Fourth faces fifth in a momentous moment in the Champions League race when Newcastle United and Tottenham clash at St. James’ Park.
Both sides are coming off disappointing results; Newcastle were thrashed 3-0 by Aston Villa last time out, ending a five-match winning run, while Spurs conceded at the death to lose 3-2 at home to Bournemouth.
Those results left Newcastle three points clear of Spurs in fourth with a game in hand, but in-form Aston Villa are coming up fast in the rearview mirror, sitting three points behind Tottenham ahead of the weekend’s action.
Newcastle came out on top in their first meeting this season, winning 2-1 in London after first-half goals from Callum Wilson and Miguel Almiron, with Harry Kane netting after the break for the hosts.
Eddie Howe has named the following Newcastle starting 11: (4-3-3) Nick Pope; Kieran Trippier (captain), Fabian Schar, Sven Botman, Dan Burn; Sean Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Joe Willock; Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak, Joelinton
Cristian Stellini has selected the following Spurs starting 11: (3-4-3) Hugo Lloris; Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Pape Matar Sarr; Pedro Porro, Oliver Skipp, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Ivan Perisic; Dejan Kulusevski, Harry Kane, Son Heung-min
Form
Newcastle: LWWWW
Tottenham: LWDDW
Referee
David Coote will be the referee for Newcastle v Tottenham.
Stadium
Newcastle v Tottenham will be played at St. James’ Park in Newcastle.
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International Premier League TV rights
• UK: Sky Sports and BT Sport are the two main players once again, but Amazon also have a slice of the pie in 2022/23.
• USA: NBC Sports Group are the Premier League rights holders, with the Peacock Premium streaming platform showing even more than the 175 games it aired last season. If you pick up a fuboTV subscription for the games not on Peacock Premium, you'll be able to watch every game.
• Canada: The way to watch Premier League football in 2022/23 is fuboTV, which has exclusive rights to all the action.
• Australia: Optus Sport will screen every game of the Premier League season. Non-subscribers can access the action via a Fetch TV box and other friendly streaming devices.
• New Zealand: Sky Sport are serving up all 380 games – plus various highlights and magazine shows throughout the week, as well as the Champions League.
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Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.
