28 Aug 2019
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Bruce Feeling The Pressure
While a 1-0 defeat to Arsenal on the opening day was hardly a disaster, Steve Bruce will be worried after his Newcastle side were taken apart 3-1 by Norwich and in particular Finnish striker Teemu Pukki.
A consistent source of goals at this level can often be the difference between staying up and going down, but although two games into the season is a tad early to be overly judgemental, the Magpies don’t appear to have acquitted themselves well in the market.
Influential attackers Salomon Rondon and Ayoze Perez have departed, while Joelinton came in for a shade under £40m, but the recently-turned 23-year-old was hardly prolific at any of his previous clubs, netting just 22 league goals in 88 appearances across the past three seasons for Rapid Vienna and Hoffenheim combined.
Steve Bruce must also shoulder his portion of the blame for a pathetic performance at Carrow Road, with his negative tactics preventing his team from taking the initiative. A policy of containment was deservedly picked off by Daniel Farke’s men, while it’s difficult to envisage a similar strategy paying dividends away at Spurs.
Recent Head-To-Head Results
The hosts have won all four head-to-heads since Newcastle were promoted back into the top flight, while they won 16 of 20 clashes with bottom-half teams last season as each exception came on their travels.
In fact, Spurs have won 27 of 31 unbeaten matches in designated home fixtures against bottom-half outfits since 2016/17, following their opening day win over Aston Villa, keeping a clean sheet on 20 occasions.
Spurs To Win To Nil
Spurs may have been fortunate to walk away from the Etihad with a point to show for their efforts, but it was a good result for them last weekend and an improvement on their struggles to the ‘Big Six’ away from home – though that game should have no bearing on this clash.
Given Spurs have conceded just one goal in those four meetings with Newcastle over the past two campaigns, have consistently shut out bottom-half teams, while the Magpies have only managed a solitary consolation effort so far this term, the win to nil appears inevitable.
That’s especially the case after Joelinton came off injured against Norwich, but although he’s expected to start here, fellow summer signing Allan Saint-Maximin is a doubt alongside other attacking options Christian Atsu and Dwight Gayle, while Andy Carroll will definitely miss out.
2pts: Spurs To Win To Nil At 17/20
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