I'll be hoping for a West Ham defeat at home to Manchester United as much as I hope for a Spurs win tomorrow.
Spurs have yet to win a league game in 2026 (7 games). Newcastle's last league win was 5 games ago at home to Leeds.
Romero's absence will be sorely felt. I described him as "Captain Marvel" (for younger readers, that character was originally male) after his two goals in our away draw in the league at Newcastle, the second of which was a 95th minute over head kick. Romero is suspended for our next four games. It was his second red card this season and his sixth in Spurs colours. By the time he next plays, his bank account will probably have increased by £1million (before tax), as he is said to be our highest "earner" currently. I use the term earner loosely.
Newcastle have won six of the last eight competitive meetings between the clubs.
Spurs have now won just one of the last seven league meetings with Newcastle. Newcastle won five of the other games and have won a league double over us in two of the last three seasons.
Newcastle now have the edge of superiority over us in our 61 Premier League meetings, having won two more games. They've beaten us 12 times at Tottenham.
However, we have won more Premier League points against only four other current teams in the Premier League. These are Everton (121), Manchester City (99), West Ham (97) and Aston Villa (93).
Newcastle's 20 league victories last season was their most in a top-flight campaign since 2002-03, when they won 21 games under the guidance of Bobby Robson.
Nick Woltemade was the third German player to score on his Premier League debut when he scored the only goal of Newcastle's home win over Wolves in September. Jurgen Klinsmann (v Sheffield Wednesday) and Ilkay Gundogan (v Bournemouth) were the other two such players. Klinsmann's dive was the most iconic celebration though!
There has not been a 0-0 result in meetings between these two teams since 18th August, 1971 (my 19th birthday!). Spurs have not drawn any domestic game 0-0 at home since September 2017, against Swansea. We did draw 0-0 at Brentford on New Year's Day, which was the venue for our previous Premier League goalless draw in April 2022.
This is a remarkable stat (with thanks to Colin Millar): In the 14 months (!) since December 16, 2024, Tottenham Hotspur have won more matches in European football (12, from 21 games) as they have in the Premier League (11, from 47 games).
We need three or four wins from our remaining 13 league games this season. I sincerely hope this will be one of them.
47-year-old Anthony Taylor is refereeing a Spurs official match for the 50th time. Surprisingly, this is his first Spurs game of this season, having last taken charge of us against Wolves at Molineux last April. That game did not end well for us. Mr. Taylor keeps busy at home and on the international stage. He refereed three club world cup games last summer and since then has had charge of 9 European and international matches. Last week Mr Taylor sent off West Ham's Jean-Clair Todibo for his part in the end of match melee.
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