As e be say Tottenham go host Newcastle for Tottenham Hotspur Stadium dis Saturday for Premier League, e be like say both teams dey hungry for first win of di season. The match wey be Saturday Night Football go show live on Sky Sports, kick-off na 5:30pm UK and Ireland time.
Tottenham don start di new season anyhow, wey dem lose 3-0 to Brentford for opening day. Dat one put dem for second bottom for early table. But De Zerbi side don try to recover with 5-1 win over Charlton for Carabao Cup for midweek. Newcastle sef dey find first league win after dem draw 2-2 with Liverpool for opening weekend. Di Magpies also win 3-2 against West Brom for Carabao Cup.
Last season, these two teams meet three times. Dem draw 2-2 for St James' Park for Premier League, before Newcastle win di return match 2-1. For Carabao Cup, Newcastle beat dem 2-0 for St James’ Park too. So e be like say Tottenham get plenty tings to prove.
For how to watch, Sky customers fit watch on Sky Sports Main Event and Premier League from 5pm. Dem also fit use Sky Sports app. If you no be Sky customer, you fit stream with NOW Day or Month pass. For those wey dey move, fit follow live match blog. Highlights go dey free shortly after full-time for Sky Sports subscribers.
Sky Sports’ Lewis Jones say e dey lean towards Tottenham to win, despite di bad start. E talk say De Zerbi get good record after heavy defeat, winning eight of 11 such matches, with im teams averaging 2.1 goals. Jones also note say Tottenham get mitigating circumstances – five competitive debutants, Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro no dey available, and some players return late from World Cup. E say di price for home win na 6/5 with Sky Bet, and e dey look like classic reaction game for De Zerbi.
For team news, Omar Marmoush fit make im Tottenham debut after joining from Manchester City, while Savio fit make im league debut after scoring for midweek. Micky van de Ven and Pedro Porro don fit again. Mohammed Kudus fit dey bench after injury. James Maddison dey assessed. For Newcastle, coach Matthias Jaissle say new signing Nico Gonzalez fit start, but Joelinton, Dan Burn, and Tino Livramento no dey because of injury.
