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Newcastle Utd. face a trip to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Sunday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Magpies will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in March 2004, the Spurs carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sun 13 Mar | Newcastle Utd. | 1 - 0 | Tottenham H. | FAC |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 21 Aug | Newcastle Utd. | 0 - 1 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 14 Mar | Tottenham H. | 1 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | Newcastle Utd. | 4 - 0 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 29 Jan | Tottenham H. | 0 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 29 Dec | Newcastle Utd. | 2 - 1 | Tottenham H. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 30 Jan | Tottenham H. | 1 - 3 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Tottenham Hotspur have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Spurs in those games, with 6 conceded.
Newcastle Utd. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Magpies's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 5 against.
Tottenham H.'s 43 points from 31 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Newcastle Utd. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 38 points from their 30 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Tottenham H. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Magpies could well see them head back from White Hart Lane with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Tottenham H. | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. |
| Newcastle Utd. | Undefeated in last 4 away games. |