Newcastle vs Tottenham Prediction and Betting Tips: A goal fest anticipated at St James' Park

Premier League viewers will be hopeful of another high-scoring, evenly-matched contest between Newcastle and Tottenham in Sunday's 1:30pm televised slot, live from St James' Park.

Both teams enter the third weekend of the season unbeaten. The Magpies were spared their blushes in the dying stages of last Sunday's contest with Bournemouth after the home side appeared to win the game only to have VAR crush their hopes due to a handball.

On the other hand, after failing to make their dominance against Leicester count on GW1, Spurs put Everton to the sword in North London, thanks to a Son Heung-min brace, and additional goals from Yves Bissouma and Cristian Romero.

Newcastle vs Tottenham has been a staple fixture for goals over recent years. Both teams fired four past each other last season, with the pair doing so at their respective home grounds in 4-1 and 4-0 victories four months apart.

Their previous three meetings have all boasted 4+ goals, including when Eddie Howe's men tanked Cristian Stellini's side 6-1 at St James' Park in April 2023.

This particular goals line has landed in six of the last seven head-to-head meetings, and Spurs' 2024/25 attack have already proven themselves capable of clearing this figure alone when putting four past Everton last Saturday.

Last season, Newcastle games averaged 2.2 goals compared to Tottenham's 1.92. However, three clean sheets fewer and 11 goals shy of Newcastle's tally of 85 despite finishing six points behind Sunday's opponents suggests we are likely in for another highly competitive affair on Tyneside.

Anthony Gordon's 2023/24 tally of 12 goals was by far his most successful in senior football. The winger's productivity and general performances rightly earned him plenty of plaudits and began to justify his hefty January 2023 price tag in the mind's of football supporters.

The 23-year-old opened his account for the season last Sunday after cancelling out Marcus Tavernier's first-half opener at the Vitality Stadium in their 1-1 draw with Bournemouth.

After ending last campaign with a goal against Manchester United before then being ruled out of Newcastle's final game of the season through injury, Gordon looks to have picked up where he left off and has cemented himself as a vital cog in this Magpies team.

Better yet, Gordon netted in his side's 4-0 win over Tottenham on this ground in April and is sure to prove a worthy adversary to Spurs full-back Pedro Porro in their individual duels this weekend.