Good afternoon and welcome to our live text coverage of the Premier League match between Newcastle and Spurs from St James' Park! A 3-0 loss to fellow relegation candidates Brighton before the international break brought Newcastle even closer to the danger zone in 17th place and just two points above Fulham. Meanwhile, a north London derby loss to Arsenal and a humiliating Europa League exit at the hands of Dinamo Zagreb both ruined what seemed to be an upturn in form for Spurs, who find themselves in seventh. We will be bringing you all the build-up, highlights and talking points from the match tonight, so stay tuned ahead of kick-off at 14:05.
Premier League / Matchday 30
St James' Park / 04.04.2021
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- Joelinton(28')
- J. Willock(85')
- H. Kane(30', 34')
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Updated 04/04/2021 at 15:02 GMT
14'
Great initiative shown by Krafth. Beats two players and has his shot deflected for a corner in a rare venture forward.
12'
Goes without saying really but Newcastle are clearly low on confidence. Looking quite panicky in posession.
9'
SAVED! Great run from Kane down the left, beating Krafth for pace. His shot is then pushed out for a corner by Dubravka at the near post.
7'
Almiron clips Moura and Spurs win another free-kick in a dangerous area. This one's more central though. Kane proceeds to fire it straight into the wall.
5'
Free-kick for Moura on the left flank after he was pushed over by Krafth. It's a dangerous ball in that somehow evades everyone and ends up going out for a goal kick.
3'
CHANCE!! Positive signs early on for Newcastle. Sanchez's header hits Joelinton in the chest, he creates space for a shot and shoots straight at Lloris. Was a good opening though!
1st Half
1'
KICK OFF: Spurs - in their yellow away kit - get us underway.
13:56
13:40
Both Steve Bruce and Jose Mourinho have come under a lot of criticism in their current jobs, but surely none of that has been funnier than dubbing this match 'El Jurassico' - the battle of the dinosaurs!
It reminds me of Mourinho accusing West Ham of playing "19th century football" during his Chelsea days.
13:25
13:22
Lots of controversial omissions from the Newcastle matchday squad, let alone the starting XI!
13:15
SPURS TEAM NEWS
Tottenham are unchanged from their 2-0 away win against Aston Villa before the international break.
Carlos Vinicius and Harry Kane continue as strike partners after netting in that game, while Lucas Moura will again play in front of a midfield trio of Giovani Lo Celso, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Tanguy Ndombele.
Davison Sanchez makes his 100th Premier League appearance alongside Joe Rodon at centre back, Sergio Reguilon is predictably at left-back and Japhet Tanganga - fresh from England Under-21s' European failures - is at right-back.
17 year-old striker Dane Scarlett is on the bench once more and Spurs fans will be pleased to see Heung-Min Son return from injury to feature on the bench with him.
13:10
NEWCASTLE TEAM NEWS
Their under-fire manager Steve Bruce makes five changes in search of a winning formula.
Jacob Murphy and Sean Longstaff come in for Joe Willock and Isaac Hayden, while Dwight Gayle is tasked with leading the line after - according to some reports - putting pen to paper on a new three-year contract.
Defensively, Emil Krafth replaces Javier Manquillo and Matt Ritchie is in for Ciaran Clark.
It looks to be either a back five with Ritchie and Murphy the wing backs, or a back four with Ritchie and Krafth at full-back in a 4-2-3-1.