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Tottenham host Newcastle looking to open their account

Tottenham welcome Newcastle to north London on Saturday evening with zero points from one match. The visitors have one point from the same number of games and sit eleven places higher in the table.

By Tobias König· Spielberichterstatter·Veröffentlicht ·1 MIN LESEZEIT

Opening-day contrast

Tottenham lost 0-3 in their opening fixture and remain one of three clubs yet to register a point. Newcastle drew 2-2 with Liverpool in Newcastle 2-2 Liverpool: Szoboszlai rescues Iraola's league debut, earning a point on the opening weekend. A win here would lift Tottenham to three points from two matches; Newcastle would move to four from two with three points.

Recent form offers mixed signals. Tottenham have won two, drawn two and lost one of their last five matches, including a 5-1 win in midweek. Newcastle have won one, drawn two and lost two of their last five. Both sides have shown they can score — the five head-to-head meetings between them produced fourteen goals — but neither has been watertight.

Recent history weighs one way

The last five meetings have not gone Tottenham's way. They have lost three and drawn two, failing to win any of them. The most recent encounter ended 1-2, continuing a pattern that stretches back more than a year. Newcastle have not lost to Tottenham since before that run began, a sequence that will matter to both dressing rooms even if the table has barely taken shape.

We are covering this one live. Follow it with us in the match centre for the line-ups when they land, the goals as they go in, and the full timeline.

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Tottenham welcome Newcastle to north London on Saturday evening with zero points from one match. The visitors have one point from the same number of games and sit eleven places higher in the table.

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