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Newcastle Utd. face a trip to Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane at lunchtime on Saturday, 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 less than a year ago, in April 2005, 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 10 Apr | Tottenham H. | 1 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Tottenham Hotspur are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Spurs, with 5 goals against.
Newcastle Utd. have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. The Magpies's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 9.
Tottenham H. sit in a healthy 4th in the league, and have picked up 34 points from their 19 games. Newcastle Utd.'s 25 points from 18 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Tottenham H. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 13 |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Spurs, as the Magpies have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Tottenham H. | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. |
| Newcastle Utd. | 9 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |