Tottenham Hotspur

• Only Liverpool (42), Arsenal (38) and Man City (38, before today’s game) have earned more points in Premier League home games this season than Newcastle (36).

• Each of Tottenham’s past three Premier League defeats by 4+ goals have come against Newcastle at St James’ Park – also 1-5 in May 2016 and 1-6 in April 2023. Indeed, they’ve now lost by 4+ goals against Newcastle more often than they have vs any other opponent in Premier League history (5).

• With one goal and two assists, Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon has been involved in three goals in a Premier League match for the first time. Meanwhile, he’s also had a hand in more home goals than any other player in the Premier League this term (15 – 9 goals, 6 assists).

• Tottenham have now conceded 61 Premier League goals against Newcastle at St James’ Park, only conceding more at one away venue (64 at Anfield).

• Alexander Isak scored his 16th and 17th Premier League goals of the season for Newcastle – it’s the joint-most netted by a Swedish player in a campaign, along with Zlatan Ibrahimovic in 2016-17.

Ange Postecoglou speaking to BBC Match of the Day after Tottenham's defeat to Newcastle: "It's a tough one, a bit raw at the moment. Credit to newcastle, I thought they were really good today. We never really got to grips with the game and weren't able to execute any of the stuff we usually do. Credit to them but just have to take them."

On whether Newcastle's two quick goals made the difference: "I thought even before that we lacked a little bit of conviction today throughout a lot of things. They can hurt you particularly in transition and they did that today."

On whether he thought his triple-substitution worked: "They tried hard, it's difficult because to be fair we didn't have anyone playing near the levels. Tried hard enough."

On needing to bounce back: "You've got no choice. You can't sit there and feel sorry for yourself, it's not the nature of what we do. There's some lessons in there, we've got to take them and look ahead."

Alexander Isak's rich goalscoring form at St James' Park continued as Newcastle beat Tottenham to boost their hopes of European football next season.

Isak produced two clinical finishes to score in each half as he netted on home turf for the sixth consecutive match.

The striker now has 17 goals in 24 Premier League appearances this season.

Anthony Gordan and Fabian Schar were also on target for the Magpies, while Timo Werner had two chances for Spurs but his finishing let him down.

Newcastle's emphatic victory lifted them up to sixth in the table - a point ahead of Manchester United, who face Bournemouth at 17:30 BST on Saturday.

Spurs dropped to fifth and are still level on points with Aston Villa but below Unai Emery's side on goal difference.

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches again this season, against a variety of guests.

For this weekend's games, he takes on actor and Leyton Orient fan Daniel Mays.

Sutton's prediction: 2-3

What a game this will be. I was at Newcastle's 4-3 win over West Ham at the end of March and I am expecting a few goals this time too.

I didn't see Newcastle's win at Fulham last week coming, but it was a great result and it means they are looking up the table now, with their sights set on sixth place.

Tottenham's target is to finish fourth and they won't settle for a point here. It is going to be very close but I have got a feeling they will edge it.

Daniel's prediction: 2-1

This is a really tough one to call. They really get going at St James' Park so, as much as I am a Spurs fan, I am going to back Newcastle here.

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Ange Postecoglou has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game at Newcastle United.

Here are the key lines from the Tottenham boss:

• Richarlison will not be available because of a knee injury but he will be back to face Arsenal on 28 April which "is more important".

• He said Spurs "have had good preparation" for Saturday's game but "will need to match" Newcastle's energy to get a result at St James' Park.

• On Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg's performance against Nottingham Forest: "He was good. He has not started as many as he probably would have liked, but he has done a good job for us. We are in a good place where I can make these changes within games."

• He said decisions on players leaving this summer will be made post-season, but they will be made with what is "beneficial" for the club's growth in mind.

• On having a large squad when loan players return: "It's an ongoing process. This year we are a lot more calm in our approach because we've been working on it a while with Johan [Lange, technical director] and the people in the football department."

• He said he backs the introduction of semi-automated offside next season "if it's quicker and clearer" than the current process.

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Simon Stone
Chief football news reporter

Liverpool's unexpected defeat by Atalanta on Thursday, coupled with West Ham's late reverse at Bayer Leverkusen, has damaged England's hopes of securing a fifth Champions League spot next season.

Both England and Germany gained two co-efficient points on the night, thanks to victories for Aston Villa and Leverkusen.

