Premier League LIVE: Seven games including Tottenham v Newcastle, Manchester City v West Ham, Brighton v Arsenal and Crystal Palace v Chelsea – radio and text

Tottenham have won two of their last three Premier League home games against Newcastle (L1), as many as in their last seven (D1 L4).

Newcastle have won four of their last five Premier League games against Tottenham (L1), as many as they have won in their last 15 (D2 L9).

Having achieved the Premier League double against Spurs in just one of twelve seasons between 2008/09 and 2021/22 (2015/16), Newcastle could now do so in two of the last three (also 2022/23).

Tottenham vs Newcastle is the most frequently played Premier League game that has never ended 0-0 (59 matches). 189 goals were scored in games between the teams, the third highest goal total in Premier League history.

Tottenham have lost their first league game in two of the last five calendar years (W2 D1), as many times as they have lost in the previous 16 years combined (W11 D3).

Newcastle have won their first league game in just one of the last 12 calendar years (D3 L8), winning 1-0 at Stoke on New Year’s Day 2018.

Tottenham are winless in their last five Premier League home games, their longest run since eight games between March and October 2008 under Juande Ramos, while they last had a longer run in a single season between October 1993 and April 1994 (14).

Alexander Isak scored 25 Premier League goals for Newcastle in 2024, with only Alan Shearer scoring more in a single year for the club in 2002 (27). In total, Isak’s 43 Premier League goals for the Magpies are only bettered by Shearer (148), Callum Wilson (47) and Peter Beardsley (46).

Brennan Johnson is Tottenham’s top scorer in all competitions this season with 11 goals, while the Welshman has either scored (2) or assisted (2) in each of his last four Premier League home games.

Anthony Gordon has been directly involved in a goal in each of his last four Premier League appearances for Newcastle United (1 goal, 3 assists) and assisted in each of his last two away games against Ipswich and Man Utd.