Newcastle Utd. face a trip to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Tuesday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Magpies will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was was two seasons ago, in April 2009, the Spurs carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premier League match.
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Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
2008/2009 | Sun 19 Apr | Tottenham H. | 1 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
2008/2009 | Sun 21 Dec | Newcastle Utd. | 2 - 1 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
2008/2009 | Wed 24 Sep | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 2 | Tottenham H. | LGEC |
2007/2008 | Sun 30 Mar | Tottenham H. | 1 - 4 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
2007/2008 | Mon 22 Oct | Newcastle Utd. | 3 - 1 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
2006/2007 | Sun 14 Jan | Tottenham H. | 2 - 3 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
2006/2007 | Sat 23 Dec | Newcastle Utd. | 3 - 1 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Tottenham Hotspur are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Spurs, with 6 goals against.
Newcastle Utd. have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. While the Magpies have hit 10 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Tottenham H.'s total of 30 points from their 18 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Barclays Premier League. Newcastle Utd. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Barclays Premier League, picking up 22 from their 18 games so far.
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Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
Tottenham H. | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 12 |
Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Neither team is setting the world alight, and I think this game will result in a narrow home win for the Spurs. Home win
Sequence statistics: | |
Tottenham H. | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 9 matches. |
Newcastle Utd. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |