuseries at Tottenham
The Amazon Prime cameras captured Spurs’ 6-1 humbling at St James’ Park last season.
Newcastle vs Tottenham tips, predictions and Premier League betting odds
With Aston Villa fading in the race for fourth, Tottenham go to Newcastle on Grand National Saturday sensing an opportunity to pull clear of their rivals with the finish line in sight.
Villa and Spurs are both on 60 points, but Ange Postecoglou’s men lead by a nose thanks to their superior goal difference. The top-four odds show Tottenham as favourite to finish fourth, and while fifth is likely to be enough to also qualify for the Champions League, it doesn’t yet come with the guarantee of top-tier European action fourth has to offer.
With Villa going to Arsenal on Sunday, Spurs can put some daylight between them and Unai Emery’s men but the hosts have European ambitions of their own and could move into the top six with a victory.
The Magpies hammered Tottenham 6-1 the last time they visited Tyneside but are home underdogs on betting apps for this latest encounter.
Here are our tips for the game:
Newcastle vs Tottenham tips, predictions and Premier League betting odds
Our football tipster is anticipating Spurs will edge an entertaining lunchtime kick-off at Newcastle
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