The 2020/21 English Premier League season continues this weekend and on Sunday the 27th of September we have a match between Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United. The game will be played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with the hosts coming into the game on 3 points, the same number as the visitors.
Tottenham Hotspur return from their Thursday night Europa League qualifying match in North Macedonia having won the game 3-1. Spurs opened the scoring after only 5 minutes and appeared to be in for a comfortable night until they conceded an equaliser early in the second half. Goals from Son Heung-Min and Harry Kane were enough to see Spurs progress.
That victory comes on the back of an excellent 5-2 win at Southampton in the Premier League last weekend. Despite falling a goal behind, Spurs found the equaliser just before half time and went on to score 4 more goals in the second half to record a convincing victory. it was an important win and performance following the disappointing display at home against Everton in the opening Premier League match of the season.
Trends show that in their 10 most recent matches of all competitions, Spurs have been undefeated 9 times. They have won 6 of their last 8 games in all competitions games and in their last 9 home matches of the Premier League, Spurs have scored 2 or more goals 6 times.
Newcastle United travel to London having recorded a resounding 7-0 victory over Morecambe away from home in the League Cup. It was a match they were expected to win but manager Steve Bruce will be impressed by the performance of his players, some of whom will be hoping they did enough to start this game.
However, the League Cup win will not be enough to forget about the disappointing display against Brighton in their previous Premier League match. Despite being the home team, Newcastle United found themselves 2-0 down after only 7 minutes of the game. They struggled to get back into the match and conceded a third goal late on to lose 3-0.
Having recorded a good 2-0 win at West Ham United on the opening weekend of the season, the loss at home against Brighton came as shock to Newcastle United and they will want to bounce back with a strong showing at Spurs.
Trends show Newcastle United have won only one of their last 8 Premier League matches and they have lost by 2 or more goals in 3 of their last 5 Premier League games.
Team news and Tottenham Hotspur will need to assess their squad following their trip to North Macedonia. However, new signings Gareth Bale and Sergio Reguilón are unlikely to be available.
Newcastle United could be without attacking midfielder Allan Saint-Maximin along with defender Jamal Lewis. Dwight Gayle, Fabian Schär, Martin Dubravka, Matthew Longstaff, and Paul Dummett all miss out due to injury.
Spurs will be keen to build on their win at Southampton last weekend. Newcastle United are likely to defend deep but with their forwards in good form, Spurs should be able to make the breakthrough and could win this game by a one goal margin with both teams scoring.