Tottenham vs Newcastle Prediction and Betting Tips: 5/4 and 8/1 bets for Sunday's 4:30pm match
Two of the division's top seven teams in Tottenham and Newcastle seek to bounce back from midweek defeats in Sunday's 4:30pm televised grapple.
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A draw over a defeat is the only difference maker at this point between Tottenham and Newcastle, with a +15 goal difference for The Magpies potentially proving crucial in the latter stages of the season compared to Spurs' +7. The Toon's underwhelming away record has been perpetuated across their seven instances of ground hopping in the league so far, possibly epitomised by that telling 3-0 defeat at Goodison Park on Thursday.
Tottenham's blinding start under Ange Postecoglou has come to a screeching halt since November as the North London side have lost four of their last five matches and have only displayed that initial character in a 3-3 draw at the Etihad. With only three points between The Lilywhites in 5th and West Ham in 9th, these two must secure maximum points in order to distance themselves from the chasing pack.
Tottenham vs Newcastle Tips
The biggest testament to Big Ange's attack-minded philosophy has been the fact that Tottenham have scored in every single one of their league matches, putting away 2+ in four matches at home base, which includes matches with Manchester United and Liverpool. In contrast to that, Newcastle's only away clean sheet came in the 8-0 destruction of the league's whipping boys Sheffield United - a team who've scored a lowly 11 times.
Discipline doesn't appear to have been something Postecoglou has been drilling into his side since stepping into the hotseat, with Spurs' tally of 41 yellows and three reds the fourth-highest in the Premier League. They've cleared this line in nine of his 15 experiences of Premier League matches, including in three of their last four.
This match looks particularly ripe for cards to be served up to the home team, as Dejan Kulusevski and Destiny Udogie, the 2nd and 6th ranked players for most fouls committed, clash with Bruno Guimaraes and Anthony Gordon, the 3rd and 6th highest placed individuals for drawing fouls. The Tottenham duo have committed 28 and 26 fouls, while Newcastle's pair have won 31 and 30 free-kicks respectively.
Between them, these two have scored 61 goals. Tottenham have been involved in two games with four goals, one with five, another with six and finally one with seven. Newcastle themselves have generally seen quite a high number of goals too, featuring in two 2-2 draws and dispatching Chelsea 4-1, Villa 5-1 and hitting Sheffield United for eight at Bramall Lane.
Despite Newcastle's unflattering away record, Tottenham live and die by the openness that their Australian head coach has instilled, meaning Eddie Howe's men will create chances and be well equipped to get at a defensively weakened team; recently exploited by Villa, City and Chelsea. Spurs have shipped 22 goals in 15 matches across this EPL calendar, more than six of the division's top-10 teams.
19 goals have been scored in the first half of Newcastle's matches - with The Magpies notching 13 themselves - and a further 30 have been struck in the following 45 minutes of games. Tottenham's stats look like 13-9 in the first half and 16-13 in the second 45, giving both teams quite the even spread for timings of goals scored and conceded. This bet has landed three times in Tottenham's fixtures already, while The Toon have had three goals put past them at Brighton, two against both West Ham and Wolves, and most damningly, five in their last two trips to Bournemouth and Everton.
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