Newcastle – Tottenham

Newcastle host Tottenham in what promises to be a pivotal clash in the lower half of the table. The Magpies sit tenth with five points from three games – a win and two draws that have left them with a modest 6‑4 goal difference – while Spurs languish seventeenth, still winless after four matches, having failed to find the net and conceding five. Newcastle’s home advantage and a slight edge in scoring should make them the favorites, but Tottenham will be desperate to snap their barren run and climb out of the relegation zone. The encounter could very well decide which side drifts upward and which remains stuck in the bottom‑half scramble.