Tottenham will look to build on their north London derby win over Arsenal when they head to Newcastle United tonight.
Victory over the Gunners saw Jose Mourinho’s side leapfrog their rivals back into eighth place but there is still plenty of work to do in their bid to secure qualification for the Europa League.
Tottenham’s form has been patchy, to say the least since the restart, but might that wins over Arsenal proved to be a turning point?
TEAM NEWS
Newcastle has several fitness concerns for the visit of Tottenham, with Jamaal Lascelles set to miss out because of injury after being substituted in the defeat against Watford.
Isaac Hayden and Sean Longstaff are both major doubts.
Tottenham is still without Eric Dier, who serves the third match of a four-game ban for confronting a fan during the FA Cup tie against Norwich City.
Dele Alli is expected to miss the fourth game with a hamstring injury.
MATCH FACTS
Head-to-head
Newcastle is looking to record their first Premier League double over Spurs in four years, following their 1-0 away win in August.
Tottenham have won four of the last five Premier League meetings at St James’ Park, having only managed three victories in the first 19.
Spurs can secure three consecutive away win against Newcastle in all competitions for the first time since January 1975.
Newcastle United
Newcastle is unbeaten in six home league matches and has only lost three of their 17 top-flight fixtures at St James’ Park this season (W6, D8).
The last time the Magpies lost no more than three home games in a Premier League campaign was in 2011-12.
However, they could sustain three successive Premier League losses for the first time since 1 January.
They have scored only one first-half goal in their past 10 Premier League home games.
Newcastle has scored 36% of their league goals via set-pieces. Only Bournemouth, with 47%, have scored a higher proportion.
Dwight Gayle has three goals in five Premier League appearances, having failed to score in his 12 previous matches.
Miguel Almiron has scored one goal and assisted another in his past three Premier League home games, matching his total tally from the first 19 league matches at St James’ Park.
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Tottenham Hotspur
Spurs have lost just once in six games since the restart (W3, D2).
They have earned an unsurpassed four Premier League wins after conceding the first goal this season.
Nonetheless, Tottenham is guaranteed their lowest final points tally in a season since 2008-09.
Jose Mourinho has managed seven fixtures at St James’ Park without a victory, his longest winless away run at any Premier League ground. Mourinho’s four defeats at Newcastle are also his highest number of losses at one Premier League stadium.
Harry Kane is one short of 200 club goals in all competitions: 183 for Spurs, nine for Millwall, five for Leyton Orient, and two for Leicester City.
PREDICTION: 1-1