However, Germany's points are worth slightly more as they are divided by seven – the number of Bundesliga teams in Europe this season – rather than England's eight.

So, Germany remain in second spot in the overall table on 16.785, just ahead of England on 16.75.

Additional points are awarded for qualification as well as match results, so Arsenal and West Ham's second legs against German opposition next week are going to be crucial.

With five points on Thursday, from two wins and a draw, Italy has now moved clear at the top with 18.428 and are now virtually certain to get one of the two additional places in next season's Champions League.

Roma, fifth in Serie A, are in line to profit, although it also benefits surprise challengers Bologna, who are fourth.

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has made a centre-back one of his transfer priorities, with 22-year-old Bayer Leverkusen and Ecuador international Piero Hincapie on his shortlist. (Bild, via Teamtalk), external

Spurs are also interested in signing Union Saint-Gilloise and Algeria striker Mohamed Amoura this summer, but they face competition from West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers for the 23-year-old. (GiveMeSport), external

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Simon Stone
Chief football news reporter

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We are midway through another European week and the Premier League's hopes of gaining a fifth place in next season's Champions League have edged closer to reality.

Draws for Arsenal and Manchester City on Tuesday and Borussia Dortmund's defeat on Wednesday means English clubs have gained two points this week so far, with Germany only one.

Those points are then divided by the total number of clubs each country had in Europe this season - eight for England and seven for Germany - and then added to the overall total. It means both countries are level on 16.500, with England ahead on previous performance.

The big winners so far this week are Spain. Victories for Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, plus Real Madrid's draw, have given them five points. They also had eight teams in Europe this season, so their overall score has risen by 0.625.

However, they were already a long way back. Even with the additions, it only takes them to 15.062. And they have no more teams in action this week.

In contrast, England has three - West Ham, Liverpool and Aston Villa. Germany only have Bayer Leverkusen.

Italy still leads on 17.714 and they have four teams in action on Thursday.

A win is worth two points and a draw one - extra-time counts but not penalties - with extra points for qualification for the next phase.

Here are the key facts and figures before Saturday's game between Newcastle and Tottenham in the Premier League.

• Newcastle won this fixture 6-1 last season, last winning consecutive home league games against Spurs between April 2006 and December 2008 (a run of four).

• Tottenham have scored at least once in each of their last 17 Premier League away games against Newcastle, since a 4-0 loss in December 2003. It is their longest scoring streak away against an opponent in their league history.

• Along with opponents Tottenham, Newcastle are one of just two teams to have scored in 100% of their Premier League home games this season. Their current run of scoring in 16 consecutive Premier League home games is their longest since between September 2002 and August 2003 when they had a run of 18.

• Having won four of their first six Premier League away games this season (D2), Tottenham have won just two of their subsequent nine on the road (D4 L3).

• Alexander Isak has scored in each of his last five Premier League home games, netting six goals in total in this run. The last Newcastle player to score in more consecutive games at St James’ Park was Alan Shearer, who scored in each of his first 15 at home for the club in the 1996-97 campaign.

• Son Heung-Min has been involved in 24 goals in his last 25 Premier League appearances, scoring 15 and assisting nine. One more assist would see him become just the sixth player to register double figures for both goals and assists in three separate Premier League campaigns (also 2019-20 and 2020-21), after Wayne Rooney (5), Mohamed Salah (4), Frank Lampard (4), Eric Cantona (4) and Didier Drogba (3).

Bayer Leverkusen have joined Liverpool and Tottenham in the race to sign Leeds United's Dutch winger Crysencio Summerville, 22. (Bild via Teamtalk), external

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Tottenham are monitoring Athletic Bilbao's 21-year-old Spain forward Nico Williams, who has a £42.8m release clause in his contract. (Telegraph - subscription required, external)

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Anna Howells
Fan writer

It is sometimes easy to forget just how young our squad is. While a lot of the younger players are definitely mature for their age, nothing can make up for the experience that comes with playing this sport for years.

Against Nottingham Forest, manager Ange Postecoglou brought on Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Rodrigo Bentancur for Pape Matar Sarr and Yves Bissouma at half-time. I don’t want to take away from the latter two, as they have had some brilliant performances for us this season, but this was the right decision.

First, the change was made early enough to have an impact on the game. Secondly, the players coming on brought a level of maturity and experience that was needed in midfield.

It is important to strike a balance between having enough enthusiasm and passion, without being reckless.

It is safe to say we lost our heads during that Chelsea game earlier in the season, and it will be quite interesting to see how things have or have not changed since then in our remaining matches, which will not be easy to say the least.

It helps to have our captain and vice captains on the pitch leading by example. Son Heung-min celebrated 400 appearances for the club, James Maddison pulled the strings and wound the opposition up, and Cristian Romero made vital tackles without getting booked.

So much has happened the players can learn from this season.

It is exciting to think about how much better we can be in the future if we stick with the long-term plan.

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Former Tottenham winger Andros Townsend says officials made the right decision to not give James Maddison a red card after his incident with Nottingham Forests's Ryan Yates on Sunday, saying you need "conclusive evidence" to make a decision.

However former Premier League striker Chris Sutton says Maddison was "very lucky" to not get sent off.

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West Ham have joined Liverpool, Tottenham and AC Milan in the race to sign Fulham's 26-year-old centre-back Tosin Adarabioyo, who is out of contract in the summer. (Guardian), external

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James Maddison says the excitement of this season's Premier League title race has offered motivation to make sure Tottenham are part of the chase in 2023-24.

Ange Postecoglou's team were top of the table in November but, after a series of high-profile injuries and suspensions during the winter period, they are now fourth and fighting Aston Villa for a Champions League spot.

Spurs still need to play league leaders and north London rivals Arsenal later this month, and will also face the other title contenders Liverpool and Manchester City in May.

"It's annoying really - listening to three teams go at it for the title and we're not in it, especially after the start of the season we had," Maddison said after Tottenham's 3-1 home win over Nottingham Forest on Sunday.

"That is something that gives us good motivation to want to be in the title race next year, seeing how good it is this year.

"It is frustrating not to be a part of that, but we are where we are and we have our own job to do."

We asked for your views on Sunday's Premier League game between Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest.

Here are some of your responses:

Spurs fans

Paul: Not one of our most fluent performances as we gave Forest far too many chances, but the result is the most important thing at this stage of the season. Maddison was a little fortunate that the VAR didn’t get him sent off - he is too important for us to have him miss a few games. Great for Van de Ven and Porro, who have been superb all season.

Martin: Great opening 15 minutes but the Forest equaliser generated and exposed a mental fragility, especially in midfield. We needed half-time to resume the usual improved intensity of the second half. Only Van de Ven was excellent. Son a rare disappointment.

Jonesy: Our league position conceals the true level of our general play. We make so many misplaced passes all over the pitch and turn over possession repeatedly. Play like that against at top team and we’re going to get severely punished. I agree with the coach, top four or not is irrelevant - we need to improve the level of our performance throughout the 90.

Rog: Important win but flattering scoreline. Hate to say it but Son playing as centre-forward is a liability. Loses possession too easily and lets us get turned over. Also takes away his goal and assist threat. Werner and Johnson can create but don’t look like scoring. Desperately need a centre-forward who can hold up and finish if we are going to complete at the top.

Forest fans

Andrew: Simple key decisions not going for us yet again. A clear as day red card for Maddison at 1-1. Suspect we'll see Maddison retrospectively charged - or perhaps not as it will then mean they contradict VAR. Wood takes the chance for 2-1 and Maddison is sent off? Completely different game. Still in our hands with six to go, with Everton’s decision to come.

Doug: We seriously need to get a grip of the next six games, otherwise it’s back to the Championship. After Sunday's first-half performance, where we looked a reasonable side, the second half was a disaster. If we continue like we played in the second half then it’s goodbye Premier League. We didn’t look like we could win a raffle on that 45 minutes performance.

Greg: We showed quality on the counter-attack in the first half and it’s a shame Chris Woods missed the best chance of the game. A bit of finesse, as he did against Newcastle, would have been perfect. A goal at that stage could have changed the outcome. Yates was out of order in the Maddison punch incident. I agree with Roy Keane - stop the spoiler tactics!

Sean: That's one of those games we expected nothing from, so we weren't disappointed at least. However, we played well, were brave with chances when we could be, but unlucky as Chris wood hit the post. It could have been different. Maddison is a lucky boy. He's very talented but got away with punching Yates there. Hope he's punished.

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Bundesliga sides are interested in making a summer move for Tottenham's 22-year-old Republic of Ireland forward Troy Parrott, who has been on loan with Dutch side Excelsior this season. (Football Insider, external)

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