There’s a spring in the step for many Newcastle United fans, who are now eagerly looking forward to the coming years in the hands of their new Saudi-led consortium of owners. They’ll hope the recent takeover can spark the team into life on the pitch given that the ‘Toon’ are winless in the Premier League so far (D3, L4), with no side conceding more goals ahead of this game week…
St James’ Park is likely to be in a celebratory mood, yet Tottenham Hotspur has a knack for being the party-poopers when they travel to the North East and the hosts haven’t beaten them at home in their last four attempts (D1, L3). They did win two points from losing positions against Spurs last season, though, which could give them an extra incentive to go one better this time.
Players to watch: Maverick Newcastle attacker Allan Saint-Maximin has five goal contributions this PL season (G2, A3) alternating between goal and assist so far – his last contribution was an assist. Meanwhile, five of Harry Kane’s six Premier League goals for Tottenham against Newcastle have come at St James’ Park.