Newcastle United suffered yet another defeat on Saturday afternoon and now they host a side buoyed by a recent derby victory.
The Magpies disappointingly succumbed to two Troy Deeney penalties at Watford having held the lead but they have had the benefit of an extra day of rest.
Prediction?
Toon win
Draw
Spurs win
Tottenham come to town having produced a tactical masterclass against Arsenal and they’ll no doubt be looking to build on that with Europa League qualification insight.
Steve Bruce meanwhile is facing a wrath of injury woes, so what sort of side will he select this evening?
Here’s what we are predicting…
The 59-year-old could make as many as four changes across the board as he tries to cope with what is left at his disposal.
Isaac Hayden, Ciaran Clark and Sean Longstaff have all been ruled out for all three of the Magpies’ remaining matches.
Toon skipper Jamal Lascelles picked up an injury against Watford and won’t feature at St James’ Park tonight.
Whilst Andy Carroll and Florian Lejeune are unlikely to play their part either nor is Danny Rose who can’t play against his parent club.
There are even question marks over the fitness of attacking duo Miguel Almiron and Allan Saint-Maximan with the latter looking particularly leggy on Saturday.
It means that Martin Dubravka keeps his spot between the sticks, but he’ll have a different looking back four in front of him – Emil Krafth, Federico Fernandez, Fabian Schar and Javier Manquillo.
Nabil Bentaleb will come into midfield to partner Jonjoo Shelvey whilst Almiron and ASM drop to the bench for Valentino Lazaro and Joelinton.
The £18m-rated forward could partner the inform Dwight Gayle in attack with Matt Ritchie remaining in the starting XI from the weekend.