The most eagerly anticipated clash of the weekend in the English Premier League takes place on the 22nd of April as Newcastle United meet Tottenham Hotspur.
The game will be played at St James’ Park and the hosts are currently 4th in the Premier League on 56 points while the visitors are in 5th place on 53 points.
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Newcastle United come into the match on the back of a disappointing 3-0 defeat at Aston Villa in the Premier League last weekend.
The Magpies conceded a goal in the 11th minute and were on the back foot for most of the game. Aston Villa scored two goals in the final 26 minutes of the match to claim victory.
The defeat at Aston Villa was the first loss for Newcastle United in their last 6 fixtures, all of which have been in the Premier League. Newcastle United have beat Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester United at home plus Nottingham Forest, West Ham United, and Brentford away.
Home form in the Premier League shows Newcastle United are undefeated in 14 of their 15 most recent matches. However, they have won only 2 of their last 4 home league fixtures having lost against Liverpool and been held to a draw by West Ham United.
There have been under 2.5 goals scored in 6 of Newcastle United’s 7 most recent home Premier League games.
Tottenham Hotspur travel north to St James’ Park having suffered a shock 3-2 defeat at home to Bournemouth last weekend in the Premier League. Spurs opened the scoring in the 14th minute but conceded the equaliser shortly before half time.
Bournemouth took the lead in the 51st minute and having equalised in the 88th minute, Spurs were searching for the winner only to concede a third goal in added time.
The defeat to Bournemouth means Spurs have recorded only 1 win from their 4 most recent fixtures. They have been held to a draw at Southampton and Everton but beat Brighton 2-1 at home, all in the Premier League.
Away form has been poor for Spurs in the Premier League and they have failed to win any of their last 4 matches. In addition to the draws at Southampton and Everton there have been losses at Leicester City and Wolverhampton Wanderers. Under 2.5 goals have been scored in 3 of Spurs’ last 5 away league games.
Team news and Newcastle United have doubts over the fitness of Allan Saint-Maximin but he is the only injury concern for the hosts ahead of the match.
Tottenham Hotspur are without suspended midfielder Lucas Moura. Emerson Royal and Ben Davies are injured plus there are doubts over the fitness of Ryan Sessegnon and Yves Bissouma.
This is a massive game in terms of the top four and both teams know how important it is to avoid defeat in this match. That could lead to a tight game, with the match ending level and under 2.5 goals scored.