Tottenham Hotspur vs Newcastle United
Tottenham need to come to their senses quickly as they return home to play Newcastle United in their third Premier League game in a week.
Tottenham have missed a chance to close the gap with leading Arsenal in the rankings, and now they face Newcastle, who have been unbeaten in their last five games.
However, Antonio Conte’s players are still doing well overall, tied for second-place Manchester City with 23 points. On the other hand, visiting Newcastle are sixth with 18 points and are looking to return to the European tournament.
Looking forward to another exciting match, SBOTOP will look at what can be expected from this showdown.
Issue
Tottenham Hotspur must fight back
After losing to Manchester United, manager Antonio Conte admitted that despite his good ranking, his team should not be considered a Premier League championship contender.
They fell victim to Manchester United’s best performance of the season under head coach Eric Ten Hagh, who recorded 28 shots and 10 effective shots, while Tottenham had only nine shots and two effective shots.
Nineteen of those shots came from Manchester United in the first half, nevertheless scoring no goals in the first half. Fred eventually put the home side ahead with a good performance, and Bruno Fernandes scored another great goal.
This miserable performance was completely overturned against Everton a few days ago, who won by exactly the same margin.
Tottenham were aggressive against Everton, with Harry Kane and Pierre-Emil Hoyvier scoring in the second half.
It was good that Tottenham were short before they forgot to lose to Manchester United, but some key players on the offensive would be out.
Harry Kane and Son Heung-min will once again bear a heavy burden because Dejan Koulusevsky is uncertain about his participation and Hishalisson is on crutches. However, this could be an opportunity for Lucas Moura to rejoin the starting lineup.
Miguel Almiron is at his best at Newcastle
Miguel Almiron was the scapegoat for Jack Grillish’s jokes last season, but who is laughing now?
The Paraguayan winger is now at Newcastle’s multi-goal lead with five goals, while Grillish has only one and is not a regular starter for Manchester City.
Almiron has established himself as a key player for Newcastle as Alan Saint-Maximain and Alexander Isaac have been sidelined in the past few games.
After a scoreless draw against Manchester United, he scored a decisive goal in 30 minutes against Everton yesterday to create the Premier League 2022 highlight. Bruno Guimarangas found Almiron in a close call, and he put the ball into the top corner of the net with a single touch.
Eddie Howe deserves credit for transforming the team into a strong defensive form, as they scored the lowest runs (nine goals) in England’s first division.
Considering that he lost the most points (80 goals) in less than a year on the calendar and held an unwanted record, the reversal of defense is very impressive.
Record
Tottenham are ahead of Newcastle in the face-to-face match. Tottenham have 73 wins, Newcastle 59 wins and 34 draws in 166 previous games this week.
Tottenham recently won seven Premier League games (two draws and one loss) against Newcastle, including last season’s double, which they won 8-3 in total.
They also won eight league games at home and allowed only five runs while scoring 22 goals. This is the second longest home winning streak, with only 14 consecutive wins recorded from November 2016 to May 2017.
Despite losing away games against Tottenham last season, Newcastle have won 10 Premier League away games against them, a joint record against a single team along with West Ham United.
Newcastle have lost only once (two wins and three draws) in six previous league away games.