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The Tottenham Hotspur take on the New Castle United at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on 8/25/19 in Premier League action.
Tottenham Hotspur
The Tottenham Hotspur finished with just one win in the final five Premier League matches and finished in 4th place last season after a promising start to their 2018-19 campaign. Still, they were able to make it to the Champions League final where they lost to Liverpool. Despite faltering down the stretch, Tottenham can boast of a consistency that saw them earn a fourth straight Top 4 finish in the top flight. But with boss Mauricio Pochettino now in his sixth year with the Hotspur, more is expected this season. Tottenham should open as soccer betting favorites to beat New Castle at home on August 25, 2019.
Here is the roster of Tottenham as of July 15, 2019:
1 GK Hugo Lloris (captain), 3 DF Danny Rose, 4 DF Toby Alderweireld, 5 DF Jan Verthongen, 6 DF Davinson Sanchez, 7 FW Song Heung-Min, 8 MF Harry Winks, 10 FW Harry Kane (vice-captain), 11 MF Erik Lamela, 12 MF Victor Wanyama, 14 FW Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, 15 MF Eric Dier, 16 DF Kyle Walker-Peters, 17 MF Moussa Sissoko, 20 MF Dele Alli, 21 DF Juan Foyth, 22 GK Paulo Gazzaniga, 23 MF Christian Eriksen, 24 DF Serge Aurier, 25 MF Josh Onomah, 27 MF Lucas Moura, 28 MF Tanguy Ndombele, 33 DF Ben Davies, 28 DF Cameron Carter- Vickers
Newcastle United
The club was founded in 1892 after the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West end. Since its formation, the club has spent 86 years in the top tier of English Football and has missed it in only three years. The Magpies have also not fallen below level two since joining the Football League in 1893. They have won four League Championships, 6 FA Cups and 1 Charity Shield. New Castle was also the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup champions and the winners of the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup. In terms of hardware, Newcastle has won the 9th most trophies by any English squad. Steve Bruce was hired as their new manager last month and he hopes to improve on last season’s 13th place finish.
Here are the players for Newcastle United as of July 23, 2019:
1 GK Rob Elliott, 2 DF Ciaran Clark, 3 MF Paul Dummett (vice-captain), 4 MF Ki-Sung Yeung, 5 DF Fabian Schar, 6 DF Jamaal Lascelles (captain), 7 MF Jacob Murphy, 8 MF Jonjo Shelvey, 9 FW Joelinton, 11 MF Matt Ritchie, 12 GK Martin Dubravka, 13 FW Yoshinori Muto, 14 MF Isaac Hayden, 18 DF Federico Hernandez, 19 DF Javier Manquillo, 20 DF Florian Lejeune, 22 DF DeAndre Yedlin, 24 Miguel Almiron, 25 DF Jamie Sterry, 26 GK Karl Darlow, 29 GK Nathan Harker, 30 MF Christian Atsu, 36 Sean Longstaff, 41 GK Freddie Woodman, 57 DF Achraf Lazaar, MF Rolando Aarons, MF Jack Colback, MF Henri Saivet, FW Dwight Gayle
Who Wins?
Mauricio Pochettino was the 10th manager in 12 years but he’s calmed the stormy weather in Tottenham by giving the team consistency. However, this club which used to be one of the youngest in the League has spent some time together and their window of opportunity may be down to its last two years or so.
They lost Kieran Trippier this summer after losing Moussa Dembele the last year. But the recent transfer market saw them bag Tanguy Ndombele from Lyon and the 22-year-old midfielder could turn out to be someone special. Danny Rose and Ben Davies looked like they were going to follow Trippier’s path but now look like they are staying.
New Castle finished last season strong as they won 10 out of a possible 15 points to close out. A 4-0 win over Fulham in their final assignment pushed them to 13th place. But Ayoze Perez, Salomon Rondon, and Mohamed Diame took the cue from manager Rafael Benitez who made his way out.
Steve Bruce is a proven commodity and he is tasked with making sure that Newcastle doesn’t plummet this coming term. But he may have his work cut out for him, not just this coming season but in this match as well. Tottenham has suffered losses but we’ve seen Pochettino being able to make the most out of what he has left. I can’t say the same for Steve Bruce in Newcastle. I’m picking Tottenham to beat Newcastle on 8/25/19. Prediction: Tottenham Hotspur
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