Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United: Anthony Gordon, Dan Burn, Kieran Trippier and Anthony Elanga all start tonight.
Eddie Howe has made four changes from Saturday’s 3-2 defeat at Brentford with Jacob Ramsey coming in for Sandro Tonali, Anthony Elanga coming in for Jacob Murphy, Anthony Gordon replacing Yoane Wissa and Dan Burn coming into the starting line-up in place of Lewis Hall.
The changes see the £124million strike force of Wissa and Nick Woltemade remain on the bench for the second time in three Premier League outings. Hall also drops out of the side for only the second time in 14 matches, while Tonali is named on the bench after grabbing transfer headlines with the help of his agent over the past week.
Gordon comes straight back into the side after missing the defeat against Brentford due to a hamstring issue. Lewis Miley hasn’t featured since the 1-1 draw at Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League due to a dead leg and has since suffered a setback that will keep him out for the Spurs match and the trip to Aston Villa in the FA Cup on Saturday.
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NUFC confirmed XI v Spurs
Starting XI: Pope; Trippier, Thiaw, Botman, Burn; Guimaraes, Willock, Ramsey; Elanga, Barnes, Gordon
Subs: Ramsdale, Hall, Tonali, Wissa, Osula, J.Murphy, Woltemade, A.Murphy, Shahar
Eddie Howe looking for a reaction from his Newcastle United side
Speaking ahead of the game, Howe said: “I was really disappointed on Saturday with the result [v Brentford].
“We tried to take ownership of that and now we're focused on the future and I think hopefully a good day's training today and a massive game tomorrow.
“I think firstly we have to defend better. I think when you look back at the last run of games, we haven't defended our goal well enough.
“That's cost us in those games. So I think it's a simple thing to say and sometimes a difficult thing to execute, but we need to find solutions to our defensive vulnerabilities. And of course we need to be more clinical the other way.
“I think the two things go hand in hand. We've not defended well enough and we haven't been clinical enough the other end. So it's a bad mix and that's the big issues for us.”
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