Looking at this Newcastle team v Spurs.
Our next match in the Premier League.
Newcastle United looking to make it three Premier League victories in a row.
Whilst if United get the three points tonight, it would also be seven home wins in a row, in all competitions.
Victory tonight would also see Eddie Howe’s side climb into the top half of the table.
As a reminder, this was the Newcastle team v Everton:
Ramsdale, Livramento, Thiaw, Burn, Hall, Joelinton, Bruno, Miley, Barnes, Elanga, Woltemade
Eddie Howe gave an update on Monday, regarding the injury and availability for the squad ahead of Tuesday’s match.
It looks like at least five Newcastle United players won’t be involved against Spurs, with Nick Pope and Sven Botman joining Yoane Wissa, Will Osula and Kieran Trippier in sitting this one out.
So taking all of that into consideration…
This is my predicted Newcastle team v Spurs:
Ramsdale, Livramento, Thiaw, Burn, Hall, Tonali, Bruno, Miley, Barnes, Elanga, Woltemade
A tricky one to call this.
If my prediction becomes reality, it would mean only one change from Everton on Saturday, Sandro Tonali in for Joelinton.
Trying to second guess Eddie Howe is always tricky, but the only substitutions he made before added time, were to give Elanga and Barnes a rest with twenty minutes to go.
My thought process being that possibly that was done so he could give them every chance of being as fresh as possible and starting against Spurs as well.
I think Sandro Tonali needed that shift off on Saturday and I would be amazed if he doesn’t start tonight. Normally you would have most fans assuming Lewis Miley would be the one making way but he played very well on Saturday (as did pretty much all of his teammates), plus I now think that Joelinton (he wasn’t subbed at all on Saturday) starting three games in a week isn’t ideal in terms of keeping him at his best.
Ramsdale, Thiaw and Burn look set to play for sure I would have thought.
Whilst the fact both Hall and Livramento played 90+ minutes on Saturday, leads me to think that Eddie Howe believes they are both capable of starting again tonight.
It certainly wasn’t a stroll once Newcastle United went 4-0 up against Everton but I do wonder if it was still a performance that didn’t take as much out of the players, as say the one did against Man City, when also there was only three days before the next match.
So other than Tonali for Joelinton, no surprise to me if ten of the starters against Everton are also in this Newcastle team v Spurs.