Tottenham continue their pursuit of a top four place with a difficult trip to take on Newcastle United at St James’ Park for Saturday’s early kick-off.
Kick-off time and TV channel
Newcastle vs Spurs will kick off at 12.30pm BST on Saturday the 13th of April, with coverage available on TNT Sports 1 and TNT Sports Ultimate.
The coverage will include pre and post-match analysis from the TNT Sports punditry team, with the 90 minutes from St James’ Park sandwiched in between.
Read on for our look ahead to this big game…
Newcastle team news
Newcastle have had a difficult season with injuries, and they continue to have to struggle on without several big names out of action.
Sven Botman, Jamaal Lascelles and Miguel Almiron are all out with knee injuries, while there are other issues in the squad as well, with a variety of problems affecting other senior figures of Eddie Howe’s side.
There’s also Callum Wilson (chest/abdominal), Tino Livramento (ankle/foot), Nick Pope (shoulder), Joelinton (thigh), while then all three of Matt Targett, Kieran Trippier and Joe Willock are all out with calf/shin/heel injuries.
Callum Wilson is among Newcastle’s many injuries
Possible Newcastle XI: Martin Dubravka; Dan Burn, Fabian Schar, Lewis Hall, Emil Krafth; Bruno Guimaraes, Sean Longstaff, Harvey Barnes; Jacob Murphy, Alexander Isak, Anthony Gordon
Tottenham team news
Tottenham have a relatively clean bill of health, but there are some absentees from Ange Postecoglou’s squad.
Both Richarlison and Manor Solomon are out with knee injuries, while Ryan Sessegnon and Fraser Forster have respective thigh and ankle/foot injuries that are likely to keep them out for the rest of the season.
Possible Tottenham XI: Guglielmo Vicario; Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero, Destiny Udogie, Pedro Porro; Yves Bissouma, Rodrigo Bentancur; James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Timo Werner; Son Heung-min
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Author : Mark Brus
Publish date : 2024-04-10 08:00:00
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