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Newcastle United host Tottenham Hotspur at St James’ Park in the weekend’s early Premier League kick-off.
Eddie Howe’s team are striving to move up the table and secure European football for next year but know that points are valuable currency at this stage of the season. The Magpies currently sit eighth in the league, just outside the spots to qualify for Europe, but are only two points behind Manchester United in sixth.
Spurs meanwhile are hoping to secure their place in fourth having recently overtaken the high-flying Aston Villa. It looks as though Ange Postecoglou’s side are in a battle with the Midlands team for the final Champions League spot with both clubs sitting on 60 points, though Tottenham have a better goal difference and a game in hand.
Postecoglou’s side still have to face Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City before the end of the season so any dropped points today could hurt their chances of a top-four finish.
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Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
36 mins: CLOSE! Lovely again from Isak. Barnes plays it into him and he lets it run across his body, taking the defender out the game before he hits it. It’s blocked by the sliding challenge and Newcastle have a corner. You could argue that should’ve been 3-0.
Chris Wilson13 April 2024 13:09
Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
34 mins: Not sure if it’s van de Ven’s studs or poor decision-making, but that’s really poor defending twice in two minutes. Newcastle are flying now.
Gordon swings in a corner and Dan Burn gets his head to it, but it’s over.
Chris Wilson13 April 2024 13:07
GOAL! Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
32 mins: A torrid couples of minutes for van de Ven.
Pedro Porro plays a horrible backpass and Gordon intercepts it in the box. He cuts inside van de Ven, who’s sent to the floor for the second time in as many minutes, and Gordon rifles it past Vicario into the far corner!
Chris Wilson13 April 2024 13:05
GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Tottenham
30 mins: GOAL! That’s some lovely play from Isak.
Anthony Gordon picks up the ball on halfway, shrugs off Udogie and threads a pass through to Isak. He cuts inside van de Ven and slots it home!
Chris Wilson13 April 2024 13:03
Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham
27 mins: Newcastle can’t make anything of the free-kick, and Spurs win possession again, but Maddison can’t find Son on the break.
Chris Wilson13 April 2024 13:01
Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham
25 mins: Gordon is the victim of a cynical foul for the third time in 25 minutes, and van de Ven gets the first booking of the day!
Chris Wilson13 April 2024 12:58
Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham
24 mins: Spurs have certainly been dominant so far here, though only one real clear-cut chance to report so far. Newcastle are struggling to play out from the back at times.
Chris Wilson13 April 2024 12:57
Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham
21 mins: Newcastle’s attack has just lacked a little bit of cohesion. Harvey Barnes is the latest to make a mistake as he tries to lay it off to Anderson.
Spurs try to counter but Burn fouls Maddison. No yellow again!
Chris Wilson13 April 2024 12:54
Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham
20 mins: Gordon does well to win possession and then he gets bodied by Maddison as Newcastle look to counter. The crowd think it should be a booking, but Maddison escapes.
Chris Wilson13 April 2024 12:52
Newcastle 0-0 Tottenham
18 mins: Spurs are winning possession back quickly when they do lose it, despite the best efforts of Bruno Guimaraes and Newcastle’s attackers.
Chris Wilson13 April 2024 12:51