Newcastle v Tottenham
Kick-off time & date: 1330 BST, Sunday August 13
Venue: St James' Park
TV Channel: Sky Sports PL HD
Sky Bet odds: Newcastle 4/1, draw 29/10, Tottenham 4/6
Key Opta Statistics
There have been 14 goals scored in the last three Premier League meetings between these two clubs at St James’ Park.
The Magpies have won only one opening match across their last nine league seasons, but that came against Spurs; 2-1 in 2012 (D4 L4).
Harry Kane is one goal away from a century for Spurs in all competitions – he has netted 99 goals in 165 games so far, including hat-tricks in his two previous appearances.
Kane has scored 20 goals in his last 15 Premier League games against newly promoted sides – three of his six top-flight hat-tricks have been against newly promoted teams (Leicester in 2014-15, Bournemouth in 2015-16 and Hull last season).
However, Kane has never scored a Premier League goal in August (10 games).
Newcastle striker Dwight Gayle averaged a goal every 93 minutes in the Championship last season, scoring 23 goals; he also scored in his last top-flight appearance against Spurs for Crystal Palace in January 2015.
None of the last nine winners of the Championship have won their first match in the Premier League after promotion (D2 L7). The last team to achieve this were Sunderland in August 2007, who beat Tottenham on the opening day thanks to a late strike from Michael Chopra.