DomainJava.com – Tottenham vs Newcastle prediction in Premier League match, Potentially on the verge of a major crisis, the ailing Tottenham Hotspur team begins preparations for 2025 at home against Newcastle United in Saturday's Premier League start.
Ange Postecoglou's team was only able to pick up one point from Wolverhampton Wanderers in their last match in 2024, while the Magpies were able to beat Manchester United easily.
Just a year since picking up the most points of any manager in their first 10 Premier League games, Postecoglou's job is under the biggest threat ever, as the North London side end 2024 with just three wins from their final 13 games of the calendar year .
Since beating Southampton five times without reply in mid-December, Spurs have taken just one point from a possible nine in meetings with Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Wolverhampton Wanderers, the last of which rescued a 2-2 draw on December 29 thanks to Jorgen Strand Larsen's late intervention. -last minute.
Having been just two points shy of qualifying for the Champions League last year, Tottenham are a team unlikely to qualify for the Conference League, sitting in the bottom half of the Premier League table and mathematically closer to the relegation zone than the top four.
Saturday's defeat is not expected to trigger Postecoglou's dismissal, but it is believed that the Australian's Premier League Cup semi-final exit at the hands of Liverpool – which would seriously damage the Australian's hopes of fulfilling his second season's trophy predictions – could give Daniel Levy some serious thinking.
Ahead of the first leg of their meeting with the Reds next week, Postecoglou looks to end Spurs' five-game winless run at home in the Premier League; since 1994 they have not had a long spell without a win in the top flight in North London.
It was only a few years ago that Spurs were vying for a place in Europe's elite standings while Newcastle were languishing in the bottom 10, but now the roles are reversed, and Eddie Howe's side are truly threatening to beat the top four teams amidst their scintillating form.
As one of two teams to have won their last four Premier League games – alongside surprise side Nottingham Forest – Newcastle followed up successive wins over Leicester City, Aston Villa and Ipswich Town with their easiest ever victory at Old Trafford.
Alexander Isak and Joelinton showed off their aerial dominance in the first half to beat a weak Man United team, thus strengthening Newcastle's position in fifth place in the Premier League standings, and the gap with Chelsea in the final Champions League position is now only three points.
After keeping just three clean sheets in their first 15 Premier League games of the season, the visitors have now recorded four shut-outs in their last four wins, rediscovering the rock-solid defense that initially made them a force to be reckoned with a few years ago.
Newcastle, who have also developed a reputation as one of Tottenham's most feared opponents, have beaten Saturday's hosts in four of their last five Premier League games, although one deviation in that sequence was a heavy 4-1 defeat in the same game last season.
Tottenham's medical team welcomed another new face to an already packed treatment room on December 29, as Destiny Udogie suffered his second hamstring injury in the span of a few weeks and will not be available for the game against the Magpies at least.
Postecoglou will at least have Djed Spence – Udogie's equal replacement – back from suspension, but Rodrigo Bentancur is now banned due to his own accumulation of yellow cards, opening up a spot in midfield for Pape Sarr to fill.
Guglielmo Vicario (ankle), Micky van de Ven (hamstring), Mikey Moore (illness), Richarlison (hamstring), Cristian Romero (thigh), Wilson Odobert (hamstring) and Ben Davies (hamstring) are also still unavailable; the latter would initially return around this time before experiencing a setback.
Postecoglou and Howe can empathize with each other over the loss of a key player through suspension, as Fabian Schar picked up his fifth yellow card of the season in the win at Old Trafford and will also be on the bench on Saturday.
Schar will be one of at least five defenders absent for the Magpies alongside Jamaal Lascelles (knee), Nick Pope (knee), Emil Krafth (shoulder) and Sven Botman (knee), although the latter is now playing behind closed doors again and could soon made his long-awaited comeback.
Kieran Trippier also appears to have picked up a hamstring injury in the win over Man United and will therefore have to give up his place to Tino Livramento, while Callum Wilson is still weeks away from returning from a hamstring problem.
Tottenham vs Newcastle Player Predictions
Tottenham : Forster; Porro, Gray, Dragusin, Spence; Kulusevski, Sarr, Maddison; Johnson, Solanke, Son
Newcastle: Dubravka; Livramento, Kelly, Burn, Hall; Guimaraes, Tonali, Joelinton; Murphy, Isaac, Gordon
SCORE PREDICTION Tottenham vs Newcastle: 2-1
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