Tottenham Hotspur will host Newcastle United on Sunday as they look for returning to winning ways. The Lilywhites suffered a disappointing 2-0 defeat at the hands of Manchester United in their last time out. On the other hand, the Magpies recorded a narrow 1-0 victory against Everton in the midweek encounter so they will be hoping to produce a similar result.
Tottenham Hotspur Vs Newcastle United: Talking Tactics
Antonio Conte will certainly opt for the 3-5-2 formation once again and could name the same starting XI for this home encounter. Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane will continue as a two-man strike team in the front while Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski remain sidelined.
Eddie Howe could opt for the 4-3-3 formation and he is expected to go with the same starting XI allowing Miguel Almiron, Callum Wilson and Jacob Murphy to continue in the attack while Bruno Guimaraes keeps his spot in the midfield.
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Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham will be without Richarlison who has been ruled out for the long term after sustaining a calf injury recently. Meanwhile, Dejan Kulusevski is still recovering from a thigh injury so he will be missing out on this home encounter.
Tottenham Hotspur Predicted XI
Lloris; Romero, Dier, Davies; Doherty, Bentancur, Bissouma, Hojbjerg, Emerson; Kane, Son
Newcastle United
As for Newcastle, they’re going through an injury crisis with Alexander Isak and Allan Saint-Maximin both suffering major injury setbacks due to their respective thigh and hamstring issues. Matt Ritchie (calf), Karl Darlow (ankle) and Emil Krafth (knee) all remain sidelined through injuries. Apart from this, there have been no fresh injury concerns for Howe recently so others remain fully fit and available for selection.
Newcastle United Predicted XI
Pope; Burn, Botman, Scharr, Trippier; Longstaff, Guimaraes, Joelinton; Almiron, Wilson, Murphy
Tottenham Hotspur Vs Newcastle United: Streaming Links
Country | Broadcaster |
United Kingdom | BBC Radio 5 |
USA | Peacock |
India | Hotstar |
Canada | DAZN |
Spain | DAZN |
Italy | Sky Sport Football |
Germany | – |
Australia | Optus Sport |
New Zealand | Spark Sport |