#五大联赛赛前预测官

Tottenham Hotspur vs Newcastle United, Tottenham may suffer another defeat at home

In the early hours of tomorrow, the 2026-27 Premier League second-round clash will kick off at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Tottenham, who suffered a 0-3 thrashing by Brentford in the opening round and currently sit 19th in the league, will host Newcastle United, who held Liverpool to a draw in their opener. Based on the form shown by both teams at the start of the season, Little God of Wealth favors Newcastle United to narrowly beat Tottenham away from home, with the score possibly 2-1 or 3-2. The total number of goals is highly likely to exceed 2.5.

✅ In terms of squad and form: Tottenham's attack and defense have completely collapsed at the start, while the new signings have a fatal lack of cohesion

Tottenham were completely suppressed by Brentford throughout the opening-round match, showing no organization in attack and making a series of basic errors in defense before ultimately suffering a humiliating 0-3 defeat.

New signing Savio missed the opening-round match due to transfer-process issues. Although he has been included in the squad for this game, he has trained with the entire team for fewer than 3 days

De Zerbi's high-pressing system has yet to adapt to Tottenham's current players, while the midfield's ball-progression error rate is as high as 42%

The entire team is under immense media pressure, and playing at home could easily lead to an imbalanced mentality of “being too eager to force the result and instead losing composure”

✅ In terms of head-to-head history: Newcastle United comes with a “Tottenham away buff,” holding a complete psychological advantage

The data does not lie: Newcastle have long turned Tottenham's home ground into their own “happy hunting ground” for points:

They have taken all 3 points at Tottenham's home ground for 2 consecutive seasons and remain unbeaten in their last 4 Premier League meetings with Tottenham

Away to Liverpool in the opening round, they created 3 more clear-cut chances than the Reds, with a counterattacking efficiency better than that of every team in the opening round

Eddie Howe's 4-3-3 system has a tactical plan specifically designed to target Tottenham's weaknesses in wide-area defense, and the team repeatedly rehearsed attacking patterns involving right-wing crosses followed by runs into the far post during closed-door training before the match

✅ In terms of tactical styles: A natural counterbalance, setting the stage for an open, high-scoring clash

The tactical characteristics of both teams mean this is certain not to be a dull 0-0 draw:

To erase the humiliation of their opening-round defeat, Tottenham will certainly push forward aggressively across the pitch at home, leaving plenty of space behind for counterattacks

Newcastle's two-speed wide combination (Isak + Gordon) is exactly the elite setup for counterattacking into the space behind the defense

Newcastle's defensive stability has declined compared with last season, making it difficult for them to keep a revenge-driven Tottenham completely scoreless for 90 minutes.